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  Frank Scalise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Frank Scalise ("Ciccio," "Cheech") was an important Mafioso in the Bronx.
Scalise ran into trouble with the Commission in 1957 when he was found to be selling Mafia memberships for as much as $50,000 apiece.
Scalise and Anselmi were believed to have taken part - with Brooklyn's Frankie Uale (who put his expertise at the disposal of the nation's Unione Siciliana members and may have been doing the Gennas, rather than Al Capone, a favor here) - in the assassination of Dion O'Banion.
www.onewal.com /w-scalis.html   (381 words)

  
 westword.com - News - A Question of Intent
According to the felony-murder law, if someone is killed during the commission of one of a specific group of felonies, the perpetrator is guilty of first-degree murder, whether or not he intended the death.
Scalise had no known heart problems; doctors believe it was stress and exertion that killed him.
Frank Scalise was a loving husband and father, according to his wife, someone to whom others routinely turned for help.
www.westword.com /issues/2000-07-06/news.html   (765 words)

  
 Civil Search May Yield Criminal Gold
Officer Frank Scalise responded, and Dempsey admitted to Scalise that he had used methamphetamine within the past month and marijuana within the past week, although he denied using any drugs within the previous 48 hours.
Scalise found Dempsey to be "paranoid, volatile, verbally abusive and physically aggressive." In fact, Dempsey had to be restrained from attacking his father.
Scalise searched Dempsey and found a large knife and a bindle of what turned out to be methamphetamine.
echo.forensicpanel.com /1998/2/28/civilsearch.html   (1344 words)

  
 Mafia Chronology - Section V (1950-1988)
Adonis's departure is a severe blow to the Mafia leadership faction headed by Frank Costello, and consisting of Costello, Adonis, Albert Anastasia.
Scalise had encouraged bosses to participate in a heroin smuggling venture that ended badly and expensively.
Scalise had been found selling Mafia memberships for many thousands of dollars apiece, bringing in individuals who were not the secretive, loyal sort the Mafia was seeking.
www.onewal.com /maf-chr5.html   (2635 words)

  
 Gambino
Scalise stepped down and Vince Mangano was elected in his place.
Anastasia's alliance with Frank Costello, who headed the Genovese Family, was the key factor in his victory.
In June, Anastasia underboss, Frank Scalise, the same person who briefly had been boss of this family in 1931, was gunned down in a scene that was recreated in The Godfather.
www.ganglandnews.com /gambino.htm   (2043 words)

  
 Gambino Family
Scalise had joined forces with Maranzano earlier in the war, but when Charles "Lucky" Luciano had Maranzano killed, Scalise was thought to be too close to Maranzano.
Scalise's gang did not want a war with Luciano, so Scalise was persuaded to step down, and Vince Mangano was elected boss.
In June 1957, Frank Scalise (former boss but now Anastasia's underboss) was gunned down.
mafiasite.8m.com /gambino.htm   (1118 words)

  
 AmericanMafia.com 26 Mafia Cities - New York, New Jersey
He was succeeded by Frank Scalise, who was in control until 1931.
Gotti then took control of the family and was known as the "teflon don" for his acquital in three separate trials in the late 1980's.
Frank LaBruzzo was the don for the next two years.
www.americanmafia.com /Cities/New_York_New_Jersey.html   (2607 words)

  
 Montgomery Herald - Obituaries — Wednesday, July 12, 2006
She also was preceded in death by her husband, John Scalise; her son, Sammy Scalise; and a grandson, Frank Scalise Jr.
Scalise was a member of St. Anthony’s Shrine Catholic Church in Boomer and she was a member of St. Theresa’s Society.
Surviving: children, Frank Scalise and his wife, Linda, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Madeline Gay and her husband, Ray, of Roanoke, Va., John Scalise Jr.
www.montgomery-herald.com /obituaries/local_story_192193401.html   (932 words)

  
 DIELAND: Mob: The Gambino Family
Frank Scalise was a prominent member in the Gambino family for many years and after the Castellamarese War he was appointed the head of the family.
Frank DeCicco became the Underboss of the Gambino Family after Paul Castellano was killed in 1985.
Ironically,Squillante's sponsor was Albert Anastasia's underboss Frank "Don Cheech" Scalise and later Genovese soldier-government witness-Joe Valachi would finger Squillante as the leader in Scalise's murder.
members.fortunecity.com /sosdie/mob/family/gambino/gambino.htm   (4532 words)

  
 NJ MAFIA- Vincent Mangano
Other members of this crime organization were Albert Anastasia and Frank Scalise.
Vito Genovese was making it clear that he wanted to take over the entire family structure, to be the Boss of Bosses but Frank Costello and his henchman, Willi Moretti (who had at least 50 to 60 gunmen of his own) stood in his way.
Unfortunately for Moretti, he was suffering from untreated syphilis and began to have loose lips to the media and during the Kefauver Hearings had proved to be too great a risk for the Commission.
www.angelfire.com /nj2/ELSTONSTCREW/mangano.html   (699 words)

  
 meeting
To continue the spirit of the Truini family, Committee members Mary Beth Truinin, Frankie Scalise, and Mary Lou and Kim carried on the festivities of the Sixth annual Truini Family Reunion on Sunday July 29, 1984 in the familiar surroundings of Perkins Park.
Frank Scalise came down early to deliver the Truini Reunion Sign for mounting.
Family members gathered for the family meeting, at which time Uncle Frank was presented with a birthday cake with his picture on it.
home.rochester.rr.com /truini/all.htm   (5357 words)

  
 Psychiatric News Main Frame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prior to driving him to the hospital, Scalise searched Dempsey and found a knife and a packet of methamphetamine.
Dempsey attempted to have the drug evidence declared inadmissible because, he claimed, the officer's search was illegal and conducted as a pretext for a routine drug search.
The court found that the search was reasonable, and thus legal, because this was an emergency situation and there was clear evidence that Dempsey posed a risk of harm.
www.psych.org /pnews/98-05-01/harm.html   (583 words)

  
 Valentino Family July 4, 1918   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Francesco (Frank) Scalise, born in Sorbo San Basile, the father-in-law of my Grandmother's brother, Vincenzo.
After her mother died when she was 3 years old, she was raised by the family of her future sister-in-law, Camilla Scalise, until they both came to America in 1908.
The group is posing in front of Frank Scalise's store in Sykesville.
www.sersale.org /valentino/ovalentino.htm   (316 words)

  
 April 2006 Bulletin of the East Utica Optimist Club - 65th E. J. Herrmann Cross-Country Invitational
Frank Policelli, local attorney and member of the 1965-1966 team, addressed the most recent champions.
Thanks to club members Frank Scalise, Don Guido, Jeanne and Fred Del Genio, and Nick Parrotta who volunteered on March 22 at the Masonic Home Carnival.
Frank especially enjoyed making the cotton candy even though he was covered in fluff most of the time.
www.ejherrmanninvitational.com /eutica_200604.html   (355 words)

  
 SR.com: Reserve police officer honored for service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Since joining the reserve program, Case has provided more than 5,000 hours of service without pay, said Sgt. Frank Scalise, who oversees the reserves and other volunteer efforts in the department.
Case, an owner of South Regal Lumber, began training to be a reserve officer after his wife saw a notice in the newspaper.
Case's willingness to work for the fun of the work and the benefit of taxpayers was a major theme of a surprise party thrown by the department this month in Case's honor.
www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=104021   (462 words)

  
 Scalise Origins in Italy
I knew that the family was from the small town of Sersale, in the providence of Catanzaro, in the Region of Calabria in the arch of the foot of Italy.
Atti diversi 1826-1864 Matrimoni 1809-1865 Morti 1809-1833, No. 8 in 1815, In Feb. 1815, Pietro Francisco Scalise, age 19, son of Pietro, age 46, and Carmina Schipani, age 50 married to Carmina Caterina Baratto, age 19, daughter of Angela.
Atti diversi 1826-1864 Matrimoni 1809-1865 Morti 1809-1833, No. 13 in 1842, Francesco Antonio Scalise, age 20?, born Sersale, occupation: forese, son of Francesco, occupation: forese (peasant), living and Carmina Baratta married 12 June 1842 to Carmina Francesca Lia, age 21, born Sersale, d/o Giuseppe(?), deceased and Maria Fazio.
www.powellgenealogy.com /Scalise   (1245 words)

  
 GottiFBI's Agents Notes
Frank Nitti, Paul “the Waiter” Ricca, Tony Accardo, Sam Giancana, Joey Aiuppa, and John “No Nose” DiFronzo inherited Big Al’s organization in the intervening decades following his conviction for income tax evasion in 1931.
Scarfo’s short but violent eight-year reign was interrupted on May 13, 1989, when he was sentenced to 55-years in prison for the 1985 murder of Frank “Flowers” D’Alfonso, a member of the Bruno-Testa inner circle.
D’Alfonso was ordered to die because he had failed to show the “proper respect” for Scarfo when he decided to cut his boss out of a share of the profits.
www.agentsnotes.com /mafia.html   (8060 words)

  
 Cory's Mafia Page: The Gambino Family
VINCENT "VINCE" MANGANO 1888-1951 Vincent Mangano was appointed boss of what was to become the Gambino family by Lucky Luciano in 1931.
He was conspired against by Frank Costello, Albert Anastasia, and Tommy Lucchesse.
After a few major indictments failed, John became to be known as the "Teflon Don." In 1991 the feds indicted John Gotti along with underboss Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano and consigliere Frank "Frankie Loc" Locascio on racketeering and murder conspiracy charges.
members.tripod.com /~corytheboss/gambinos.html   (607 words)

  
 Gambino crime family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Following a brief period under the control of Frank Scalise, the first recognised leader of what would become the Gambino family was Vincent Mangano, an old-school Mafia don in the style of Masseria and Maranzano but one who was tolerated due to his close ties with Emil Camarda, vice-president of the International Longshoremen's Association.
Vito Genovese was a power-hungry underboss in the family and needed a way to remove the close ties between Costello and Anastasia, which provided solidarity in the National Crime Syndicate for the two bosses.
On December 16, Bilotti and Castellano were heading for a meeting with capo Frank DeCicco at the Sparks Steak House on East 46th Street, when they were gunned down by four unidentified men in the middle of rush hour.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Gambino_crime_family   (2519 words)

  
 AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 194
With Capone was his business manager, Jake Guzak, bodyguard Frankie Rio, underboss Frank Nitti, and a young thug bodyguard named Tony Accardo.
During a break in the meeting, Meyer Lansky watched as Accardo returned from the Boardwalk and showed off a tattoo of an eagle that expanded its wings when he closed his fist.
Frank stood and made a short speech which was pointed at Capone.
www.americanmafia.com /Feature_Articles_194.html   (2169 words)

  
 -castellammaresewar.page
The four unknown men were Albert Anastasia from the Family of Frank Scalise along with Joe Adonis, Benny Siegel and Vito Genovese from the Luciano crew.
Frank Scalise was forced to step down as head of the Mineo Family in Brooklyn because of his close alliance with Maranzano.
He was replaced as head of the Family by Vincent Mangano known as Don Vincenzu.
www.geocities.com /americanmafioso/-castellammaresewar.html   (1892 words)

  
 SCALISE family history and genealogy information .. Scalise ancestry links
OVERVIEW -- As this genealogical help and research area is a new part of our website, and is currently under development..
genealogy software and family history research database for the Scalise name will likely be included in the updates along with an automated form to submit data for Scalise family history..
posting surname and ancestry data for Scalise items as well as allowing the public to search for Scalise details will remain free of charge.
www.museumstuff.com /zg.cgi?w=scalise   (193 words)

  
 All about Roy DeMeo, by Katherine Ramsland
Beneath tailored suits, silk ties, and manicured nails, they were willing to do whatever it took to develop, hold and improve their position in the family.
A loanshark with connections in high places, Scalise was an underboss for Albert Anastasia, and Nino ran a stolen car ring for him.
In 1957, Frank Scalise was hit while out buying fruit—allegedly because he was selling memberships into the family to enrich himself.
www.crimelibrary.com /serial_killers/weird/roy_demeo/2.html   (1512 words)

  
 MALAVOLTA : SCALISE Adoption Registry Profile
In 1934, they both passed away and their 4 children were split up.
My father, who was 13 at the time, was sent to St. Louis to be adopted by Frank and Josephine Scalise living in Wood River, Illinois.
I need to prove that SAM SCALISE and SERAFINO MALAVOLTA are the same person.
www.adopteeconnect.com /d/a/117477   (149 words)

  
 DIELAND: Mob: Anthony "Nino" Gaggi
He was connected early in his life because his father's cousin was Frank Scalise, a member of the Gambino family (or Mineo family at the time).
However, when Scalise was gunned down, he was very disappointed.
He said,though, that this was the way he wanted to die, on the street with a gun in his hand.
members.fortunecity.com /sosdie/mob/family/gambino/nino.htm   (172 words)

  
 Joseph Valachi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In September and October 1963 the gravel-voiced, chain-smoking killer enthralled much of the national television audience as he told Senator John L. McClellan and the Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee about the inner structure of the Mafia and organized crime.
The Valachi revelations were often chilling, including the details of a number of murders in which he took part.
There is need, in a historical sense, to compare, Valachi's many disclosures to the later revelations in the memoirs or reminiscences of such syndicate higher-ups as Luciano, Lansky and Doc Stacher, among others.
www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/valachi.html   (1476 words)

  
 Montgomery Herald - Obituaries — Wednesday, June 21, 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born June 10, 1920, at Burnwell, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ada Craft Clark.
of Agawam, Mass., and Ronald Scalise of Smithers; a daughter-in-law, Deborah Scalise of Winchester, Va.; grandchildren, Matthew Scalise, Rachael Scalise, George Ponthieux, Jennifer Parcell, Raymond Gay Jr., Andrea Gay, John Scalise III, Donald Scalise Jr., and Daniel Scalise; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian burial was June 17 at St. Anthony’s Shrine Catholic Church in Boomer with Father Paul Wharton as celebrant.
www.montgomery-herald.com /obituaries/local_story_171182939.html   (1910 words)

  
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The Mineo gang would now be headed by Frank Scalise (and would later be known as the Gambino Family)
Joe Bonanno was chosen as Maranzano's replacement as boss of his Family, and Vincent Mangano replaced Scalise (who was very close to Maranzano).
Luciano, recognizing that other Family bosses were tired of the endless wars, early deaths, and autocratic leadership, created the Commission.
mafiasite.8m.com /history.htm   (1020 words)

  
 uticaOD.com :: The meeting place and marketplace of the Mohawk Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From left, seated: Steve Gigliotti; Frank D. Hamlett; Carl Del Buono, esquire and chairman of the board; and Dr. Robert Brennan, secretary.
From left, standing: Ray Borden; John Giacovelli; Donna M. Vitagliano, president and chief executive officer; and Scott A. George.
Absent from photo is Frank Scalise, treasurer; and Sister Mary Theresa Kobosinski.
www.uticaod.com /archive/2005/03/15/community/22594.html   (86 words)

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