So, the informant together with Trombina and Esposito went to the joint and few minutes later Frank Ferraro, John D'Arco and Pat Marcy (all high level made members) also entered the joint. Ferraro was introduced to Trombina and so they went and sat on a table, while the rest of the attendees waited on different tables. This again shows us some type of protocol when a high level Cosa Nostra member (such as Ferraro) is present on a sitdown and talks only to the member who in turn is either on a near level or simply also belonged to the Cosa Nostra organization.

After several minutes, Gus Alex entered the joint and sat on the same table with Ferraro and Trombina, something which again shows us Alex's high stature within the Outfit and the respect which he constantly received. After 20 minutes talk, they also called for Esposito to join them on the table.



After an hour, the informant was called to talk to Alex who dominated the conversation, which means Alex was an OC leader who had much higher stature than the informant at the time and above all, that same informant was in Alex's territory. So Alex was able to control the whole conversation and explained to the informant on how Chicago's protocols went down.

Alex told the informant that nobody operates in his districts without his "ok" and that the money the informant earned either went to Alex or Ferraro. Alex also told the informant that he had plenty of time in finding the money, something the informant himself realized that even though he was backed by his cronies back in New York, still he was placed in Alex's pocket and was obliged to kick up money to him, too.




In the following convo we can se Alex explaining the protocol that went between him (Alex) and Tornabene for example. Alex also asked the informant on how he operated his racket and that Alex will send some people, which meant that Alex completely took over the informant's operation, but he (Alex) never forgot about Tornabene's mistakes.



According to some sources, Tornabene owed $75,000 for the scheme and another $10,000 for the gambling dispute and he also he owed to Alex $60,000, and another $15,000 to Joey DiVarco, a known North Side Outfit made guy, and another $10,000 to one Outfit associate known as Robert Stein. It seems that besides other Outfit figures, Tornabene was also in debt to DiVraco and Stein.

Because he allegedly forced Tornabene to pay his debts, it seems that Alex remained in a good relationship with his associates on the East Coast or the New Jersey area since according to one informant, the following year or in December 1959 after the Roger Touhy murder, Alex was allegedly hiding somewhere around the New Jersey area (probably Newark). In 1960, Alex was about to visit one "unknown town" in New Jersey which I believe was Newark, and in 1961 he was again in New Jersey.







So in the next few years Tornabene sold or burned almost every joint that he previously owned, obviously for the insurance money. As it was expected, the remaining of Tornabene’s operations and his stature within the Outfit were taken over by Bertucci. After the situation settled down, it seems that Tornabene was ousted from the organization by Alex and the Outfit.






In 1962, Alex ordered Marcy and D'Arco to close down all strip joints in the Loop area because of the huge pressure from the feds, except for one which belonged to Tornabene who at the time was still in huge debts to the Outfit and Alex, and so he was forced to work it out.



Besides Charles Bertucci, by 1965 it seems that the rest of Tornabene's remaining operations were also taken over by his brother Anthony who in turn again answered to Alex.





It seems that by the late 60's and early 70s, Louis Tornabene possibly paid off his debts and was really ousted from the organization since he had only one legitimate job.





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