After researching Cappy Guimento’s long career in the Italian underworld, arguably, as one of the closest aides and confidantes to Russ Bufalino, one of most important and powerful Cosa Nostra bosses in the entire United States, it seems that although he was an inducted soldier and required to follow all given orders, including orders to kill on command, at his core, Guimento doesn’t seem to have been “that guy.” Nothing in his background suggests otherwise.
Nor does it appear that he was ever viewed as such by the Family’s hierarchy. Although I’m certain he would do, or did, what was required, to the contrary, it seems Cappy’s real value to the boss and their borgata was his loyalty, fealty, and dedication to his fellow mafiosi, and his ability at running gambling operations and assisting the boss as asked of him.
