You're welcome pal and Im quite glad that you liked it. And yeah, belive it or not the Italian-only myth for the Outfit was busted long time ago but still, there are many mainstream researchers out there who cannot see the difference between the old US mob and the European/Sicilian/Traditional Mafia. And thats why we are here to "destroy" those myths.

Aiuppa was from a different crew and was also a capo during that time and he was never under Battaglia, obviously until Battaglia became underboss and later boss. According to the situation "Pope" was with Battaglia who in turn was also a capo in 1958/59. Since Charles Bertucci (low level member with royal Mafia blood) was on the other side during the sitdown, it is possible that "Pope" was on the same level as Bertucci. Ill make some additional research regarding the real identity of "Pope".




Thanks for the file. The Fischettis were originally NY guys from the Brooklyn area who arrived in Chicago back in 1928 when Capone was made and became a capo. Their younger brother Joe arrived in Chicago much later.

Because of their same roots and long time connection, it seems that the Chicago group had some interests and operations in New York, same as their cousins the Genoveses who also had their ops in Chicago. The Fischettis and Alex are good examples, since Alex was also allegedly involved in some of the extortions of NY unions (still not confirmed in details). They also "exchanged" hitmen regarding some specific contracts in which they needed for the killer to be completely unknown in the city where the murder occurred. They used that same tactic since the 1920s. I wonder if the Esposito bros from NY had any family connections to the late Diamond Joe Esposito or his son Esposito Jr who in turn was still active Outfit member at the time?

Regarding "Toto" or "Tata" from New York might be Toddo Marino....or if the informant got the name wrong of that "Coca Cola" guy....as I previously said that I need researchers such as yourself who have more knowledge than me about New York and can help me in these "more than one family" cases.

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Btw, Ed Valin from the raptrap site is one of the best researchers out there and we used have lots of mutual respect. His articles regarding Ted DeRose and Ralph Pierce are my favorite.

@Ed if you are reading this...cheers bro and best wishes to you and yours.