Just added to the website:
J. Dugard’s profile of little-known but influential Bonanno Crime Family member Frank Bonomo.
Month: October 2013
It’s a question that I’ve asked myself quite a bit over the years. It seems everyone who has written about the American Mafia has written something about Brooklyn gang boss Frankie Yale. But most of that material seems based on rumor or conjecture. Factual details about Yale’s life and career are sorely lacking.
It seemed time to take stock of what we actually know about Yale. After looking through the material I had accumulated on him, I assembled this article for the website (and linked to it from the Articles menu and the Who Was Who menu):
The launch of a new book (DiCarlo: Buffalo’s First Family of Crime by Mike Tona and myself) and a new website (buffalomob.com) has taken considerable time and energy. However, I’ve managed to have that work contribute to the offerings here on The American Mafia site. A number of biographies have been added to The American Mafia collection. These link to bios created for the Buffalo-oriented site. To date, the list includes:
- Bonasera, Cassandro (1897-1972) – Brooklyn
- Cammilleri, John (1911-1974)
- Carlisi, Rosario “Roy” (1909-1980)
- Clark, “Jew Minnie” (1887-1959)
- Crocevera, Isadoro (1873-1920) – New York City and elsewhere
- Fino, Joseph (1915-1984)
- Frangiamore, Salvatore (1905-1999)
- Magaddino, Antonino (1897-1971)
- Magaddino, Stefano (1891-1974)
- Montana, John (1893-1964)
- Natarelli, Pasquale (1910-1993)
- Pieri, Salvatore “Sam” (1911-1981)
- Randaccio, Frederico (1907-2004)
- Sansanese, Daniel Sr. (1908-1975)
- Tronolone, John “Peanuts” (1910-1991) – Cleveland
Visit the Who Was Who page of the site to access these and other bios. Please note, the active biography links have birth-death years after the names (others aren’t online yet). Those with asterisks are the new ones that link to the Buffalo site.