Jerome Johnson was black, and he paralyzed Joseph Colombo mentally and physically until his death in 1978. Although many suspected Gambino because he had been somewhat angry at him for his publicity stunts (if he wanted to represent Italians and protect them from slandering, why the hell was he a mob boss he screwed them out of money? He should have gone legitimate, it's just a sign of his idiocy and arrogance). Yet, it was obviously not Gambino because he did not hire any other races but Italians (as did Bonnano boss, Carmine Galante - he called his Sicilian killers "zips", and his own would eventually turn on him). Joey Gallo was the main suspect from then on.