Originally Posted By: Serpiente
Originally Posted By: NickyWhip
Yeah pmac the article is below about Idone. As for Gotti, it didn't appear to matter to scarfo if he beefed with the gambinos. He went to castellano and Gotti with problems and they also killed for each other. And he had the west side behind him. I'm sure scarfo respected Gotti though. But, he wasn't after Gotttis approval. Scarfo knew the rules.

http://articles.philly.com/1990-01-09/news/25907968_1_mob-boss-mob-captain-scarfo-family



This is true Nick sr . many think it was him and Bobby Manna responsible for everything with the westside getting together with Nick sr. But Nick was close to other big guys way before Manna .
Tommy Ryan was around here often and may of had a house on the island many of his soldiers in a couple skippers did .
But Tommy Ryan was big into boxing and would be down here in a local bar called Rocky's it was a friend of his and he was Rocks manager or promoter getting old can't remember but lots of fighters were from Philly and many there families had houses down here.

I could go on and on and throw a lot of names around but I don't like to do that unless it's been in the news already.

The bar was owned by Rocky Castellani and it was a known place for westside guys and we all know that Bruno was close to Gambino so it was difficult times in NY for the two families but when they came down here things were different.

I still think Phil Leonetti is going to do something whether it be Netflix or the second book but there's so much that he did not tell !!!

The Chin did not meet with Nick just for ha ha he knew him and knew about him long before Bruno getting killed there's guys were all involved in the fight game and when you know the out come you can make a lot of money and I am sure that they made big money cos there was fights in every casino and before that in every arena or convention center in the tri-state .
"There's so much he did not tell"...maybe ,just maybe u could give us a little snippet to wet our beaks?..serp,please? ..I got nothin'2 lose by asking..i enjoy when u tell us behind the scenes of the older days..anyway,I hope ur doin' alright in this overheated summer down there. Been 2 our place in L.B.I.a few times.nice but scorching.

Last edited by hoodlum; 08/27/16 01:47 AM.

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