Originally Posted by Toodoped
Originally Posted by ChiCubs


Thanks for the clarification.

Frank's been around forever and comes from a very powerful Outfit/political family.



You're welcome. As I already said, he is the newphew of Bruno Roti Sr who back in 1951/52 officially succeeded Phil D'Andrea as boss of the Chinatown crew and the whole South Side faction, including the Loop and First Ward. Roti Sr also inherited all of D'Andreas political contacts and thats why he (Roti Sr) together with Guzik and Outfit boss Tony Accardo made a deal to infiltrate new faces in the leading political First Ward such as John D'Arco, Pat Marcy, Buddy Jacobson and Fred Roti, mainly because most of their old connection guys were already known by the government and also by the media, or died of natural causes.

I was always under the impression that D'Arco, Marcy and Roti were Outfit guys that were placed in the First Ward, and not guys that were there and then infiltrated. Marcy has a criminal record going back to long before he changed his name and entered politics. D'Arco grew up in Little Italy and was also involved with the Outfit before entering politics. Roti's Dad was Bruno "the Bomber" Roti, so I figured all three were basically groomed and inserted into the First Ward to do the Outfits bidding, and not there and infiltrated.