Originally Posted by Turnbull
As is usual for gangster bios, there's a lot of speculation about Tough Tony but not much hard evidence. The most logical answer to your question is that Tough Tony was a great earner through his waterfront rackets--you can never go wrong in Mobdom by following the money.

Lots of sites say Tough Tony, fearful that Genovese was going to whack him, talked to the FBI a year before his death in '63. There's no hard proof of that. Genovese arranged for his brother's murder and had Gambino installed in his place. If Gambino let Tough Tony live, why would Genovese want to whack him?



That's a good question; Why did Tough Tony think Genovese wanted to have him clipped? If Genovese wanted to have him clipped; He would have had it done in 1957 when his brother Albert was whacked. Gambino and Genovese let him live... As most of you stated; The money Tony was bringing in; kept him alive.

“I called your f—— house five times yesterday, now, if you’re going to disregard my m—– f—— phone calls, I’ll blow you and that f —— house up… This is not a f—— game. My time is valuable. If I ever hear anybody else calls you and you respond within five days, I’ll f—— kill you.” ~ John Gotti.