Please see A Sicilian “Blood Vendetta” Amongst Mafiosi: Chapter 1 and A Sicilian “Blood Vendetta” Amongst Mafiosi: Chapter 3 for a continuation of this story.
The Good Killers
Bart Fontana nervously explained to Fiachetti that over the course of the last decade or so, dozens upon dozens of victims had been murdered at the behest of the gang’s leadership.
These killings were not only confined to New York City. The gang was responsible for gangland murders all across America.
Police later confirmed Fontana’s statements by documenting numerous victims in such cities as Detroit, Buffalo, New Jersey, New York City, and even back in Sicily to name but a few.
Fontana explained that many of these killings had their original genesis in old vendettas and blood feuds that traced back to the Trapani Province in Sicily.
At first, it was almost too fantastic a tale for American law enforcement to even believe. But every single one of “The Good Killers” so-called victims first named by Fontana later checked out.
He named the names, and with the help of police departments in Detroit and New Jersey, Fiachetti and his New York City squad of detectives were able to confirm the events.
Within days of his revelations, the New York Police Department, led by Fiachetti, arrested all those named in the Caiozzo murder plot.
Those picked up for murder included such iconic future mafiosi as Vito Bonventre, Stefano Magaddino, Giuseppe (Joe) Lombardi, Mariano Galante, Bartolomeo (Bart) Di Gregorio, Salvatore (Sal Rose) Ciaravino, and Felice (The Wolf) Puma.
All were put behind bars and held without bail because of Fontana’s confessions.
