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I have recently decided to share a photo of some Chicago Outfit hoodlums with my loyal readers who have a particular interest in my work on the Chicago Outfit. The photograph came to me through a very close source of my now late uncle through marriage, Romie Nappi.

For those interested in participating, please study the photo. The first person who contacts me via email with the correct names of at least 7 of the 10 gangsters in the photo will win a $100.00 cash prize. The bald guy whose back is facing us will count if you can name him as well.

If the winner names all 10 of the gangsters, he or she will also receive a T-shirt with the photo in question printed on it. My email address is jfosco@americannewspost.com.

Thank you and good luck!

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55 Comments

        • Joseph Fosco on

          I have more. However, I try to wait for the right time to share them. In addition, I want to keep some on the side in case I wind up writing a book as I once considered doing.

          • Joseph Fosco on

            Thank you for your vote of confidence. The one thing that has held me back in writing a book is the understanding that without being a celebrity, there is very little money to make on writing a book, if any at all. I realize that I may sound shallow speaking about the monetary side of things, but I am at a point in my life (unfortunately) where I have to focus on earning money.

          • funkster on

            I would assume its a niche market on top of it, which is really too bad. Side question, where was this taken….Elmwood Park…River Grove?

          • Joseph Fosco on

            As I said, I am not sure of the location. However, based on input by a living relative of one of the people in the photo, it is likely that the get together took place at Holiday Park (which was/is a beach), near Wauconda, Illinois.

          • Heavy D's Nuts on

            Why aren’t you trying to make some coin of this concept? You should be the go-to for OC in Chicago. Look at Capeci, he’s charging for his news. Interview a few bust-outs that are in a bad way. Make some noise. Right now, you’ve got a few regular commenters that aren’t crazy and a few that are. Time to make a move. Interview someone from LE. Is Don Herion still alive? He was a media whore. Come on Joe.

          • Heavy D's Nuts on

            Thanks Funk. I was thinking joe should be covering all of US. Interview some previous bad guys, current good guys and maybe some victims. Joe should actually have questions prepared. And Franko Cocunuts is the wing man. No more of these long delays. Get a scheduled show together. Sell some advertising and take on some donations. That’s my vision for joe. A full time gig.

          • Heavy D's Nuts on

            You know OC. Use it. Try Don Herion as a guest. He ran OC investigations for Cook County. He loves this stuff. I knew him in another life and he really despised Mags. He told me Mags ran dope. Hope he’s still alive. Speaking of alive, can you jog your memory under what circumstances Jimmy LaValley was murdered? Where? When?

          • Heavy D's Nuts on

            The next time you reach out to your sources, can you please confirm the LaValley information to be accurate? Any details would be appreciated.

          • Heavy D's Nuts on

            Tell him you take him for a round of golf at the Pines… Then he will do it for sure.

          • Joseph Fosco on

            HDN:
            Sorry I forgot to address your question on LaValley. If my memory serves me well, I think it was somewhere around 2008 or 2009 when he was purportedly found dead with at least one bullet in his head. I want to say that I heard that he was supposedly found somewhere around the East Coast. I originally heard this from some law-enforcement contacts that I have.

  3. Five finger discount man on

    Here’s my “stab” at it. Accardo, Cerone, Nuccio, Amato, Depietto, DiBella, Brancato, Devarco, Gagliano

  4. Joe Walters on

    Here’s my stab at it: Accardo, DiVarco, Amato, Politto, Solano, Messino, Catuara, Annoreno, Pranno, Ciapetta.

      • JJB on

        The car on the right is a ’55 Chevy, so it can’t be prior to ’55. Probably between ’55-’57?

        • Joseph Fosco on

          I thought the cars were early 50s. JJB, I stand corrected. Thank you. I will add that Joe B does look a bit older as if the photo was close to the 1960s.

          • Antiliar on

            Looks more like a ’56 Thunderbird. The front bumper changed in the ’58 model. Plus the ’66 had different front lights, two bulbs for each side in the ’60s compared to a single bulb for each side in the ’50s.

          • JJB on

            You’re correct, Ant. That was a typo on my part — it’s a ’56 Thunderbird, not ’66.

  7. Antiliar on

    Here’s my list of names, from left to right:
    1. Joe Amato
    2. Joe Batters Accardo
    3. Queenie Simonelli
    4. Joe Gagliano? (smiling man with cap)

    5. Rocco Fischetti
    6. unknown (younger handsome man smiling)

    7. unknown (man with back turned)
    8. Nick Palermo
    9. James Adduci (with glasses)

    10. Jackie Cerone
    11. Willie Messino (smiling man with sunglasses and cigar)

      • JJB on

        Let’s give this a shot (left to right, around the table):

        1. Amato
        2. Accardo
        3. Pranno
        4. Daddano (hat)
        5. DeGrazia (blowing dice)
        6. Caifano
        7. Fosco (pants)
        8. Palermo
        9. Adduci (glasses)
        10. Cerone
        11. Ferraro (cigar)

      • Antiliar on

        I know there’s a thumbnail picture allegedly of Pranno on another site, but I’m not sure it really is Pranno. To me it looks more like Simonelli, plus we know that Accardo was close to Simonelli while there’s no evidence he was close to Pranno.

        • Joseph Fosco on

          Antiliar,
          I admit that Simonelli (who was my friend) and Pranno bear a close resemblance. I realize that a pinky ring is on the same finger of the photos of Simonelli and the person in the photo with JB. However, making a determination by process of elimination which is in part based on a hunch that JB might not have been close to Pranno is a poor way to claim something as a fact. Based on source information, the man in the photo is Pranno. If someone conclusively proves my source incorrect, I will immediately issue a correction. Thank you.
          In addition, Joe B did not bring Queenie Simonelli around Outfit guys very often. And Jack Cerone usually drove him around, which makes the need for Queenie at Holiday even less necessary.

          • Antiliar on

            Actually i just found a photo of Pranno in the Tribune from that time period and he looks nothing like the man in your photo.

          • Joseph Fosco on

            Antiliar,
            Send me the clip at jfosco@americannewspost.com. In the meantime, I have to go with source information, even over the Tribune. In my field, if it’s one thing I have learned well, it is not to rely too heavily on mainstream media for credible material on the Chicago Outfit. Lastly, I wish to state for the second time in this message thread that I will immediately issue a correction if I see conclusive evidence that my source is incorrect. Thank you.

          • Joseph Fosco on

            Dear Antiliar,
            Thank you for sending me the photo that you claim to have found in an old Chicago Tribune Newspaper. I have reviewed the Tribune photo and therefore find no reason whatsoever to doubt myself on this issue. However, I certainly thank you for your good work in researching this matter.

  9. JJB on

    1. Amato
    2. JB
    3. Pranno
    4. Gagliano
    5. Formosa
    6. Potenza
    7. Gianola
    8. Palermo
    9. Cerone
    10. DeStefano

  10. JJB on

    1. Amato
    2. Batters
    3. Pranno
    4. DiBella
    5. Fischetti
    6. Potenza
    7. Gianola
    8. Palermo
    9. Cerone
    10. Cortina

  11. bronco484 on

    Joe,

    Are you ever going to release the names in the photo? It doesn’t look like anyone is going to guess enough to win.