FRANZESE-CARMINE Snr. 1881 Naples, Italy / USA 1898.
Alias : - Tudie the Lion.
Relations : - John [Son], Michael [G/Son].
Another possible member, never listed on “official” charts, but mentioned in the book The Crime Confederation as a member. Born in Palma, Campania [near Naples] in 1881, he was an early arrival in US. In 1919 his son John, a future Profaci Capo, was born on a visit back to Italy. He appears to have been connected to the early Camorra organisation in Brooklyn. In 1926 he was a visitor to condemned Camorra killer Antonio Paretti in the death cell. Amongst other visitors were Vito Genovese and Frank Amato, fellow Queens residents of Neapolitan origin, and future leaders of Cosa Nostra Families. The next sighting we have of him is in the 1930’s, when he was questioned in the 1934 Bocchia murder. This case involved Genovese, and several of his Neapolitan associates, and Joseph Profaci. All these connections to the Genovese faction may point to him being a member of that Family. On his WW2 Registration card he claims to own a business, which could be a Bar, as on the 1940 Census he is listed as a bartender. He made several trips to Italy, the last one being in 1952. We have no record of his criminal activities or his DOD.