You only see, what you like to see or in other words, what you believe in...
1. Here's at least one doc regarding Dan Serritella, former First Ward boss from 1930 until 1942, the exact period which we need to clear this nonsense. Now, Serritella wasnt some kind of mere associate or anything, but instead he hung around with the big leagues and some of the old newspaper writers considered him a member of the OLD Capone mob. The keyword here is "Old" which is also used in the document. Dont get confused by the words "Capone activities" which obviously means highly lucrative illegal activities. Now, Serritella was obviously not a member of the Mafia, but instead he was a quite close and long time and also quite useful associate, and when faced with the feds, he was telling truth because he cared for the votes which he brought. On top of that, Serritella is neither of Capone's family members, or in other words, the guy was there and he wasn't wearing diapers when he talked about this, nor he ever wrote a book about it. Here's the doc...
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=142083&relPageId=23&search=accardo_capezioNow, the feds were doing this investigation to find out on who led the Outfit or as they used to call it at the time, "the OLD Capone Mob", since Ricca and Campagna were in jail and Nitto was dead. So if you read the doc carefully, Serritella is talking about "committee meetings" which obviously occurred prior to 1946, which can be explained with a so-called ruling panel which included the Fischettis, Capezio, Humphreys and Guzik as older members and Accardo as the one being groomed for the chief executive position, which can be explained with this doc...and yeah, this was before Capones death and after his release but it obviously occurred because the main fellas were still in jail...
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=139724&relPageId=51&search=accardo_capezioSo my point is that there was no Ralph Capone, nor John Capone in the top leadership at the time. There was once during the early 1930's or before Al went to jail, Ralph was given control to their stronghold which was the whole lucrative Cicero area. And I'll ask you again, how do you explain the separation of the Cicero area during the late 1930's which was one of the main reasons for bringing Giancana into the Mafia? I don't need docs for that because you can search for yourself on the MF site. This was the same year when Capone was released from Alcatraz and sent to another jail and paroled that same year, and at the same time Campagna sponsored Giancana who was probably made by Ricca and after that a ruling panel which lasted until the bosses' release and Capones death. Who made Battaglia previous of Giancana then? Al was in prison at the time. On top of that, this was the time when everybody was around Riccas, Campagnas and D'Andreas imprisonment and everyone around the country was busting their asses for their early release. Even the NY Mob allegedly was giving everything for the early release which really occurred in 1947. Why did none of the guys did the same thing for Al? Why when Ricca and the guy were out, suddenly Ralph and DeGeorge were sent to Wisconsin? And dont be fooled regarding Ralph collecting the cash for the early release. No sir, the guys who did it were Maddox, Humphreys, Heeney and Accardo, which can explain Accardos fast rise to the top. And on top of that this was befor Capones death. If he was the boss, he wouldve simply place anyone at the top and do not care about the guys in prison. You can also read about the early release on the MF site.
2. Humphreys headed the First Ward and was an advisor or problem solver and always had the last ok on the union stuff until his death. Theres one doc which confirms that...
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html...eys_last%20word3. Giancana was the top boss at one time or should I say from 1959 until 1961, meaning chief executive and also top boss. Ricca was in jail at the time and Accardo was also having tax problems which almost landed him in jail forever and again brought him into the huge spotlight. In fact Accardos problems started way back from 1952. There were even some of Riccas and Accardos old associates getting pushed out of the business on Giancanas orders during that same period. Another proof that it was a dog eat dog world. I think that this is also documented on the MF site.
P.S. Nobody denies that they still had respect for Al or his family, or at least until Giancana took over. After that there was no more Capones and even Rocco Fischetti slowly began loosing his territory because he owed a lot of money, besides owning that huge land on the North and Northwest areas which later went under Les Kruse, Prio and Rocky Potenza or Giancana since Rocky was his guy. Capones empire began to crumble when the Outfits stronghold was transfered during the mid or late 1930s from the Cicero area to Taylor St, which in fact was another possibly older stronghold for the old Camorra and part from the old Mafia, or something mixed, which I believe later all was mainly represented by Ricca for quite a long period.
https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=95316&relPageId=7&search=ricca_mafia 
