If the price falls, that will make me happy. One of the reasons why I did this was to share my findings as widely as possible with guys like yourself....
Cumberland House just released The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosimo and the Ladies of the Levee by Art Bilek. This description from the author: "The story...
INFORMER: THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN MAFIA HISTORY The publish date for the first issue of Informer is Sept. 26. History articles for that issue have a deadline...
We've all been told the story of how Vito Genovese fled the US in 1936 because of the Rupolo situation, but I keep coming to one thing that does not stick......
... I'm sorry the answer wasn't as "quick" as the question. I don't believe Ernest Rupolo had anything to do with Vito Genovese's decision to leave the...
... One other thing: We are told that Ernest "the Hawk" Rupolo began providing evidence around 1944. However, I believe "the Hawk" went into prison for the ...
I'm kinda looking into the more obscure figures in the old days fo the Genovese family right now.. do either of you know much about Jimmy Angelina, Tommy...
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Jul 29, 2008 11:06 am
The only one I have new stuff on is Rocco Pellegrino. The others never came up in the research. Pellegrino was a member of a Calabrian Black Hand group in...
Thanks Dave, with this group disintegrating did Pellegrino re-build it under the Masseria banner because I have him listed as their rep in Worcester...
An article on Sam Pollaccia has been posted to the American Mafia history website ( www.onewal.com ). You can link directly to the article at this address:...
I am pleased to announce that David Critchley has agreed to the publication of his top-notch article, "Gangsters in Southwest Michigan," through the American...
Very good article. I hadn't even heard of Pollacia until about two years ago and it raised a lot of questions. The police did initially think the Masseria hit...
... At this moment, my feeling is that every one of Masseria's surviving lieutenants conspired in his assassination. (Can't offer you proof.) In that case, the...
One thing we haven't considered is that Pollacia didn't necesarily have to be a member of Masseria's "Family". As we know he had ties with D'Aquilla and could...
Very true, Dave.. maybe its because Bonanno seemed to "forget" so much. I have a hard time imagining Domingo dying without some involvement of Joe Banannas...
... It is certainly possible that Pollaccia was not a member of the Masseria organization. The U.S. feds' translation of Gentile's manuscript indicates that he...
A true test of our combined skills would be figuring out who was the Genovese consigliere prior to Miranda... some have said that Costello surely sat in that...
I think Ciro Terranova gets a bad rap since he was only seen from Joe Valachi's point of view. Even the view of his being put out to pasture saeems to be a...
... I think the police and the city administration were off the mark with Terranova. His was a name they knew, so they hounded him, long after he had ceased...
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Jul 31, 2008 1:34 pm
Mr. Critchley, excellent article on the "American Mafia" website re the identity of "Buster From Chicago". I look forward to buying your book! Prior to reading...
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Aug 1, 2008 10:43 am
One thing. Can I contact Sifakis and Nash, who both wrote Mafia Encyclopedias? They need this new information for future editions of their books. You'll...
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Aug 1, 2008 10:44 am
My own theory is that although Pollaccia was connected to D'Aquila through the godparent relationship, there might have been a break in relations in the early...
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Aug 1, 2008 10:45 am
I always thought that history is unkind to Ciro Terranova. People forget that Ciro tried to get Valachi killed in the 1920s, so naturally Valachi is going to...
Nash, whose veracity has long been distrusted by many U.S. crime historians, appears to be the originator of the Brothers as Buster theory, which he suggested...
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Aug 1, 2008 2:35 pm
... while evidence shows Pollaccia's leadership getting stronger.One strong example is the Pollaccia Yale connection in 1924. Another example to consider is...
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Aug 1, 2008 4:54 pm
I don't have a copy of either the Nash or the Sifakis encyclopedias. The reason is that they simply repeat what others say. This means that they are as error...
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Aug 1, 2008 4:55 pm
On Pollaccia, I don't think we'll ever get further than suggesting hypotheses. From my vantage point, one's as good as the other....
