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....
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Aug 1, 2008 9:50 pm
... This is a good article!Pollaccia virtually unknown just a couple of years ago. It's amazing with all the gansters to research during this era, the experts...
... My partner Louis Cafiero continues to dig up additional information on Pollaccia and to shine additional light into those shadows. We anticipate having a...
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Aug 8, 2008 11:21 pm
Joe Bonanno's uncle Vito Bonventre, born in 1891. I thought that he was only marginally involved with the Family. But a late 1960s FBI report lists him as a...
I am wondering hwo thos eon this board view the bio channels TV show Mobsters. Personally on one hand I appreciate that ti brings attention to a great hobby...
Hey I'm going to Chicago next month sometime for an extended weekend visit to visit family and catch up with some cigar buddies I have out there... I'm in the...
... Ryan, It goes beyond frustrating for me. I have a very difficult time watching Mafia-related "documentaries." I don't believe I have ever sat through an...
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Aug 10, 2008 10:29 am
This isn't news. I've spent the last 20 years laughing at the offerings on film on the Mob. View them as a from of entertainment, not information !...
This is an interesting theory. I'm not yet willing to believe that Fontana was so completely wrong about the legendary killing. But I also cannot find a...
... I wish I could be entertained by some of the stuff. But it seems to me to be evidence of the death of responsible media. Has anyone else noticed that there...
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Aug 13, 2008 11:12 am
I can't say I blame you for being critical. It's only a theory and I don't think we'll ever get to the definitive truth. Worth noting, however. The thing...
My "little" timeline project for the "Caged Wolves: The History of New York's Morello Mob" website has already grown to three web pages and now includes data...
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Aug 19, 2008 10:24 am
Here is more. I have their years of birth somewhere as well: Giuseppe Callichio Poulia, Campagna Antonio Cecala Corleone Salvatore Cina "Palermo" Antonio...
I'd be interested to hear what members think of the Unione Siciliana. According to legend, that was a fraternal organization infiltrated by the American Mafia....
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Aug 26, 2008 3:45 pm
I think this is partly meant for me right? Anyhow, I don't see the evidence for the Unione Siciliana being - outside of greater Chicagoland - influenced by...
... Barasa's letter to the Chicago Tribune (June 19, 1925) was very convincing. The text of the letter is shown below " Chicago, June 17 - At a special meeting...
... Dave, You meant to write "according to legend, no NON-Sicilian was allowed..." Of course, that was not true of the Unione Siciliana fraternal organization....
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Aug 27, 2008 10:30 am
But I'm sure that none of the earlier member-informers referred to it as the Unione Siciliana. So this is something of a non-issue. I threw in the non-Italian...
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Aug 27, 2008 10:30 am
Yeah, they definitely had a problem in Chicago. But I don't believe anyone got to the bottom of it. Presumably, gangsters coveted the political power the...
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Sep 3, 2008 10:24 am
Although I liked the "On the Spot" article from Tom and Mike Tona on the Mafia in Pittsburgh, and the huge amount of research involved, I have a question. ...
... Hi Dave, Happy to help, though I'm puzzled - I believe you have already drawn similar information from Gentile. It seems to be well established that...
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Sep 3, 2008 12:29 pm
Hi, Topm Thanks for the quick reply. IO'll check some of this with a pal of mine who is as versed in the Castellammare War. Maybe I'm missing something. Until...
... Well, that's why I get the "big bucks." ;-) ... I don't believe I ever stated that Siragusa sent men anywhere to fight in anything. He was a supporter of...
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Sep 3, 2008 8:08 pm
Hi, Tom We have, I believe, two different versions of page 118. So that may well account for differences. What I'll do is to get back when I've tried to get...
