I always wondered if stanfa played a part in that. Or at least knew it was coming. You have to think if he was his driver then he was at least somewhat close to Bruno. I was shocked that nothing ever came of stanfa from that incident.

You gotta wonder.

One might wonder if he was allowed to live because he was made privy to the decision to whack the don and consented to it somehow. He was not whacked that day, or thereafter, so it is definitely suspect.

Understood ,who said that ? who are they ? I am telling you from just what I seen with my eyes is diff. But these guys kill each other also.
Trace down who said that paperclip thing and see, I say that sounds like it sells papers or make TV shows....
Philly you know I don't read the papers and post whats on TV shows, so you really think Bruno if he did have those feelings would do THAT ....I say look at the actions over that next 10 or so years how Bruno was close to him.
Yea he was the boss and tried to move in on things but this is what they do ,you start a racket and if it is good it is the family's ,but if it is shit they say this is your baby....
I say the proof is in the actions,thats all for all I know Bruno may wanted him dead...
But his actions said diff and he even gave the green light for him to kill a Judge just sayin..

Yea that's true serp. I think it was judge Helfant I believe. Something like that. But with stanfa you would have thought that he would have been killed as well. I guess we will never know.

I I think he was spared by the New York family or families that were really behind the killing.... or he just got lucky , guys are getting older we may never find out

I was always interested in Bruno/Scarfo relationship. In the 1980 PA crime commission report, there is a wiretap transcript of Charlie Allen, who was an associate of bruno involved in dirty work. Now, before we get nuts here, this Allen guy went into Witsec and was later convicted of raping his stepdaughter. I don't believe Bruno was a robin hood; I believe he was as devious as any other mobster. He was low-key.

Back to Allen wiretap. He says that the family split right down the middle with Chickie Narducci and Phil Testa on one side and Angelo on the other. Leonetti touches on this in his book, saying Scarfo told Bruno, when Bruno came down to AC to ask him whose side he would be on, and Scarfo replied "one family, no sides". So, there was friction there. Testa was definitely into drugs, he had a 1974 heroin charge. And so was Tony Bananas. Apparently, Bruno was too, thru Long John and the Cherry HIll Gambinos, he just didn't share the profits.

I also read in another document, which I thought was credible, that Scarfo caught some irish guy watching him on Georgia Avenue. He knew the guy was a Bruno Associate and he told Bruno he would kill the fucking guy if he saw him again.

Bruno knew Scarfo was very capable, had a lot of friends in the family, and knew a lot of people in NYC, etc., through Jail, SKinny Razor, and others. There were 3 or 4 Picolos in the Bruno Family at the time and Scarfo was aligned with Testa.

As for the Stanfa thing, the only thing I read was that Barracuda Sindone and either Johnny Keys or Bananas Brother in-law went to see him in the hospital the day or night after the shooting and they were speaking. Leonetti's book gives reasons for him being spared.

Like Serp says, we may never know.

I have never had mob info ,I was not ever involved in there Bizz.But over herd many things .Thing is Bruno had a house here and was around often who knows what was what.
The big thing was the Sicilian /Calabrian thing is the factor in all of the Philly mob always has been.I know everyone calls Nick sr. crazy for the way he did things(Murders) but the reason was just that .The two factions,and all the deceit going way back.They have always been killing each other cos of it.He really was just a product of the Philly bosses before him.This is why he broke them all.
Testa did not get along with Bruno,I know this sounds crazy but true.Well in the very beginning they did.
This is where all the deceit came from the rest was $$$$$$.
I do believe that Bruno kept Nick close for that reason and all the things NickyWip said..
And the Irish guy story ,that is true and it was high alert on georgia ave and most of us got the word trickle down effect .That stuff was leaked .But not all the stuff I wish I had the answers for.

Wasn't Bruno out on bail for Rico shit. Think him harry hunch Joe Chang and a few others pat spirito all got indicted in 1980 and it all went to hell. In the end only Joe Chang and harry went to trial everyone else was murder.harry and Joe were found guilty so I'm guessing Bruno would have to. Just wonder what the case was on Bruno. Think it was loan sharking n gambling. Bruno put 2 guys under him that didn't have his best intentions. Tony n testa. Maybe he was slipping cause bambino was gone. Why didn't he break testa. I think tony c just was devious and greedy. And he just waited his turn he probably would have been boss or testas under. They were realty screwy 3. Think the NY family's were putting them against each other for a bigger piece of a.c. and in the end it worked. All 5 families just stroled in probably riggi to

Sorry to get off topic : P-Mac check your PM

WTF Serp. How you gonna cut everyone else out of the conversation and PM the PMAC?? Fuckers. Lol. I gotta take a dump anyhow.

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