The whole story about Gianccana allegedly hating Cerone is a little bit murky. First of all, during the 1940's and 50's the Taylor St/Cicero and Elmwood Park/W Grand Av crews collaborated perfectly. In fact they even control the whole Outfit from the late 1990's (possibly) until today. Yes, Cerone was a drunk and had his own problems but during Giancana's reign as boss, Cerone was involved in few of the most infamous hits and murder attempts. Giancana was a very egoistic individual and so if he really hated Cerone, the latter one wasnt going to receive any type of job and also he wasnt going to be involved in brutal murders like the one on Action Jackson, together with Giancanas main guy Buccieri.

I believe that most of the stories comes from the situation when Giancana's underboss Frank Ferraro died in 1964, meaning Ricca and Accardo allegedly backed Cerone as the successor of the late Ferraro but Giancana and some of the other capos wanted for Battaglia to receive that same position, and believe it or not they waited for the vote of the non-Italian faction which was still represented by Murray Humphreys at the time, who in turn knew Battaglia since the early 1930's and so Humphreys obviously voted for his long time friend. And so thats how Battaglia received the number two position under Giancana and also became his successor.

Here are just few convos and information which shows us the general picture regarding the connection between Giancana and Cerone, meaning you can decide on whether these guys hated each other....





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