Not really a link between Chicago and Papalardo in Cleveland. RJ was a nobody in the early 1980's, dealt some dope. The true link between Chicago & Cleveland was between Joey Doves and Angelo Lonardo as well as Maishe Rockman & Gus Alex. Scalish was close to Accardo through Tony Milano, the former king of Murray Hill.
Be careful when saying Scalish was "close" to Accardo, they had a fragile amicable truce at best after Fratiano exposed the old beefs and let both sides know what the other had been saying and thinking.
Been there and done it I am very much for real, so if you ask, make sure you really want to know.
