Chuckie English was killed on February 13, 1985. It was the day before Valentine's Day.
The Restaurant was Horwath's.
He was the last Taylor St. man to go. He was no threat to that stupid Auippa and Cerone. They killed him for revenge right before they began rotting in jail in 1986.
In the old days, Mooney would hold court at the Armory Lounge.
Sometimes Cerone would be whistled in by Mooney and be a little berated in front of Mooney's Taylor St. men who would usually be there with him at some point.
They would sit next to Mooney and stare at Cerone while he was being berated for something. The men usually there were hard core Taylor St. made guys. Sammy DeStefano, Willie Daddano, Chuckie English, Rocky Potenza, Chuckie Nicoletti etc.
Cerone would then go complain about it to Accardo. Accardo would then bring it up to Ricca. This is some of the things that went on that you will never read in a book.
I guess the big baby Cerone had to get his revenge before he went to rot in jail.
There's an article written by Joe Fosco and he says that the hit was ordered by Cerone and Auippa but it was organized by DiFronzo.
"As we have learned, most Outfit hits are carried out with the help of several conspirators.When planning any illegal action, the Outfit always uses a “work car”. A work car is an automobile that is specifically used for illicit activities only. Sometimes they are stolen cars, other times they are cars registered to bogus identities or deceased people. In this case the work car was provided by Outfit heavy Lee Magnafichi. However, Lee was not immediately involved in the execution of the hit that took the life of English. Lee’s ankle was fractured at the time due to a slip and fall injury that occurred on some ice earlier that winter and this injury kept him on the sidelines. Because of this, DiFronzo used Rudy Fratto as a primary conspirator in the hit."
