Part II of our challenge involves seven mafiosi, representing four different Cosa Nostra Families. Three were from the Bonanno crew, two from the Chicago Outfit, one from the Colorado Family, and one was from the Patriarca Family of New England. Although each man was of Italian extraction, all seven of these men had “Irish” nicknames.

Your job is to provide the real ‘first and last name’ for each man, and match the (letter) of his nickname, with the corresponding (number) of the Family/City he was affiliated with.

A) Al Walker
B) Joe Valley
C) Charlie Carr
D) Frankie Carroll
E) Eddie Mulligan
F) Jack McGurn
G) Johnny Bennett

1) Bonanno
2) Bonanno
3) Bonanno
4) Chicago
5) Chicago
6) Colorado
7) Patriarca

Have at it fellas....See how many of these mobsters you can successfully "hit" (no pun intended) lol

Walker was Bonanno, McGurn was The Outfit.

Joe Valley was Colorado family associate Joseph John Valentich - Bill Feather's website spells his name as "Valentica" but he wasn't Italian

He was associated to Eugene Smaldone and was his driver like 30+ years (he also assisted Clyde and Clarence as well as Paul C. Villano and other Denver crew members at times)

Valentich was also interviewed for the Smaldone book and talks about his relationship with Checkers. He ended up driving him to the hospital on the day he died in 1992

You nailed it, JP. Very good info!

And you are correct as well...on both counts. Walker (Embarrato) and McGurn (DeMora)

...And then there were 4!

LOL.....What a clown thread topic !!!

E-7 was Edward “Eddie Mulligan” Romano (New England - Patriarca Family)



...Three mystery mobsters remain.

G-2 was an original veteran soldier of the old Joseph Bonanno Family by the name of Giovanni "Johnny Bennett" Petrone, aka; "The Ambassador"

In general, Petrone lived a very shadowy existence, but he was reportedly a highly-ranked member of their borgata, who, at one point, was allegedly consulted with, and used as an intermediary, during the so-called "Banana War" of the mid-to-late 1960s.

2 remain standing....Charlie Carr and Frankie Carroll.

So who are they?

C-4 was Carlo “Charlie Carr” Torraco (Chicago)

Carlo Torraco grew up in the Melrose Park section of Chicago. As a then-23 year old young hoodlum, back in August of 1928, he and two accomplices were arrested and jailed on two counts of armed-robbery. Torraco was held in lieu of a whopping $75,000 bond. His two buddies were also held, but on lesser bonds of $50,000 apiece.

They ended up getting convicted on the robbery charges. Torraco received an “indeterminate” sentence of one-year-to-life in prison, of which he ended up serving five years on.

After making parole in the mid-1930s, he joined up with the Outfit, and over the next three decades Torraco was considered to be a “card carrying” member of the Chicago Family.

From the 1930s, through the 1950s era, among other rackets, Torraco was said to be active in alcohol-bootlegging. In later years, he gravitated to bookmaking and gambling rackets.

Through the years he was closely associated with the Bravos brothers, Nick and George, known Chicago-area bookmakers and hoodlums, as well as a variety of other top Windy-City racketeers and mafiosi.

An interesting incident occurred back in 1955, when George Bravos reported to the authorities that his brother Nick had been kidnapped for ransom. Torraco and George Bravos were brought into police headquarters for questioning. During the interrogation and grilling about the alleged ransom kidnapping of George’s brother they told the police that $75,000 had allegedly be demanded from them to guarantee Nick’s safe return.

But, no sooner had the FBI been called into the investigation, one afternoon, curious FBI agents went to the Bravos home and discovered that Nick was back in the company of his brother and Torraco, all sitting together in the family’s living room.

...Obviously, there had been a lot more to the story than a simple kidnapping.

...And then there was one! Only "Frankie Carroll" of the Bonanno clan remains.

D-3 was Francesco “Frankie Carroll” Garofalo (Bonanno)

Born in the storied seaside town of Castellammare del Golfo, (Trapani Province) in northwestern Sicily, Francesco Garofalo, aka; Frank Garofalo, aka "Frankie Carroll" was a close friend and associate of Joe Bonanno. He would also become one of the most influential and respected underbosses the American Cosa Nostra ever produced.
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Garofalo completes our second installment of; Italian mafiosi, with Irish-sounding nicknames.