I intend to revisit this thread with some interesting analysis, such as the observation that Rusty must have been only an acting Boss to be challenged by both Galante and the 3 Capos. [I actually have a lot of circumstantial fact to back that assertion.]
Think it was viloi lr cotroni caught on a wiretap talking about going to nyc in 1974 and having a capos vote for rusty to be boss
That's right. Paolo Violi was caught on wiretap talking about it. From "Mafia Inc":
"In the fall of 1973...Natale "Joe Diamond" Evola died of cancer and an election was scheduled to choose the new head of the Bonanno family. The captains of the clan were summoned to the Hotel Americana in New York. Since Vic Cotroni was barred from entering the United States, Violi was invited to represent Montreal.
To Violi's delight, the main candidate (and interim boss) Philip "Rusty" Rastelli wanted his vote. Rastelli knew Montreal well: while on the lam, he had taken refuge there in the early 1960s and had benefited from the Cotroni organization's hospitality. Violi backed Rastelli, who became the official head of the Bonanno family in February 1974."
