Posted By: Toodoped
Stuffed In A Barrel - 01/09/14 04:46 PM
The barrel murder was a method of execution used by gangsters and serial killers since the 1800s.The victims, usually would be found stuffed inside a barrel after being shot, stabbed, or strangled to death and chopped up.usually the hands are crossed and tied tightly together with the legs,which are bent back at straight angles with the body. The legs are usually cut off with an axe or a saw which are used in decapitating victim's.Sometimes the barrles can be found in back alleys,shipped to a nonexistent address in another city or country or dumped in the deep lakes or in the ocean.Also sometimes the barrel with alive victim inside can be filled with cement.Imagine a death more horrific by getting sealed in concrete,in some way to prevent you from moving too much before you get stuffed in and had gooey concrete glide down your skin.Also in present times,the barrels can be filled with acid.The acid thing began in the 50's and early 60's.
In the early 1900's,in American organized crime the Morello crime family in New York,would frequently employ the notorious barrel murder system wich it was the Mafia's favorite method of disposing of a dead corpse.Lupo the Wolf,member and ruthless killer of the Morello gang ,was fond of stuffing his victims in a barrel.The Morello family utilized the barrel method. It has been estimated that the Morellos disposed of as many as 100 people with the barrel method.In 1903 there was the infamous “Barrel Murder”.It was the murder of a man named Benedetto Madonia by stuffing him into a barrel and leaving the barrel on the street.Famous policeman Joe Petrosino first achieved prominence when he investigated the infamous case.Petrosino knew the man who ordered the murder was Joe Morello and on Wednesday 15th,eight members of the Morello gang were arrested.The arrested men were:Giuseppe Morello,Tommaso Petto,Joseph Fanaro ,Antonio ‘Messina’ Genova,Lorenzo LoBido,Vito LoBido,Dominico Pecoraro and Pietro Inzerillo.On Monday 20th April, the police had run out of time to hold the prisoners any longer and they were again arraigned at Jefferson Market Court. Joseph Fanaro was dismissed due to lack of evidence, then called as a witness, he claimed to never have seen Madonia before. He was dismissed from court but then arrested again for perjury. Exactly the same process happened to Lorenzo LoBido. Ignazio Lupo was dismissed due to lack of evidence and immediately re-arrested on a counterfeiting charge and held on $2500 bail. The other men were held on the original charge and returned to Jefferson Market jail. Lupo was taken to Ludlow Street jail.But karma is a bitch and so most of the gang members involved with the murder were killed in later years. They were likely murdered through through unrelated gang activities, but the press would always recall the famous Barrel Murder of 1903 when writing up their stories.Also according to Secret Service informants, the one killing definitely linked to the legacy of the Barrel Murder was the 1912 shooting of Colagero Morello, Giuseppe Morello’s only son.
Also one of the earliest stories was the barrel murder of a Rochester mafioso.Francesco Manzello was a member of “The Black Hand” (or Mano Nera in Italian).On October 30, 1911, (about 9am Monday morning) a barrel containing Francesco’s body was discovered in a gully along old Webster State Road by 18 year old Frank C. Smith.Francesco was chopped up, stuffed into the barrel, driven out and tossed near Irondequoit Bay.The hands,lower part of the trunk and upper ends of the legs were visible first. The unfortunate victim had been decapitated and the head placed at the bottom of the barrel.The head of the victim rested on a new soft hat. A bruise on the forehead showed where the victim had been hit on the head, rendering him unconscious before the human butchering took place. The head had been severed from the body by one stroke of a heavy axe or cleaver. The right eye was slightly discolored, and that discoloration and a small bruise on the back of the right hand were the only marks of previous violence on the body.Police theorized that Francesco was killed in revenge.
In the 1970's the method was again used in Johnny Roselli's death when he was found chopped up in a 55-gallon oil drum off the coast of Florida in 76.On July 16 Roselli, along with his sister and her husband, went to dinner with known bigtime Mafia don Santo Trafficante. On July 27 a mob-connected lawyer called Roselli from Los Angeles and told him to get out of Miami immediately. The next day, July 28th, Roselli disappeared on the way to play golf.The barrel resurfaced later when gases emanating from the corpse caused the drum to float.The barrel was punched full of holes and wrapped in chains.Roselli had been killed because he knew and talked too much.
Also theres a another rumour that Jimmy Hoffa had been killed, put in a barrel, placed into a car and than shipped overseas.And i also think that Kuklinski said that but who knows?!
In 2009,a woman dared to cooperate with police in the fight against the Italian mob,wich got her murdered and her body was dumped in a barrel of acid in the countryside near Milan,Italy.Later her 17 year old daughter steped forward and testified against six mafiosi and they all went to prison for life.
Other criminal gangs use this method as well.For example,there was a report from Mexico published on October 20, 2005 about two men stuffed in oil drums filled with concrete. One of them was Jesus Portillo Madrid, an Interpol commander from Ciudad Juarez, the other one was his lawyer Gerardo Jaramillo Romo. They were found in Villas del Sol, Chihuahua. According to the report, the men were suffocated with plastic bags before they were stuffed into the barrels and sealed with concrete.
Recent example was in 2013 when the body of a Russian lawmaker missing for nearly a week was found stuffed in a barrel of cement in a private garage in Moscow,Russia.
If any1 has any additional info or knows any other example please contribute.This article is completed from various sources and infos that can be found on the internet.Cheers
In the early 1900's,in American organized crime the Morello crime family in New York,would frequently employ the notorious barrel murder system wich it was the Mafia's favorite method of disposing of a dead corpse.Lupo the Wolf,member and ruthless killer of the Morello gang ,was fond of stuffing his victims in a barrel.The Morello family utilized the barrel method. It has been estimated that the Morellos disposed of as many as 100 people with the barrel method.In 1903 there was the infamous “Barrel Murder”.It was the murder of a man named Benedetto Madonia by stuffing him into a barrel and leaving the barrel on the street.Famous policeman Joe Petrosino first achieved prominence when he investigated the infamous case.Petrosino knew the man who ordered the murder was Joe Morello and on Wednesday 15th,eight members of the Morello gang were arrested.The arrested men were:Giuseppe Morello,Tommaso Petto,Joseph Fanaro ,Antonio ‘Messina’ Genova,Lorenzo LoBido,Vito LoBido,Dominico Pecoraro and Pietro Inzerillo.On Monday 20th April, the police had run out of time to hold the prisoners any longer and they were again arraigned at Jefferson Market Court. Joseph Fanaro was dismissed due to lack of evidence, then called as a witness, he claimed to never have seen Madonia before. He was dismissed from court but then arrested again for perjury. Exactly the same process happened to Lorenzo LoBido. Ignazio Lupo was dismissed due to lack of evidence and immediately re-arrested on a counterfeiting charge and held on $2500 bail. The other men were held on the original charge and returned to Jefferson Market jail. Lupo was taken to Ludlow Street jail.But karma is a bitch and so most of the gang members involved with the murder were killed in later years. They were likely murdered through through unrelated gang activities, but the press would always recall the famous Barrel Murder of 1903 when writing up their stories.Also according to Secret Service informants, the one killing definitely linked to the legacy of the Barrel Murder was the 1912 shooting of Colagero Morello, Giuseppe Morello’s only son.
Also one of the earliest stories was the barrel murder of a Rochester mafioso.Francesco Manzello was a member of “The Black Hand” (or Mano Nera in Italian).On October 30, 1911, (about 9am Monday morning) a barrel containing Francesco’s body was discovered in a gully along old Webster State Road by 18 year old Frank C. Smith.Francesco was chopped up, stuffed into the barrel, driven out and tossed near Irondequoit Bay.The hands,lower part of the trunk and upper ends of the legs were visible first. The unfortunate victim had been decapitated and the head placed at the bottom of the barrel.The head of the victim rested on a new soft hat. A bruise on the forehead showed where the victim had been hit on the head, rendering him unconscious before the human butchering took place. The head had been severed from the body by one stroke of a heavy axe or cleaver. The right eye was slightly discolored, and that discoloration and a small bruise on the back of the right hand were the only marks of previous violence on the body.Police theorized that Francesco was killed in revenge.
In the 1970's the method was again used in Johnny Roselli's death when he was found chopped up in a 55-gallon oil drum off the coast of Florida in 76.On July 16 Roselli, along with his sister and her husband, went to dinner with known bigtime Mafia don Santo Trafficante. On July 27 a mob-connected lawyer called Roselli from Los Angeles and told him to get out of Miami immediately. The next day, July 28th, Roselli disappeared on the way to play golf.The barrel resurfaced later when gases emanating from the corpse caused the drum to float.The barrel was punched full of holes and wrapped in chains.Roselli had been killed because he knew and talked too much.
Also theres a another rumour that Jimmy Hoffa had been killed, put in a barrel, placed into a car and than shipped overseas.And i also think that Kuklinski said that but who knows?!
In 2009,a woman dared to cooperate with police in the fight against the Italian mob,wich got her murdered and her body was dumped in a barrel of acid in the countryside near Milan,Italy.Later her 17 year old daughter steped forward and testified against six mafiosi and they all went to prison for life.
Other criminal gangs use this method as well.For example,there was a report from Mexico published on October 20, 2005 about two men stuffed in oil drums filled with concrete. One of them was Jesus Portillo Madrid, an Interpol commander from Ciudad Juarez, the other one was his lawyer Gerardo Jaramillo Romo. They were found in Villas del Sol, Chihuahua. According to the report, the men were suffocated with plastic bags before they were stuffed into the barrels and sealed with concrete.
Recent example was in 2013 when the body of a Russian lawmaker missing for nearly a week was found stuffed in a barrel of cement in a private garage in Moscow,Russia.
If any1 has any additional info or knows any other example please contribute.This article is completed from various sources and infos that can be found on the internet.Cheers