Originally Posted By: GaryMartin
I read a similar story that indicated Louie "The Mooch" was going to NY to make things right, but was ordered by Accardo not to go. The reasoning was that the hit was a "normal purging."

I'm beginning to wonder if any of these stories are credible. It's really discouraging to spend hours, days, weeks, etc., reading and find that about half of the information is not accurate.

Very discouraging.
What I do know, Gary Martin is that it was Aiuppa who was close to Louie Eboli and not Accardo. Aiuppa was from Melrose Park and so was Louie's mother. I can promise you that Melrose was a close, tight-knit Italian neighborhood then. It makes sense a son would want to avenge his father. Aiuppa had no kids of his own and was kind of a father figure to Louie so it kinda makes sense it would be he and not Accardo that would protect him and talk sense into him at the same time.