Scarfo had the backing of the Genovese family, unless Salvie somehow got them on his side it would seem unlikely that he would come out on top.
Yah but sometimes NY chooses to stay out of internal conflict amongst other families. The Gambino`s `backed`Stanfa but did nothing to assist him in his war witht he Merlino faction.
Obviously if the Genovese got involved Salvie would be in trouble but the Caponigro situation was different from a guy trying to kill his killers before they got him.
