In the Godfather Garden: The Long Life and Times of Richie "the Boot" Boiardo

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231 A&P detergent scandal, 75 Abbott, Bud, 2 Abrams, Henry (Kid Henry), 58, 195 Accardo, Settimo (Big Sam), 68, 117 Addonizio, Hugh (the Pope), 64, 77, 122, 129, 134–143, 149, 195 Adonis, Joe, 30–33 Adventure Hotel (Long Branch), 120 Agnellino, Joseph, 157 Agnew, Spiro, 78 Alagna, Ace, 10 Alberti, Walter, 44 Alderney Dairy Company, 16 Alfone, Anthony (Money), 21, 52, 195 alky-cookers, 14, 16–18, 27, 51, 60, 145 Altruist Club (Newark), 216n17 Amattucci, Domenic Jackson, 117 Anastasia, Albert, 32–33, 69, 72, 77, 118–119, 195 Anderson, Paul, 138 Angelo, Sam, 16–17 Antigua, 74, 137, 147–148 Antonelli, Pasquale (Smudgy), 85–86, 89–92, 94, 96–97, 99 Apalachin summit (November 1957), 69–70 Ape, the. See Paselli, Dominic Arnold, Dorothy, 59 Arthur Treacher’s restaurant franchise, 156 Asbury Park, 128 Asbury Park Press, 4–5, 8 Atlantic City, 3, 29–30, 33–34, 39, 62, 156, 192; organized crime conference (May 1929), 33–34, 39, 62 Atlas Shipping Company, 28–29 Atripaldese Club (Newark), 89 Augie-Yale gang, 19 Balestro, Anthony, 184–185, 189–190 Balestro, Mario, 102, 185, 187–188 Balestro, Mario Jr., 102, 178, 185–187 Balestro, Michael, 102, 182–190 Balestro, Phyllis Boiardo, 16, 92, 101– 103, 186–187, 195 Bananas, Tony. See Caponigro, Antonio Baraka, Amiri, 142, 195 Barbara, Joseph (the Barber), 69 Barbella, Ron, 182–185, 189 Barile, Frank, 102 Barile, Mary Boiardo, 102–103, 195 Barile, Richie, 102 Barn, the (Mountainside), 77, 113, 120 Basilio, Carmen, 2 Battaglia, Carmine, 33, 178 Belleville, 25, 52, 89, 98, 125, 167, 169 Bello, Marino, 33–34 Bencivengo, Edith, 77, 92, 195 Bender, Tony. See Strollo, Anthony Bendetti, Paul, 158, 166 Benedictus, Little Joe, 96 Berstein, Abe, 33 Best Foods (Newark), 75 Big Pussy. See Russo, John Black, Joey, 140 I N D E X 232 INDEX black gangsters, 126–128, 151, 155; Country Boys, 128 black militants, 130, 142, 144, 155 Blade, the. See Tourine, Charlie Bloomfield, 125, 167 Bohnert, Richard, 159, 163–164 Boiardo, Agnes. See Crescenzi, Agnes Boiardo Boiardo, Carmenella, 13, 180–181 Boiardo, Catherine Porreca, 63, 179 Boiardo, Jennie Manfro (wife), 3, 6–8, 13, 16, 46, 57–58, 89; death of, 58, 62, 103, 180 Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 11, 107–108 Boiardo, Phyllis. See Balestro, Phyllis Boiardo Boiardo, Rosina. See Hanos, Rosina (Rose) Boiardo Boiardo, Ruggiero Anthony Jr. (Tony Boy), 8, 57–64, 196, 212n46; and Angelo (Chip) Chieppa, 144, 148–150, 152; bail for, 137–138, 140; Big Pussy as mentor of, 61–62, 115–116, 118; birth, 13, 57; and black gangsters, 127; and Club Fremont incident, 85–90, 92–99, 174, 216n17, 217n31; concern about mother, 58, 60, 62; contempt conviction, 95–97; and corruption scandal, 129–130, 134–140, 142, 148– 149; death of, 141, 178; dislike for, 87–88, 113, 117–118, 120–121, 155; education, 57–58; and family genealogy , 107–108; and Genovese crime family, 63, 68, 77; and Gino Farina, 175; and golf, 68–69, 101, 141, 155; home of, 89, 96, 101, 103, 134, 140, 155; ill health of, 97, 126, 140–141, 155; imprisonment of, 97, 140; and Jerry Catena, 61, 63–66, 68–69, 79, 121; and Little Pussy, 88, 113, 117–118, 120–121, 155, 159; and Livingston estate, ix, 101, 103, 110–111, 173, 177; marriage, 63–65; occupations, 58–61, 79, 134–135; psychiatrist of, 135–136; as “real boss of Newark,” 135, 140; and Vittorio Castle Restaurant, 58–60; as workaholic, 136; in World War II, 60 Boiardo, Ruggiero Sr. (Richie the Boot), 3, 196, 201; American citizenship of, 13; and Angelo (Chip) Chieppa, 126, 132, 144–153; and Apalachin summit (November 1957), 70; attempted assassination of, 1–10, 25, 32, 43, 45–49, 53, 179, 208n40, 209n2; and Big Pussy, 19–20, 23–24, 55–56, 61–62, 88, 113, 115–118, 150–151; and black gangsters, 126–129, 135; as bootlegger, 1–2, 10, 16–19, 22, 25, 32, 34–35, 38–45, 51, 76, 112, 174, 181, 207n13; booze trade after Prohibition, 61, 74, 116, 145– 148;“boss of the Eastern seaboard,” 125; bulletproof vest of, 4, 38–39; as caporegime (captain), 62–63, 66, 74, 107, 109, 127, 163, 172; and cardinals (birds), 103, 106–107; charitable acts of, 2, 18, 20, 41, 51, 103, 112, 180–181; and Chief (horse), 101, 172; and Club Fremont incident, 86–88, 92–93, 96, 98–99; concealed-weapons conviction of, 9, 16–18, 45–49; death of, 176, 179–181...