Gambino soldiers have been heard lamenting DeMeo's death on wiretap, believing he was killed for nothing. In that sense I think you're right. Paul had the excuse of hitting DeMeo for breaking LCN law within the realm of earnings, but I think the family sensed it was more just 'because I can'.
I was under the impression that Roy was almost universally disliked by the rest of the Gambino's. Were the lamenters in the Demeo crew (and where can I read the wiretaps) ?
Got it. It took a year (wow), but here you go.
Colombo soldier Ralph Scopo on Roy Demeo: " Being that he got picked up, they figure maybe this guy will rat. That's bullshit. But not to take the chance they went and killed him."
In chicago, Tony Accardo tried to kill Al Pilotto because he was afraid Pilotto might rat. Accardo had to kill off all the conspirators to make it look like he was still on Pilotto's side. In the end, Pilotto stood up and took his sentence, but not before half the Southside was wiped out, the hitman turned states evidence, and the Calabreses beat one of them to death. It's just shoddy work as far as Chicago goes.
