Don't feel bad, I didn't pick up on it either.

It was the French Connection case that brought "Gribbs" Trumanti down, and that Paulie was referring to.

Carlo Gambino & Sammy Davis, Jr.

the guy with gotti is Michael nunzie napolitano , he was a chauffeur and bodyguard for gotti in the late 80s

Scarfo house is a hell of alot bigger then i thought from seeing it from that view. Like a compound look at all those cars jeeze. The parking lot would be worth a mill. Today

Or maybe there parked on the front lawn like n the hood. I bet the neighbors hated him.

Maybe all those cars were surveillance cars from the various organizations investigating Scarfo

Was the guy in gotti photo related to sonny black. Im tking a guess maybe. Theres a pic from prison of gotti n sonny black. I read a book about miami mob in the 90tys it was about sonny blacks kid or step kid same last name down there being a hanger on ended up dead shot on the beach anyone remwber this?

Nice. No wonder he started spending more time in FL...he had that, and in AC he lived in an apartment near Scarf Inc.

I was re reading Blood and Honor recently...and he had a problem with the neighbor because he wouldnt cut his trees and all the leaves would fall in his yard

He had Caramandi raking them up lmao

Ha ha thats right blackjack forgot about that part..can just picture the crow in a silk shirt and Italian loafers out in the yard raking fuckin leaves lol...dude was the definition of a gopher if anyone was undeserving of getting straightened out my vote is Nicky the Crow Caramandi..

NJ thanks for the photo bud..,never heard of him..is his last name spelled correctly? Any relation to deceased acting boss Frank Guarraci?

book claims this is tommy lucchese..anyone verify?





Apalachin Attendees map...Not sure if this has been posted before

mikey, I edited your post (above) to remove the double commands. You had two IMG commands within each picture and only one should be there. One for the IMG and one for the /IMG (within brackets)

so thats why they werent showing up..ill get it eventually...appreciate it SC

Who is Joe Marcello from Mobile Alabama? They missed on that one.

Is that Mobile? I think they pry meant from NO obv, as Carlos's emissary?

It should be Carlos Marcello from New Orleans. They are a tad East/NE there on the target.

I don't think so. Here's a picture of Luchese from around the same time.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mK3UAq-4Lmg/TlpiX0PAfcI/AAAAAAAACik/FYYcfu2ktgI/s320/Thomas+luchesse.jpg

Dixie did carlos attend Apalachin?

I, in my opinion, don't think so mikey..at least in my researches of carlos. Maybe he had his brother attend ..i don't know.

I'm not sure on that, you would have to ask one of the Appalachian experts on that. He became hot talk after teaming with Frank Costello and putting gaming machines all over New Orleans. He was pretty well known, so I'm not sure how they goofed on that one.

Man, that is awkward. Frank must have set that up. I just got done reading Rat Pack Confidential. Sammy dealt with so much racism from Frank's "friends" (made or otherwise), it's amazing he stuck around for so long, especially in the '60s when blacks in America were starting to think and live on their own terms. That picture's just sad. I like Carlo Gambino in comparison to other gangsters. But as someone born and raised in the post Civil Rights Era? Fuck Carlo Gambino. And I know that's what Sammy's thinking too, as Frank says "say cheese!!".

I don't think it was "set up". Sure racial tensions were at an extreme level in that period of time but I feel like these guys fed off the attention they received from each other and by extension everyone else around them. Gangsters and celebrities loved that shit. It's more awkward to say, "Especially in the 60's when blacks in America were starting to think and live on their own terms". Not trying to pick a fight but this sounds a bit fucked up.

Either way great pic @Mark

Nicky the whip Milano (philly)

Perhaps what's lost in your take is that Gambino looks like he wants to run for his life, and Sammy Davis Jr. looks like his smiling at his mother's behest while taking school pictures.

This is not a picture of a gangster and a celeb being chummy. It's a capture of a very awkward moment in Frank Sinatra's social circle.

That picture was taken at one of Carlo's gay night clubs. They were caught off guard. The expression on their faces says it all.