Any Questions for Chicago Frank Calabrese Jr.?

[Frank]

I think it's pretty common that most of the older guys were from a poor background, now the successful one that made alot of money realized there is no reason for their sons to be in the life.

[Pete]

Not DiFronzo, although the individual that im talking about came from that same crew

The reason I asked difronzo son John jr died of an overdose while he was in prison

[Frank]

I think that this whole family thing is a littile bit of a "jing-jang" situation, meaning one long time Outfit boss, who in turn was also a "good" parent and a family guy and even though one of his kids was never involed in the life, still he became a hippie and later ended up being a junkie. In the end that same Outfit boss was against narcotics for real and ordered a lot of hits because of that same personal situation...

Was it Accardos son? Also didn't Riccas son die from drugs?

[Villain]

I think that this whole family thing is a littile bit of a "jing-jang" situation, meaning one long time Outfit boss, who in turn was also a "good" parent and a family guy and even though one of his kids was never involed in the life, still he became a hippie and later ended up being a junkie. In the end that same Outfit boss was against narcotics for real and ordered a lot of hits because of that same personal situation...

Was it Accardos son? Also didn't Riccas son die from drugs?

I thought about keeping the info for some future projects but since I already mentioned it and you guessed it, then yeah i was talking about one of Accardos adopted sons. During the 60s he allegedly joined the hippie movement and became a heavy drug user for some time, which was enough to make his old school and murderous dad quite angry about it. I already told this to Pete that not all of the 120 hits which occurred during the 70s were related to the chop shop wars or possible informants and internal conflicts regarding territories and such...

One or two years ago, i think it was Antiliar the first one who mentioned that Riccas son was allegedly a junkie, although i personally never stumbled upon info such as that one and im not saying that its not true since Antiliar is one quite good researcher but still...

[Frank]

I wonder when Friend of Family is meeting with Calabrese Jr?? Hope it's still happening.

[FriendofFamily]

I wonder when Friend of Family is meeting with Calabrese Jr?? Hope it's still happening.

I will have to give him a call - I just got busy at work and haven't gotten around to it yet.

[Villain]

I wonder when Friend of Family is meeting with Calabrese Jr?? Hope it's still happening.

I will have to give him a call - I just got busy at work and haven't gotten around to it yet.

Take your time bro and no worries since as Confeddrate already said, theres not much the guy can give us that we already dont know about

[Frank]

I wonder when Friend of Family is meeting with Calabrese Jr?? Hope it's still happening.

I will have to give him a call - I just got busy at work and haven't gotten around to it yet.

No hurry buddy, just wondering if it was still in your plans.

[TallGuy19]

At one time some of you were going to take a trip or tour with him in Chicago.

So it is possible that I can arrange to meet with him and ask him some questions that some of you have on here.

So if you have some questions that you want asked just let me know and I will compile a list.

1). Was Joe Ferriola ever the Top Boss of the Outfit, even for a short while, before he became sick?
2). What was the exact power relationship between Accardo, Auippa & Cerone?
3). Were his Father & his Uncle Nick 50/50 partners?
4). Did Angelo LaPietra "loan" money to his Father & Uncle at a low interest rate so they could put it out on the street?

I don’t get the ferriola thing keep coming up. Nick calabrese who was a made member said he never was. Aiuppa then carlisi. That’s one of those things people won’t let go of for whatever reason

Roemer, The F.B.I. Agent, said Ferriola was Boss for a short while so I would like to hear what Frank Sr. thinks about it & why the F.B.I had that idea?
Is that okay with you? Maybe next time I'll ask you for your approval of any of my questions before I submit them.

I wasn’t attacking you take it easy but most of the questions you asked I could answer for you. The only one I could pass on is number 2 but the rest of your questions were all addressed by Nick calabrese in his testimony which I have. Frank and nick were not 50/50 Nick was paid a salary of 3 grand a month which jimmy lapietra made frank start paying him 4 grand a month in 88 I think. That’s all he ever got never even a percentage of anything. When frank was first whistled in by Angelo he was given more money to put on the street in a addition to what he had out there. After that it was all franks and frank kicked up a portion to Angelo every month. At one point just from frank, Angelo was getting between 15-20 grand a month. Frank was supposed to give Angelo half of what he made but always held out

Have you posted a copy of Nick's testimony anywhere?