As you're one of the foremost historians, it's great that you've come through it "unscathed" (almost). Bill Feather says he sent a Cleveland chart for the...
Way back on July 1, I posted an item concerning organizational structure personally observed by me concerning a local organization. I've finally decided that...
In replaying the tapes, I came across the following interesting exchange: [St. Laurent]: There’s no repercussions. If you want, after it’s done, I’ll...
The problem here is the huge historic friction between St. Laurent and DeLuca. I don't think a hit on DeLuca could occur without St. Laurent being suspect. ...
William, How would the street boss minimize federal attention to the underboss? Shouldn't the underboss - if he's wise and capable - have his own mechanism for...
Tom: I agree with your analysis. Â However, I further believe that Mr. St. Laurent was not, at the time the contract was offered, entirely in possession of his...
Tom: In my fairy tale, the Fool is a percipient witness to the Assistant Underboss taking policy slips, and, further, to his indirectly receiving visitors...
Tom: Actually, there’s one more historical factional dispute within the Patriarca Family with which I am familiar, that being Mr. Patriarca’s dispute,...
My evidence for the above declaration concerning Mr. St, Laurent's mental state is the following statement by Mr. DeLuca’s attorney, Artin Coloian, which,...
My evidence for the above declaration is the statement by Mr. DeLuca’s attorney, Artin Coloian, which, given the circumstances, I find no serious reason to...
Tom: I agree with your analysis. Â However, I further believe that Mr. St. Laurent was not, at the time the contract was offered, entirely in possession of his...
MagCloud, publisher of Informer's print edition, has made holiday gift-giving easier with significant discounts on magazine purchases from now through Jan. 1,...
Hi, Tom Bill Feather has sent you his Cleveland chart for the January issue of The Informer. Looking forward to reading it ! He says that he only gave names...
Readership of Informer: The Journal of American Mafia History grew dramatically during the month of November. Average readership of a non-index journal issue...
Local press reports indicate that alleged Columbo Family Street Boss Ralph DeLeo was indicted on charges of narcotics trafficking in an area including Rhode...
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I have two questions. 1. can anyone ask a question? 2. How does one become a member?...
It's an interesting story. I don't see evidence of hostile takeover, or actually of any hostility at all. As you point out, there are historic connections...
... Apparently ;-) Ask away. The group is moderated. So, posts that stray very far off topic are filtered out. But anything related to the history of the...
I've mentioned this issue from time to time, and I'd like to explore it just a little more. One problem I have with conspiracy theories lies in the difference...
Following Salvatore Maranzano's 1931 "coronation" as boss of bosses, a series of "fundraising" banquets was held at Gerardo Scarpato's Coney Island restaurant...
Finally received a copy of the Australian-published book, Mafia: The Necessary Reference to Organized Crime. I contributed the American Mafia-related text for...
I remember Gentile talkiung about the component from Sciacca supporting Masseria. I suppose the idea of the feast was to heal the divisions that existed...
Great news. Routledge have decided to release my book, "The Origin of Organized Crime in America," in softcover this year. The price is around 40 bucks...
What else is funny is that the president of the Maritime Society of Sciacca was Martin Salvatore. I wonder if that was really Salvatore Maranzano. Hmmm.... ...
It's possible that the banquet, supposedly held to benefit the Sciacca society, was actually intended to send the signal that Maranzano had subjugated the...
Yeah, Steve wondered too. I doubt it myself, since Maranzano was even then a quite well known racketeer in police circles and I reckon the cops would have...
I have a observation/question. There was a large discussion on (topic)William Balsamo...PLEASE POST HERE. The part I am interested in is the Cleveland Photo....
The upcoming January issue of Informer will deal at some length with the Cleveland convention of 1928 and will include photos of those arrested at the Hotel...
