I have an interesting question for the forum.

Of all of New England's inducted members (soldiers) of the late-1940s through 1970s era, who would you say had the single most deadly reputation?

Who was the top "torpedo" under Raymond Patriarca?

Remember, there may have been guys; associates of that era, or men inducted in the last few decades who were stone killers. But THAT does not count. Only INDUCTED members of the late-1940s through late-1970s era - basically a 30 year span... the height of NE's power.
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For my money the Patriarca hoodlum who exemplified those qualities was "Soldier" Rudolph (Rudy Earl) Sciarra. He had a vicious and deadly reputation. And he was one of Raymond's top "go to" guys when it was time clip somebody.... there were many other "capable" mafioso as the saying goes, but Rudy Sciarra would be my pick if I could only choose one.

HOW BOUT YOU?....

Know what Bones? Maybe I'll try and put a biography together on Ilario (Larry Baione) Zannino. Hopefully I can find enough information to gather up a full profile on him. Similar to what I've done with the NYC Families and Pittsburgh on my website.

I am currently developing a profile on the Detroit Family.

Once that's done maybe I'll take on Baione for you ok pal.

I find Underboss Jerry Anguilo and his brothers to be very interesting as well. They had the "North End" of Boston locked down for decades.

Because he produced big bucks for Raymond, he was basically given free rein over the entire territory. They had a great thing going until they got nabbed.

Died in his mansion on the ocean. The place is nuts. It's on I guess you would call a peninsula stretching out over Boston into the Atlantic and his house is looking strait into the Atlantic big inground pool. They tried to take it from him but he got it reversed on appeal. They owned alot of property all over Massachusetts the feds wanted it all but he must have had great lawyers they got it all back. He was semi legit so maybe that helped

Nymafia, hows the Detroit story coming? Looking forward to it. Appreciate all your postings, thanks

We are ALMOST there. On this one I will be providing their formation and early history right on up to the present day. An early organizational text chart, as well as a more current profile chart. They still operate so this ones a bit different in design.

The fucking power outage in NYC has knocked me out of the box for days already. But we just got it back so hopefully It'll go ip in the next few days. The story and charts are basically done. We just gotta format the whole thing and add the photos I'd like to.

I hope you like it.... tell me you're thoughts afterwards ok

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They were a small crew, but had a very rich and colorful history under Ray Patriarca

They were not that big to begin with. And pound for pound they were a medium sized crew. I come from NYC so to me they were a smaller crew. And I don't think they ever had "9" crews. Their membership didn't call for that.

I believe Philly was larger than them. So was Buffalo. At the height of their power NE was on par with Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Tampa, etc. (IMO) - which is all any of us have to offer here.

They were 'medium' sized. Small would have been San Francisco, San Jose, Madison, etc.

Statistics and charts show their membership on par with these other type crews. I suspect their membership between 40-60 men at their peak. With a hundred, or two hundred, or so 'associates'

The smallest NYC crew in those days was more than double that number. Lucchese (125), Colombo (150), Bonanno (200), Gambino and Genovese both pushing (250-300). Maybe even more.