Originally Posted By: Mr_Willie_Cicci
Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: Mr_Willie_Cicci
Could Frankie have been a "front boss"?
In the old days, some Bosses used a guy to act as "Boss", like, to play the role of Boss and even be treated as such, to take the heat off the real Boss.


Tony Accardo ruled the Outfit in Chcago for a long time while for some of that time Sam Giancana was the front boss. But everyone knew who was the real boss. So, could Frankie have been a boss in that sense? Yes. Still, as I posted above, at the Senate hearing, Frankie testifies that he had his own family.


I think when he says "I have my own family", he's talking about his blood family. Not a Mafia family.


When Frankie made that statement it was obviously because he had just changed his mind about breaking omertà, seeing that his brother was present at the hearing, which could have implied several things.


"It was between the brothers Kay -- I had nothing to do with it."