Tootsie Babe, Part II
The son of reputed Outfit killer Ronald Jarrett brought Frank "Tootsie Babe" Caruso back into focus again at the Family Secrets trial this week.
The younger Ronald Jarrett, who shares his father's name, explained to jurors that after his father was gunned down in 1999 in a mob hit, the younger Jarrett worked with Nick Ferriola, the son of top mobster Joseph Ferriola, to run a bookmaking operation.
Nick Ferriola explained to Jarrett that Frank Calabrese Sr. had said there were certain people you could trust in the Bridgeport/Chinatown neighborhood.
One of those people was Frank "Tootsie Babe" Caruso, according to trial testimony.
The elder Caruso also made the trial this week when real estate businessman and lawyer Victor Cacciatore explained Frank "Skid" Caruso, the father of "Tootsie Babe" was his client on some real estate deals
http://blogs.suntimes.com/mob/2007/07/tootsie_babe_part_ii.html