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Re: Boss of Bosses He seems to have considered the possibility that the Castellammaresi would be a threat, hence the removal of Vito Bonventre in July. However, according to Posted - Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:09 pm	David Critchley ukthesis Online Now Send Email
Re: Boss of Bosses I guess anyone staging a war wants it to be one-sided... in their favor. But you have to assume people will fight back. There is one reason that makes sense Posted - Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:30 am	ron ront247 Offline Send Email
April issue of The Informer Just going into this, it appears that Steve Rannelli was the one who united the Gaglianos and Maranzanos, a short time after Morello's murder. There's an Posted - Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:06 pm	David Critchley ukthesis Online Now Send Email
Re: Boss of Bosses Reading Joe Bonanno's account, it seems like Masseria was launching at this stage a rather one-sided war against the Castellammarese, in which Reina and Posted - Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:07 pm	David Critchley ukthesis Online Now Send Email
Re: Boss of Bosses The cops would likely as not try to inject a "Capone" angle to almost anything in those days. Doesn't surprise me at all and Capone was the bogey man of the Posted - Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:59 pm	David Critchley ukthesis Online Now Send Email
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