Interesting Maryferrell file

Link.

Very long, you'll want to be at about page 50 through page 100. But it's all good stuff.

Tidbits

• Several quotes from anonymous informants
• List of casualties in the Banana War
• Robert DiBernardo's ties to the Jersey Fam (Page 37)
• Joe Colombo creates family-wide regulations (Page 40)
• New information on obscure Bonanno boss Paul Sciacca
• St. Louis - Detroit connections (75+)
• Loyalties of the Madison Crime Family (86)

The bulk of the document is on Magaddino-Bonanno relations, that's where it gets very interesting. Remember this is during the Banana War. A lot of people feel the Joe Bonanno faked his own kidnapping. Till his death he claimed he was kidnapped by Peter Magaddino, but in Tucscon, Peter was exiled with him and worked as his bodyguard at Joe's own home. The guy who supposedly kidnapped him...Also under 'Albany' the FBI believes the Falcone Brothers of Utica were running an Utica Family, but still answered to Magaddino. Enjoy.

Nice find indeed. Very interesting. Thanks!

Good file.

Noticed in Miami, another mention of the mysterious Trafficante associate William Vito Dentamara/Dentamarro of Miami. I have never seen a photo of this guy. He's like a phantom that was around the Miami scene from the late 50s through early 70s.

good read. one big thing carlo gambino had big paul acting boss in1967 cause of fbi heat with neil underboss and joe n gallo acting consig for riccobono who was ill so when carlo died 1976 and neil being in prison i dont get how its was written it was a shock to gotti and other family members. also it seems corky from decavalnte family was very good friends with d.b. when they were younger, gotti killed d.b. and wanted corky dead to in 1990,and theres the info of sam the plumber with his 2 underbosses.

Yes good find. Probably one of the most important and revealing files the site has.

Thanks guys. Did Sam the Plumber really have two Underbosses? If so, why? I liked this article here because it connected the dots about LCN nationally with actual evidence. Not just, "one time the cops interrupted a meeting in 1957..."

The FBI did label DeCavalcante´s representative (I think his name was Sferra, cool name by the way) in Connecticut as an underboss. But common sense suggests that this fellow was a captain with extensive power and possibly a faction leader within the Family. Btw, Sferra (if that was his name) was demoted by Decavalcante later on.

The DeCavalcantes have always been kind of shadowy to me. Sam the Plumber was clearly left out of most Commission affairs as his wiretaps are just him reciting what Gambino and Lucchese tell him. And having to share your turf with 7 other families, that would be awful. Hairy, do you know if there was ever a rift between New York and New Orleans or Tampa? Logic to me says those two belong on the Commission as much as Zerilli and certainly Bruno and Dragna (if he sat there at all).

I have never come across any information suggesting any rift between NY and those Families. But then again, I´m just an amateur researching the Mafia for the fun of it. Perhaps ScottD can answer that question?

However, the LA, NO and the Tampa Families does not appear to have ever sat on the Commission. I believe the La Stella Restaurant meeting in Queens, NY, which was broken up by the police and resulted in numerous arrests (Marcello one of them) was not a Commission meeting per se, but a formal request from Carlos Marcello to induct new members into his group. The meeting actually most certainly was held elswhere, but the restaurant served as a refreshment post either on the way to the meeting, or after the meeting had been conducted.

As of DeCavalcante, I strongly doubt that he sat on the Commission. As you say, he seems to have had only second hand info when talking on those tapes. However, he was assaigned by the Commission to deliver messages between the Commission and the Bonanno faction during the Bananas War. Him being a non Commission member, strengthened his reputation of being a neutral party in that conflict.

ScottD, could this be your guy?

William Vito Dentamaro: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record

Name: William Vito Dentamaro
State of Issue: Illinois
Date of Birth: Wednesday December 09, 1914
Date of Death: Wednesday November 22, 2006
Est. Age at Death: 91 years, 11 months, 13 days
Confirmation: Proven
Last known residence:
City: San Jose
County: Santa Clara
State: California
ZIP Code: 95108

And also, check out these links (if you haven´t already):

https://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?mode=searchResult&absPageId=955793

https://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?mode=searchResult&absPageId=1338754

Thanks. That could indeed be him. He was from Chicago and was a jewel thief and knockaround guy. CLose to a variety of gangsters including JOhn Tronolone, Trafficante, Joe Fischetti, and others.