And in many ways Maggadino was jealous of his younger cousin, because despite bringing him to the US, and basically giving him a crew out right, which consisted of Willie Moretti, Bonanno simply surpassed him in power, this didn't take long to occur, according to Bonanno's own words.
Are you talking about Willie Moretti the underboss of the Genoveses based in New Jersey?
Yes, in Bonannos book he says the first guy he was introduced to was Willie Moretti. And that Moretti, I believe was the one whom picked him up from the airport and showed the ropes for a while before he got established in NY basically.
Bonannos father, and his ancestors were also a part of the Maggadino clan in Sicily and participated in the Buccellato War, and basically contributed to some of the murders of their guys. So Bonanno also had that going for him just as Maggadino did. Maggadino was the leader of the Good Killers, which was basically the US version of the Maggadino clan whose mission was to wipe out the remaining Buccellato's whom made it to America and their allies. They succeeded for the most part, so Maggadino could've very well carried considerable weight based on that as well.
