Sicilian - Calabrian Confict

SICILIAN – CALABRIAN CONFLICT  : - 1922-23.

7^TH November  1922  : - Gregorio Lagana [1890 Gallico, Calabria]  : - Killed.

[Francesco Pellegrino present] / Arrested – Giuseppe Busardo [1892 Palermo, Sicily].

1923

8^th February  : - Charles Cucchiaro [1895 Pietraperzia, Sicily] – Killed.

[Vincenzo Busardo [1885 Palermo, Sicily] + Jack Buccafusco [  ?   P.Empedocle, Sicily] present.

7^th April  : - Vincenzo Busardo  - Killed.

 Deathbed accusation against [Umberto Anastasio [1902 Tropea,Calabria] + Joseph Florino [1895   ?   , Calabria].

28^th April  : - Biagio Giordano [1875 Gallico, Calabria] – Killed.

                        Umberto Anastasio  – Wounded.

[Shots fired from room occupied by Francesco Pellegrino + James Calabro].

29^th April  : - Francesco Pellegrino [1893     ?   ] – Killed.

21^st June  : - James Calabro [1890      ?     ] – Killed.

Notes

Gregorio Lagana was a suspect in the 1916 murder of a Pasquale Stili [or Stillo].

Lagana and Biagio Giordano were both from Gallico, Calabria.

Nunziata Stili was a suspect in the Lagana killing, and was possibly killed later in Boston.

The Busardo brothers were known Mafiosi, and worked for  ? Castellano.

Charles Cucchiaro came from the same town as Johnny Oddo.

Annibale Stilo [1892 Gallico, Calabria] was killed in Boston in December 1922.

Several men were arrested after attending a “Racket” for Ignazio Lupo at the time of the Giordano murder.  These included Lupo, James Calabro and Carmelo Liconti.

The ethnicity of Pellegrino + Calabro are unknown.