Toodoped, Well a lot of what's written here is what I've been saying about Ricca. It even talks about Giancana and some other Taylor St.en being in Ricca's Crew.
The other article on the bottom where you have to click on it, says Ricca was the Boss all the way up until 1957. However, I still maintain that the Outfit was never a Dictatorship and that there were usually 3 Top men.
Ricca was really the most powerful Outfit Boss of all time. I would put Accardo second, Giancana 3rd, Auippa 4rth and DiFronzo 5th.
Giancana would be more highly ranked had He not left Chicago.
DiFronzo would be more highly ranked had He not retreated.
Your right,Ricca was the boss till his death(maybe a lil bit less in last few years) not as a dictatorship but i think that he always had the last word.The proof for that is the extermination on his underlings after his death.And yes Mooney would have been the next boss if he hadnt left Chicago or hadnt made himself much visible to the public.
