Thank you HairyKnuckles and all. Very good info. So basically the answer is, the Maranzano/Bonanno family was always smaller. Yes, I remember reading in the Bonanno biography that the family had a smaller group of Sicilians outside of Castellamare del Golfo.

What you say about mob war is true of course. A small portion of the families driving around the city looking for certain people to shoot. I suppose a great majority of each family stays out of the killing altogether.

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