I was reading the Al D'Arco book and he said his friend Ralphie(who wasn't even a made guy) used to slap Benny Eggs around and Ralphie didn't even care. Is this story accurate by anybody's account other than D'Arco's?

Al D'Arco says a lot of questionable things so it probably isn't very accurate.

What else did he say in the book that would be questionable?

Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit. Benny Eggs was a war hero (which doesn't excuse his being a gangster). He was respected all his fucking life. Little Al is a fucking worm.

The....fucking....end.

You're actually being serious asking this question? Wow.

What I read in the book is that Ralph considered Venero a loudmouth, choked him and Al pulled him off.

Is it a possibility that Al is just namedropping and he probably never even met Mangano?

Vic Amuso's beef with Bruno Facciola supposedly dated back to a street brawl back in the 70's.

Anyone have any more information on that?

I read the book, Moe. And I'm one of the few people on the boards who actually accepts D'Arco's excuse for ratting (that Casso and Amuso were going to kill him). And Capeci is always worth a read, even if he sometimes has an agenda (all writers do).

That being said, there's a lot of bullshit there. He claimed to meet with Little Jimmy at La Mela all the time. And I know for a fact that the entire Westside downtown crew was leery of D'Arco. Not so much because they thought he was a rat. But because they thought he was a mutt who fell ass backwards into the job.

And that rat crap about Mikey Salerno up in the Bronx? He would have put a gun in his own mouth before he gave up a mouse. Mikey got killed because of Casso's paranoia and insane jealousy of anyone who was more well liked than he was.

Thanks, PB.

More likely Al didn't like Mangano so he decided to tell lies.

An associate putting his hands on a made guy like Venero and not ending up in a trunk? Please..

Al is a total pos I get wanting to take down casso but it should have ended with him or he should have taken casso out not rat on everyone else defend yourself like massino gotti did. No roll like a bitch when not even jammed up he had guys that would have went a along with a coup.

The ONE thing I HATE about these books is putting money in these pricks pockets.

Interested to read it, but I'll download it illegally on the net before I give that bullshit artist 2 cents.

And honestly, I'm AMAZED Capeci would put his name to crap like that.
An associate slapping/choking BENNY EGGS. Are you fucking kidding me. PLEASE.

So Capeci can kiss my two cents away too.. Not to mention the notches of respect he loses...

I might be getting confused with another book but I think I remember reading that D'Arco "didn't get any of the profits from the book".

Could someone clear this up?

ahhhh Man PB, I read the initial post and almost spit my mountain dew on the monitor. D'Arco says some non made guy slapping Benny around like it was nothing? You have got to be kidding me!!!!!

One of the most respected Genovese elders ever. You wanna talk about a true wiseguy, someone that is one thousand percent cosa nostra...look no farther than Benny

re did meyer lansky really die broke? I don't believe it, this guy looked after mob money for years, odds are he stashed millions away.

My laptop caught some Ketel One. Same principle .

Well the original title of the thread wasn't "Was Benny Eggs a tough guy" I'm sure he was but I had to put something that would fit so I put that.

From everything I've heard he didn't die broke but he didn't have nearly as much money as the media reported he did. Maybe he did and maybe they were stashed away in accounts that absolutely nobody could find, but we'll never know.

I thought it was off myself that Al would say that being that Benny Eggs was a pretty big guy but I figured maybe at that time he wasn't as big and wasn't as respected but I guess he was all that at that time.

Benny Eggs walks with two canes the guy has a lot of health issues. TO ask if he was a toughguy is common sense he was in the war did jail time n still remained a senior member of the family all these years

I didn't buy the book because so many of these rats are lying scumbags. When did the weasel claim this ralph guy was slapping Venero around?

Look at my reply to tommy G and you'll see why I put that as the title. It just fit in the space. I couldn't put what I really wanted in the space because of the word count. If it makes you feel any better, just ignore the title and read the description to see what I was really asking.

^ That was at Red btw.

About midway through the book or so. It was after he got out of prison he said it happened. He kind of glossed over it as if it was no big deal when he said it in the book. Didn't go I to great detail about it.

I meant what year did it happen? How long ago?

anytime d'arco, casso or vic get brought up I always end up feeling really for Fat Pete for some reason

Al book is full of bs.

It DIDN'T happen. But in Al's mind, he probably imagined it some time after Capeci slipped him a few bucks under the table .

D´Arco is the only wiseguy who ratted for being yelled at.

The book is pretty decent though. Interesting read.

Chiodo decided to rat after Amuso screamed at him and humiliated him in front of other wiseguys at El Caribe.

All of their subordinates were so sensitive.