The 1974 Outfit killing of Joseph Grisafe.

This article from July 11th, 1974 discusses how the dismembered body of Outfit collector Joseph Grisafe was found in the back of a restaurant. The dismembered body of another outfit guy Samuel Marcello was also discovered in the restaurant. Samuel Marcello is the father of James Marcello.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-killing-of-joseph-grisaf/28324172/

Good info and thanks for the remind. Carlo Urbinati's sister was married to Sam Marcello, while Urbinati's wife was the sister of the English/Inglesia bros. Sam Marcello was in the gambling business with one operator for the English bros known as Joe Prete or something like that.

Sam had kids with two women - Mickey and Jimmy have different mothers.

Thats true. One of Sam's wives was allegedly Margaret Marcello (Urbinati).

....speaking about Urbinati, Outfit members Pasquale “Patsy” Clementi, Willie Messino and Joe Gagliano operated one huge loan sharking operation around the Elmwood Park territory. But the thing was that Clementi had a brother known as Patrick who was heavily involved in the dope business and with the help of his brother, he also had strong dope connections in the New York area. Patrick Clementi’s dope connection to the “Big Apple” was one of his main runners Carlo “Bananas” Urbinati, who in turn was also quite active in the policy racket. Urbinati’s main dope peddling associates were John Tanno, Tony Mates and Dominick Argentine, and these guys sold almost everything. Like for example, besides heroin, Tanno was also known for smuggling morphine and Amidone, which was a synthetic drug similar to heroin and was used for the treatment of dope addicts. Even though they weren’t considered as official members of the Chicago crime syndicate, some of these guys owned many clubs and other forms of joints around the Elmwood Park area, which in fact was Tony Accardo’s old territory. Both Urbinati and Argentine owned two clubs known as the Derby Lounge and the Triangle Inn Tavern. In May 1958, Urbinati, Argentine and another associate Tommy Matas, each received 5 years in federal penitentiary for selling narcotics and also for wounding an FBN agent. Im not 100% sure but I think that 4 or 5 years later one of Urbinati's sons died quite young.


Carlo Urbinati

Carlo Urbinatti's son or nephew was the Franklin Park Police Officer who went down in the early 200s for passing messages between Marcello and Centracchio in Franklin Park and Melrose Park.

Thanks for the additional info @ChiTown.

Centracchio was also allegedly involved in the dope trade through his brother Henry. Sources say that back in the days the Centracchios were known for having many people around them who were involved in the dope business, such as Dominic DeSantis. Henry Centracchios connection was one street dealer known as Thomas Guth, who in turn was the main contact to large quantities of cocaine. The thing was that Centracchio and Guth knew each other from back in the days and were involved in all types of illegal activities.