Originally Posted by Malavita
Legendary crew. The Lucchese have always chosen to have few crews but big ones, unlike other families where everybody and their mothers is a capo and where some capos have 1 or 2 guys under them.

According to Al D'Arco, When Salvatore "Don Turiddu" Curiale died, Joseph "Joe Reese" Schiavo was supposed to succeed him as Capo because he had seniority. However, Schiavo declined because he didn't want all the hassle that goes with the job so Paul Vario was appointed.

I have also read that Joe Schiavo is the one who sponsored Paul Vario for his induction.


Malavita, as far as I'm aware of, everything that you just said is 100% correct and on point.