Perhaps Mauro was an associate of D'Aquila. Its interesting that there was a man that was associated with both Masseria & D'Aquila...Saverio Pollaccia. I read...
Why would you think that Torrio had animosity towards Masseria? and my take on Cola Schiro was that he was potentially killed by his own faction.. he simply...
Schiro moved to Bloomfield NJ and made multiple trips to Sicily. Apparently at one point he didn't return and forfeited his legal immigration status. As for...
It's possible, but I doubt if we'll ever get beyond your speculation. A number of older books claimed that Mauro was a bootlegging partner of Umberto...
I am sure that there's no evidence that Masseria and Torrio knew one another. On Schiro, as I say in my book, he seems to have gone back to his New Jersey...
It's interesting the way that the Mafia as a topic has so many dimensions. Sometimes, I feel that there's too much concentration on violence. More often...
I included a fair bit from Gentile in my book, but of course, you need to read the "original". I'm in the middle of trying to get an angle on something...
... Ryan, the Good Killers news stories are a problem. Because a number of the killings seem to be attributed to the GKs in error and because police officials...
I'm interested if anyone has a handle on the relationship - if any - between Vito Genovese of New York and Michael J. Genovese of the Pittsburgh area. Press...
Yes, it's another of those tricky ones that supply us "fanatics" with something to discuss! I tried to find out where Mauro came from but no luck. If he...
I know that Vito Genovese did have a brother named Michael, however it was a completly different person than Michael J Genovese. I haven't seen anything...
The one thing I do have on Genovese in that time period would be counterfeiting charges in Brooklyn, Dave. You can find a record of the arrest and their...
Something puzzles me: Michael Genovese of the Pittsburgh mafia was born in East Liberty, PA, spent much of his life in and around West Deer, PA, and officially...
There's a photo of Schiro in my book. ... From: Ryan <ryan_12177@...> Subject: [americanmafia] Re: Cola Schiro To: americanmafia@yahoogroups.com Date:...
Yes, I do have that one. This is a lead that was actually conceived by a friend of mine in London. But I'm trying to go further with it. According to his...
Well, Torrio was not affiliated with Chicago at that time. I wouldn't doubt that perhaps he did some consulting for them and occasionally gave out advise,...
I read somewhere that D'Aquila's daughter was married to Giuseppe Balsamo's son (Don-in-laws) . That's actually strange to me. D'Aquila is not mentioned at...
Just wanted to commend you on all your hard work, Dave. I am just starting to thumb through and read your book and it is as good of a book as I've seen in the...
1. Joe Biondo and Charlie Lucania were at oen point roommates and extremely close and yet Biondo became a member with the D'Aquilla group and Lucania through...
Which as we know is strange, since didn't Balsamo claim that his guy was a big man in what became the D'Aquila (later Mangano) Family? The only points in...
Hi Ryan Greatly appreciated and thanks. I know exactly what you mean. Tom and I are like two cats fighting sometimes! I'm sure that to the observer, it...
... I find a French-language Wikipedia article that translated auto-magically (but somewhat clumsily) by Google reads: "Salvatore D'Aquila "Great friend of Don...
There are about 12,800 for santino balsamo. What am I specifically looking for? ... From: mrheavy_2000 <mrheavy_2000@...> Subject: [americanmafia] Re:...
No. 1 is tough. We know that D’Aquila had a base on the lower east side, so Biondo (who lived there at the time) would logically go with either him or ...
I looked on Ancestry and the NYC marriage index (to 1937) but nothing. Of course, it doesn't mean that they weren't married later, etc. but that's the...
I should have said "d'aquila santino balsamo". thank you Tom, Dave, & Ryan for the interest. I just wondered of this person from under the clock, it seemed...
