Originally Posted By: mulberry
Originally Posted By: ht2


Never heard of Chin's attempt on Costello?

Don't know who made their bones or not. I just took issue with saying Gambino killed "ALOT" when there's no evidence he killed anyone by his own hand. Looks like Carlo became a capo at a young age and would be giving orders, but the op wasn't asking about giving orders. Costello became acting boss for Luciano after Vito abdicated.


Shooting at someone is not making your bones. That means Gigante never killed anyone, and neither did most of the Genovese leadership. I don't remember Luciano, Torrio, Gotti, Paul Vario or Matty Ianniello killing anyone either. All these mafia bosses never killed anyone. They just became feared bosses.


Not having evidence that they didn't kill people isn't the same as saying that they never killed. Undoubtedly they did, but we only know based on convictions or the words of informants. Considering that Mafia activities are supposed to be secret we shouldn't expect to know who killed whom. Just because we don't know who they killed, or that law enforcement doesn't know doesn't mean anything except them getting away with murder.