The second round of this bloody internal conflict would take place soon after Joe the Blond Gallo was paroled from jail. He was now even more frustrated by his lack of position – both in “financial status” and “underworld status” within the borgata.
And all those years in “stir” only added to his frustration and resolve to get what he felt was due him and his. When released from his extortion sentence, Joey was flat broke and his crew wasn’t faring any better.
He wanted desperately to be a boss. In fact, he wanted to be THE boss, and in witnessing his contemporary and former adversary Joey Colombo rise to the position of “Representante” of the entire Family was more than Gallo could take. He immediately sent out feelers about the way things stood. Joe Colombo beat him to the punch though.
Upon hearing that Joe Gallo had hit the streets, Colombo sent several emissaries with $1,000 cash in an envelope along with best wishes for Gallo now that he was home.
