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The Riccobene War
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04/03/11 07:58 PM
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I was wondering if anyone out there can shed some light on what the fued between him and Scarfo was really over and if anyone else in the Philadelphia crime family was siding with Riccobene over Scarfo. I have seen the TV special on Phil Leonetti and all he says was that " Riccobene broke every rule in Cosa Nostra". I have also heard that Scarfo was demanding a tribute sum that the Riccobene faction thought was too high and they refused to pay but I have not heard anything from a reliable source.
Thank you for your time.
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Re: The Riccobene War
[Re: Mussolini14]
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04/03/11 09:44 PM
04/03/11 09:44 PM
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Harry the Hunchback was always a very interesting figure to me, having been made by Bruno at the ridiculous age of 17/21 or (tellingly, at least) there about, and sticking around under more or less his own aegis for decades until, of course, Little Nicky got pissed off at how Riccobene had for so many years been "getting away" with kicking up what seemed like a paltry sum from such a big & well-known earner. George Anastasia has written a bit on him & the conflict with Scarfo; Blood & Honour seems by consensus to be the best account, although he touches on Riccobene in Last Gangster. Allen May has written about it, & references the numerous guys Scarfo tapped to take him out, like Pat the Cat Spirito & Nicky the Crow, as well as Frank Monte & Long John Martorano's tapping Harry's brother Mario, who of course promptly alerted Harry. In essence, though, it seems like it was pretty much Harry & his fiercly loyal crew against pretty much the entire Scarfo combine. In which case Harry did pretty well, considering. http://www.crimemagazine.com/serving-harry-riccobenescarfo-war Theres a fair few fansites about the guy too. Some peole gush over guys like Riccobene, being one of those "old-school" archtypes like Bruno/Catena/Gambino era gangsters of "the good old days", which is of course a completely fictitious statement. Granted, five ft. whatever Harry "The Hump/Hunchback" Riccobene is one of those gangsters we like to think "could have succeeded at anything", but for the fact that the choices they did make invariably ended them up in prison. There are some good photos of him in public record, whcih sites like this one make good use of; http://phillymobspot.blogspot.com/2008/10/harry-was-no-hump.html The one of him surrounded by several guards just towering over him is a classic.
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