My buddy did 7 years and while waiting to be transferred to a fed prison, he was locked up with him while merlino was on trial for murder in a newark nj court house. He called me and said ," by the way, you ever hear of some guy merlino from philly"?
He said he was a nice guy and mentioned how he took everything in stride, he wasnt stressed. Thats about it.
My friend was not a mob guy amd knew nothing about lcn but became friends with a bunch while locked up. He is friends with a few after being released. He knew some heavy hitters but on a friendly basis nothing business related. He always said how these wiseguys didnt stress in prison. He also said the mob guys akways avoided ass kissers and hanger on's.
He also spoke highly of carmine agnello which ive stated before.