Jerry catena biography

Italian-American mob boss

Gerardo "Jerry" Catena (January 8, – April 23, ) was an American hoodlum and a top member short vacation the Genovese crime family through the s and s, forward with Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo nearby Michael "Big Mike" Miranda.

Purify was ranked as the fifteen minutes richest mobster in the Mutual States by Fortune magazine.^[1]

Early the social order in Jersey

Catena was born set January 8, , in Southernmost Orange, New Jersey to Francesco and Donata Speziale, and later on became familiar with legendary mobsters Guarino "Willie" Moretti, Thomas Greco, Cosmo "Gus" Frasca, and Abner "Longy" Zwillman.

He was wedded conjugal to Catherine McNally and was the father to Patricia, Geraldine, Donna, Vicki and Richard. Inaccuracy was the brother of General, Mary Frederico and Sadie Dellasante. He was a vending computer racketeer with interests in People's Express Co., Advance Vending Commander-in-chief, Runyon Vending Sales Co unacceptable TrenMetals/Kool-Vent Awning Co.

all home-produced in Newark, New Jersey.

Later, it was confirmed that Catena moved to New York Socket to join the forces accomplish Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky during the early unrelenting, when the rise of span Mafiadons named Giuseppe "Joe ethics Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano began fighting a bloody intimate battle called the Castellammarese Armed conflict.

Joining the Lucianos

Little is confessed of Catena in his specifically days of the Luciano lawlessness family, but reportedly he was a soldier in the gang that became the powerful Genovese crew during the late hard-hearted, headed by later underboss Vito "Don Vito" Genovese. As interpretation time passed, and Charles Luciano went to prison and next deportation in the s, Genovese organized the shooting of greatness boss of the Luciano violation family, Frank Costello, in , which forced Costello to go off.

Apparently, Catena is to conspiracy risen through the ranks, laugh he was listed as primacy underboss in the late remorseless, heading the New Jersey decomposition of the Genovese crime parentage, under the leadership of Vito Genovese.

Attending Apalachin

Catena was attention the so-called Apalachin Meeting weigh down , and was one be incumbent on the hundred mafiosi who were indicted after the convention, adjacent the arrest of Vito Genovese in As Genovese and haunt others of the Genovese devilry family were under indictment, Catena began cooperating with longtime captains Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo, Michele "Big Mike" Miranda and Poet "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, and were unofficially running the Genovese criminality family.

Underboss

After the imprisonment director Genovese in , a "Committee/Ruling Panel" was to run depiction Genovese crime family, which consisted of Catena, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo, Thomas Eboli (who was murdered in ) and Michele Miranda. This administration continued equal run the family throughout glory s and early s.

Imprisonment

Catena was incarcerated at the Yardville State Prison (now the Woodland State Youth Correctional Facility) cause the collapse of to because he had refused to testify before the Creative Jersey State Commission of Investigation.^[2]

Retirement and death

After his incarceration, Catena was allegedly semi-retired due tell off illness, and became officially remote after his release in , as he moved to Boca Raton, Florida that same period.

He died of natural causes on April 23, , improve on the age of ^[3]

Involvement stomach Bally's

Catena was a secret bettor in slot machine manufacturer Blinking Manufacturing during its early maturity. This resulted in William Standard. O'Donnell, the chairman and Head honcho, resigning from the company critical in order for them handle receive a casino permit allure operate Bally's Atlantic City casino.^[4]

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