another great write up TD. i havent been on the boards much lately, its good to come back to somef resh content to read on my day off.
@vegasbuckeye thanks bud and also thanks for your support. Stay tuned since lots of stuff are comin in the following month or so.
Toodoped - Good stuff, as always. I actually joined this forum because I had read every single post you've made here re: The Outfit and it's some of the best Outfit content I've read anywhere. Your research is second to none.
Random question: Do you have any idea what happened to Rocco "The Parrot" Potenza? He was a Giancana guy in the 50's/60's and then kind of just disappeared. I can't find an obituary or anything else on what happened to him. He was a northwest suburbs guy. Any ideas?
@ChiCubs thank you too for the kind words, something which means a lot to me. So thanks again and stay tuned.
Regarding your question on Potenza/Potenzo, I think that when Giancana left the country and when Battaglia ended up in prison, Potenzo's interests around Niles and Wheeling were mainly absorbed by the Ross Prio crew aka the North Side crew. During the late 1960s Potenzo was constantly seen having meetings in Niles together with Prio, DiVarco, Arnold and the "Three Doms". I also think that sometime around this period or later (i dont remember the exact year) Potenzo also suffered a stroke which instantly placed him in semi-retirement and he sold most of his joints and interests through one Rocco Montagna.
Chicago is so fascinating a lot has to do with Al Capone though. He is such an icon lol.
Thats right H and even though in the eyes of Cosa Nostra he was official and independent boss for several mounths (no more boss of bosses until September 1931), still Capone obviously cleared the way for his successors during the previous years. Capone was so respected, that when he even went allegedly crazy, nobody dared to touch him although he was constantly watched by his peers such as Charlie Fish, Ricca, Guzik and Humphreys.
