85 Oufit and 85 Bears baby! I believe Tominello is 26th Street? Also Chitown did Centracchio switch or something to Melrose Park later on? I remember him getting busted for paying off cops in Northlake, Stone Park, Melrose etc. to protect gambling out that way. Was he with Grand or Melrose?

This is something that I have been working on recently. I picked 1985 because it was pretty much the last year of the Outfit as truly dominant, nationwide force. Aiuppa, Cerone, LaPietra, and Lombardo were bound for prison and a new leadership change was in the works.

I cannot vouch for the 100% accuracy of the structure - it was mainly created from old charts, books, newspaper articles, web sources (Fosco, et.al.) and the like. The ages are pretty accurate - sometimes I had to make educated guesses, especially for some of the lesser-known guys, but I believe that around 95% of them are correct within a year.

By all means - if you see something that needs correcting or modifying, please let me know. This is definitely not meant to be definitive and I accept all constructive criticism. As far as who is made and who isn't, I didn't want to definitively put anyone in that category. Obviously, the administration guys and the capos were made, as well as the guys mentioned by Nick in his statement, but there are several guys who were on the periphery, hence the inclusion of "or" in the asterisked statement below. If I had to guess, I would say around 60-70 made guys in the Outfit at this time period but I am definitely missing some made guys on this list. Like I said, open to suggestions.

*=Made guys or high-ranking soldiers

Boss
Joseph Aiuppa, 78*

Underboss
John Cerone, 71*

Consigliere
Alfonso Tornabene, 62*

Direct with Bosses
Dominic Blasi, 74*
Samuel Carlisi, 71*
Pasqualino Marchone (Pat Marcy), 72*
William Messino, 68*
Romie Nappi, 65*
Anthony Ortenzi, 64*
-Anthony Spilotro (In Las Vegas, through Joey Lombardo), 47*
--Chris Petti (In Las Vegas, under Spilotro), 58*

Capos
John DiFronzo, 57 (Elmwood Park)*
Joseph Ferriola, 58 (Cicero)*
Angelo LaPietra, 65 (26th Street)*
Joseph Lombardo, 56 (Grand Avenue)*
Alfred Pilotto, 70 (Chicago Heights)*
Vincent Solano, 62 (North Side)*

Street Crews

Cicero/Melrose Park
Street Boss
Ernest Infelise, 64*

Anthony Aleman, 44
Harry Aleman, 46*
Joseph Amato, 63*
Donald Angelini, 59*
Carmen Bastone, 54*
Salvatore Bastone, 50*
Robert Bellavia, 46
Frank Belmonte, 56*
Anthony Chiaramonti, 51
Dominic Cortina, 60*
Salvatore DeLaurentis, 47*
Gary Gagliano, 42
Joseph Grieco, 58
James Inendino, 50*
James Marcello, 42*
Louis Marino, 53*
John Matassa, Jr., 34*
Joseph Pascucci, 53
Frank Panno, 65
Robert Salerno, 51
Raymond Tominello, 45
Anthony Zizzo, 52*

Elmwood Park
Street Boss
Joseph Andriacchi, 53*

Dominick Basso, 47
Michael Biancofiori, 60
Michael Carioscia, 52
Michael Castaldo, 56*
Virgil Cimino, 42
Marco D’Amico, 49*
Joseph DiFronzo, 51
Peter DiFronzo, 52*
Joseph Lombardi, 52*
Lee Magnafichi, 59*
Carmen Migliore, 54
Joseph Spadavecchio, 57*

26th Street
Street Boss
James LaPietra, 58

Frank Calabrese, 51*
Nicholas Calabrese, 41*
James DiForti, 40
John Fecarotta, 58*
Michael Gurgone, 48
Joseph LaMantia, 51
John Monteleone, 61*

Grand Avenue
Street Boss
Louis Eboli, 50*

Vincent Cozzo, 49*
Frank Derosa, 42
James D'Antonio, 57*
Thomas Forliano, 36
Michael Malmenato, 54
Dominic Senese, 69*
Albert Vena, 37

North Side/Rush Street
Street Boss
Joseph DiVarco, 74*

Joseph Arnold, 74*
Frank Demonte, 57
Michael Glitta, 65*
Roland Ignoffo, 36
Charles Parrilli, 57
Louis Parilli, 72
John Rainone, 33

Chicago Heights
Street Boss
Albert Tocco, 56*

Albino Berretoni, 54*
Nicholas Guzzino, 51*
Christopher Messino, 46*
Dominic Palermo, 66*
Joseph Scalise, 48*
Gerald Scarpelli, 47
Frank Zizzo, 73*

Non-Italian Associates
Gus Alex (Direct with Bosses), 69
Sam Alex, 77
Joseph Barrett, Jr., 38
Sam Bills, 41
Wayne Bock, 51
Ken Eto, 66 (Government Witness)
Hyman Larner, 72
James LaValley, 41
Gino Martin, 63
Leonard Patrick, 72
Joseph Pettit, 61
Larry Pettit, 57
Michael Posner, 43
Frank Schweihs, 55

Retired or Inactive
Anthony Accardo, 79*
Dominic Brancato, 79*
Frank Buccieri (In California), 66*
Marshal Caifano, 74*
Charles DiCaro, 73*
Joseph Gagliano, 64*
Joseph Glimco, 76*
Vincent Inserro, 64*

Recently Deceased Members
Joseph Amabile, 60 (Died of natural causes, 1976)
Ralph Ammirato (Emery), 69 (Died of natural causes, 1982)
Jasper Campise, 67 (Murdered, 1983)
Frank Caruso, 72 (Died of natural causes, 1983)
James Catuara, 72 (Murdered, 1978)
Eco Coli, 60 (Died of natural causes, 1982)
William Daddano, 62 (Died in prison, 1975)
William Dauber (Associate), 45 (Murdered, 1980)
Rocco DeGrazia, 78 (Died of natural causes, 1978)
Dominick DiBella, 74 (Died of cancer, 1976)
Salvatore Giancana, 67 (Murdered, 1975)
Charles Inglesia (Chuckie English), 69 (Murdered, 1985)
James Mirro, 68 (Died of natural causes, 1982)
Charles Nicoletti, 67 (Murdered, 1977)
Dominic Nuccio, 83 (Died of natural causes, 1979)
William Petrocelli, 42 (Murdered, 1980)
Ralph Pierce (Assosicate), 87 (Died of natural causes, 1976)
Anthony Pinelli, 74 (Died of natural causes, 1974)
Rocco Pranno, 62 (Died of natural causes, 1979)
Filippo Sacco (Johnny Roselli), 71 (Murdered, 1976)
James Torello, 48 (Died of cancer, 1979)
Edward Vogel (Associate), 82 (Died of natural causes, 1977)

@erickumerow


would u say that grand avenue is still operational?

how is it that they say elmwood park is deactivated but d'amico is still bookmaking?

No way the Heights crew was as heavy as the Ferriola crew.

No one was heavier in the 80s than Nagall's army, they were by far the deepest, most feared street crew since Giancana's. Elmwood Park may have had the prestigious political connections & such, but when it came to sheer manpower & toughness, they were a joke compared to the Cicero/Berwyn street crew under Joe Nick.

Joe Gagliano died in 1970 at the age of 56. He was with the Elmwood Park Crew.

Yes, Grand Ave Crew is still active. Chitown seems to know a lot about the Grand Ave Crew and he is pretty spot on with his postings from what I have seen from my review.

Elmwood Park is not deactivated. Marco D'Amico is a very powerful man in the Outfit.

Outfit men are considered made by their position within the Outfit. There never was a making Ceremony in Chicago.

Nick Calabrese was coached by the Feds to say some of the things he 'Reported'. You cannot take everything he said as the absolute accurate truth. The Feds 'coached' him for awhile before they went on their attack in the Family Secrets Trial.

None of the older Outfit guys ever went through a 'Ceremony' like they do in New York.

Tony Accardo, Joey Auippa, Jackie Cerone, Joe Lombardo, Angelo La Pietra, Vince Solano etc. etc. never went through a Ceremony.

They were all taken into a particular faction and worked on the street level at the beginning. Then, at some point, they moved up and were put in charge of something. At that point they were recognized as high level prominent Outfit men. This also included non Italians like Gus Alex, Ralph Pierce etc.

Chicago's way of doing things was always different than New York.

The only crew that we know for a fact is toast is the heights IMO.