He was also a cross dresser.

Let me add this: Little Nicky also correctly understood that someone living that lifestyle would probably end up whacked or in prison....so Nicky chose prison. If you look at the roster of mafiosi in prison, it is filled with the toughest of them that couldn't easily be eliminated on the street.

Not for nothing Bruno has a lot of bodies you don't know about . His selection in those murders was different from Nick . Bruno gave the go ahead to kill a judge here on the main strip in front of 50 locals .

Let me add this: Little Nicky also correctly understood that someone living that lifestyle would probably end up whacked or in prison....so Nicky chose prison. If you look at the roster of mafiosi in prison, it is filled with the toughest of them that couldn't easily be eliminated on the street.

For sure, without a doubt. We only hear about murders via media or someone turning stoolie. But the body count behind the scenes is always much higher

But Scarfo went out of his way to clip guys. And both crazy phil & nicky crow said he loved doing it in public. The more attention it got, the happier he was "he wanted to hear noise"

He loved being in the papers. If he understood anything about LCN, he should know media attention isn't one of them.

Diggin the eggplant posts lol

Then why are you here SC?

First, The MAFIA is a contradiction; secret society but everyone knows, men of honor who will kill or betray a best friend at the drop of a hat,respect your wives but keep a side piece,readiness to kill yet exquisitely polite,amoral gangster loving family man, I could go on forever..But as far as Bonnano I was just quoting his theory on the mafia being based on power and not money, which is right on the money, why you see brokesters like Gotti, Scarfo, even guys like Rastelli become bosses. Now as far as Bonnanos connections, it was always well known that was the most sicilian clan. Remember Lucky was in jail in America for 10 years, during this time he has no connects to sicily, lecarra friddi was never a power, shit Vito is much better connected in Italy at this point in time. So Coppolas business is his, not like hes running it for Lucky.When Lucky got out and deported, he met with Gambino in Italy in 1948. Why Gambino? Why not Vito? Cause he cant trust Vito. Profaci, Bonnano,Gambino, these guys had powerful contacts, relatives in sicily that trandcend business, much more of a family thing. See Luckys Power, not his title of boss his power is in flux at this period in time. On top of this Lucky didnt really respect the mafia tradition as such, he played lip service to it for the sake of business, he actually thought it was an impediment. Coppola was much closer to Detroit during the luciano jail years, and being that he was arguably the top man in the business, its likely they were competitors in the drug trade, not allies. I think you are saying Lucianos pressence legitimized Bonnano at the meeting, when I think it was the other way around... basically Bonnano had more pull in sicily, Lucky more in the States but even that was changing at this point..

you see brokesters like Gotti, Scarfo, even guys like Rastelli become bosses.