But when it comes to Raab´s description of Galante´s drug dealing in the 1970s, he does not name proper sources in his Principal Sources and Reference segment.
Page 205:
"Paroled in 1974 after serving twelve years, Galante´s lust for power and his murderous instincts soon prevailed. Phillip "Rusty" Rastelli, a rival for the top post and interim boss , balked at stepping aside in Galante´s favour."
///Rastelli was elected boss of the Bonannos in 1973. This is picked up in wire taps and described in Lamothe´s and Humphrey´s "The sixth Family". Violi explained the proceedings for Nick Rizzuto and told him about who he had sent down to New York to deliver the Montreal vote. So Rastelli was not merely an "interim boss".
If you question Selwin Raab's book, you should not take The Sixth Family as gospel either.
I have posted a FBI report earlier on this forum, saying that Lilo was in retirement which indicates to me that Lilo actually was shelved in 1962. When this info is corroborated with a second source (Bill Bonanno, "The Last Testament") it makes it more believable than something that is said once by an unreliable informant.
You have to be absolutely sure to state that Galante was shelved. Bill Bonanno is not regarded as a reliable source. I remember an earlier discussion about this when you stated this as a fact, while it now seems that you only
presumed it.
But I like your knowledge/interest of the Bonannos. It's good to keep an open mind, instead of using wikipedia as a source, as many seem to do.
Sonny, I have never stated Galante was shelved as a fact. How the heck would I have known that?? But when two different sources, independent of eachother, claim the same thing it
indicates where the truth might be at.
And there are wire taps of Violi and Rizzuto discussing the Rastelli selection. According to the authors there are recordings of the meeting. I doubt very much they would have mentioned this in the Sources and References segment of the book if there weren´t.
Thank you for the compliment. Keep in mind, Sonny that things we (all of us) might think we know, could be very far from the truth. No informant and no book provides us with definitive answers or full knowledge. Mob history is filled with inaccuracies and missunderstandings. But I think, by using common sense and a little bit of a detective´s work, we could get (at least) a little bit closer to the truth.
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