Originally Posted by NYMafia
Originally Posted by Joerusso
Two things I will mention in reference to rays sr national status and the overall family membership
One before the kefaveur hearing they never had a real clear number on the family but as we know there was many members and no one really have a idea how many members the providence guys had like today they are underestimated… THE BOOKS CLOSED FROM THAT TIME UNTIL THE MID 70s when it got opened up…. So if they did have close to a 100 members or so, which I believe they had more, would be almost doubled if the books was opened throughout that time…. Boston had many many close associates and members and Rhode Island is so publicly unknown people keep forgetting they always had the highest percentage of population for Italians in America sooo that’s a hell of a pool to select from esp when it’s a secret society and Raymond was as old school as they come

His national status honestly is right with the greatest
He was boss from the 50s to the 80s,,,,, he owned casinos with Costello lanksy Genovese gambino auippa in Cuba in Vegas he owned tracks with Frank Sinatra and had a big foot on the movie industry
He was asked to help send killers to kill Albert Anastasia (mad dog nazarian)
He was asked for help in the Colombo wars both of me
He was one of the top guy after New York on the commission that’s in joe Bonannos book
He played a heavy role in the unions and their leaders
His political contacts was among the best reaching federal supreme courts
All in all his status was overshadowed by his dealing with whitey and the fbi and how much the two ethnic groups co exited at the time esp in our world here in Boston and providence period…
Behind lucky Luciano gambino aiuppa I really don’t believe as far as power influence money political contact no one did it like Patriarca sr …. The way he controlled the area the rackets the family up and down even with the civilians…. His reign was very special hard to reciprocated or compared to honesty….
The number of hit man he had the gangsters he controlled
For a boss of Boston and providence together not even a million people between the two cities the amount of killers he had at helm was crazy you literally have to compare all 5 families in a city of 10 million to compare to the patracias cast of literally lunatic killers…. I mean the likes of vinecent Flemish, joe Barboza joe Russo mad dog pop Werner Rudolph Americo, bucci Zannino I mean I can go on and that won’t be 30 percent of the family… His reign was crazy period …. He was a gangster to the core

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I researched and wrote a very extensive expose on the Raymond Patriarca Family of New England that is available our website, www.thenewyorkmafia.com
Several months ago I also created a massive chart depicting their entire membership, as well as many of their more active "associates" over the years which is also on the site.
I knew they had a very solid crew, and suspected that they were much bigger than is reported, especially that their territory spanned all through the NE states. But even I was surprised at the size of their operation. (and I'm sure there were plenty of guys who I missed that could have made that chart list as well.)

raymond l.s.patrairca sr to u.s. state committee- " if i didnt have my case coming up ill to come back in here with two gentlemen and when this is over with and really lay down the law, yous guys been giving me nothing but alot of hookwhick and i wish i wasnt on trial and have this case and really tell the united states whats going on "
Jerry Anguilo on wartime with winter hill - " If we got to war we got Joe Russo and the maverick boys so we have nothing to worry about they can go to vietnam and come back untouched "