Vince DeNiro and Cadillac Charlie Cavallaro were both connected to Cleveland, but Vince DeNiro was truly an independent numbers boss, hence why they blew him up in a car bomb known as a "Youngstown Tune Up" because he wasn't kicking up to any of the families who were demanding a piece of his numbers business.
That's interesting. DeNiro had been on the Youngstown scene for quite a few years before he was knocked off. If he was connected to Cleveland as you say, then he surely must have had some kind of working agreement with them if he survived for all that time. His murder would indicate that any agreement had broken down. (Did Cleveland want a bigger cut?) I can't understand why Cavallaro was killed, because by May's account he had declined in importance and was nearly broke.
