James "Big Jim" Colosimo

What was the name of the famous vessel that was sabotage at the new york docks during the war.

S. S. Normandie


Where was Al Capone born?

Brooklyn

Where and when did Al Capone die

Palm Island, Florida January 24th 1947


where was Al Capone Buried?

Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Chicago. (Interestingly, he was first buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, then moved secretly to Carmel, where he reposes with many of his former enemies--Dion O'Banion, "Schemer" Drucci, Hymie Weiss and the Genna Bros.)
Q. What Chicago gun dealer was known as "the armorer of gangland"?

A: Peter Von Frantizius

Q: What North Side gang member was known as "The Schemer."

Vincent Drucci.
Q. What famous comedian was nearly killed by a knife-wielding Machine Gun Jack McGurn?

A: Joe E. Lewis

Q: Who played him in the movie?

Which movie?

THE JOKER IS WILD (I just gave away the answer).

Ill try and get this back on track.

What was Tony Accardo's nickname.

Joe Batters

Who were the alleged gunmen during the "Sonny Red" Indelicato murder

Frank Lino, Gerlando Sciascia, Vito Rizzuto, and "Sonny Black" Napolitano


who was the underboss of the Bonanno crime family under boss Phillip Rastelli?

no one knows?

COME ON

Take it easy, it's Joe Massino.

No it wasn't, Massino, was Caporegeme

Rastelli never really had an underboss per se. He was in prison for a long time, and while he was away, Carmine Galante was maneuvering to be the Bonanno boss--actually declared himself the boss. Massino was a caporegime, along with a cast of others: Dominic (Big Trin) Trinchero, Alfonse (Sonny Red) Indelicato, Dominick (Sonny Black)Napolitano and, after Galante was whacked, Cesare Bonventre. Sal Catalano actually became acting boss for a very short while, but he was disqualified because he was a Sicilian--in a bizarre twist, only an American born Mafioso could be the boss. Massino and Napolitano whacked Big Trin and Sonny Red. Then Sonny Black was whacked after the Donnie Brasco affair, then Bonventre was whacked on Massino's orders. That left him the last man standing under Rastelli when Rastelli got out of prison; and therefore, his underboss.

well, I was actually looking for Nicky Cigars/Glasses/Little Nicky, who did serve as his Underboss

but sense you gave me all that information, I realize I should have been more specific, so your turn TB

How did Richie (the Boot) Boioardo, Mafia boss of Newark NJ, get his nickname?

I think in THE BOYS FROM NEW JERSEY, it was written that he preferred to kick and stomp people to death, in a literal sense, hence the nickname. But I'm not 100% sure, TB.

It's a lot less grim than that, PB. He was called "the Boot" because he conducted his business from a phone boot'. Seriously.

Your turn...

I'll Go

Who was the boss that Al Capone was trying to whack at the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

George (Bugs) Moran.
Q. Who were the four Capone shooters in the massacre?

Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn,Joseph Guinta, John Scalise, and Albert Anselmi?

There is a lot of controversy about who pulled triggers in that massacre--but all are agreed that McGurn wasn't one of them. He planned the massacre mainly in revenge for having nearly been killed in a trap laid by Moran's two chief thugs--the Gusenberg brothers. He sold Capone on the idea by convincing him that Moran could be erased in the same hit. To protect himself, McGurn holed up in a hotel with his mistress Louise Rolfe (known as "the blonde alibi"), and kept calling for room service at the time of the shooting to reinforce the alibi.

According to Capone's most recent biographer, Lawrence Bergreen, the shooters were Fred (Killer) Burke, Albert Anselmi, John Scalise and Pasquale (Patsy) Lolordo.

Q. What was the name of the Brooklyn Irish gang that was after young Capone, precipitating his flight to Chicago?

The White Hand, led by Denny Meehan, then William Lovett, then Richard Lonergan.

Great! Your turn to post a question...

Who was the only free gangster that came out of the Donnie Brasco situation?