That's great info hairy! Do you know if catena and decarlo were part of a smaller family in Jersey which was absorbed primarily by the Genovese and luchesse families in the 40s-50s?
I don´t think so. The Newark Family was disbanded in the mid 1930s and the made members were absorbed by all five NY Families. I think Catena was actually a member of Longy Zwillman´s group before joining the Italians. DeCarlo may have been an early associate of Willy Moretti (Genovese captain) but there is not much info on him before he joined the Mafia. Basically what I know is that he at some point had been an associate of Boiardo but that the two of them had gone seperate ways after a falling out.
De Carlo was once part of the Mazzocchi crew which was a rival gang of Boiardo's during prohibition. As the Mazzocchi brothers were killed off he became part of the Boiardo crew. At that time Moretti and Boiardo were at odds. Moretti was with Longy so was Catena.
