Louis Fratto

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Newspaper clip showing a photo of Louis Fratto when he appeared to tesfify at the Kefauver hearings.

Louis Thomas Fratto (July 17, 1907 – November 24, 1967), born Luigi Tomaso Giuseppi Fratto, also known as "Lew Farrell" and "Cock-eyed", was a labor racketeer and organized crime figure in Chicago, Illinois, from the 1930s to 1960s. Fratto was allegedly shifted over to become Des Moines, Iowa's, top crime boss in about 1939, until his death. He apparently replaced Charles "Cherry Nose" Gioe, who went back to Chicago.

Fratto is the brother of Frank "Frankie One Ear" Fratto, a hitman for the mob, the uncle of Rudy Fratto Jr. and Gill Vlerio, and a cousin to alleged hitman, bagman, enforcer and short-lived Chicago front boss, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio.

Fratto's son Frank Farrell was also a passenger on the flight on which Rocky Marciano was killed. Son Johnny Fratto is a frequent guest on the Howard Stern Show^[1] and was also in an episode of Deadliest Warrior as an expert on Al Capone.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "BEETLE’S CHRISTMAS WISH". HowardStern.com. 2011-12-19.

External links

"Louis Fratto - The Mob’s Invisible Man (The Original Teflon Don) mafia." MidwestMafia.com

Italian American Mafia

Families

East Coast	Five Families of New York City: Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese Buffalo DeCavalcante (New Jersey) Patriarca (New England) Philadelphia Pittsburgh Trafficante (Florida)

Midwestern/Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee St. Louis

Defunct	Bufalino (Pennsylvania) Dallas Denver Genna (Chicago) New Orleans Rochester San Francisco San Jose

Structure

Chain of command	The Commission Boss (Don) Underboss Consigliere (advisor) Caporegime (captain or capo) Soldier Associate

Members (made men)	List of Italian American mobsters List of Italian American mobsters by organization

Codes and Terms	Initiation ceremony Bagman Vendetta Capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses) Mustache Pete Omertà Zips

Events

Meetings	Atlantic City Conference (1929) Havana Conference (1946) Apalachin Meeting (1957) Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Wars	Mafia–Camorra War (1914–1917) Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Trials	Pizza Connection Trial (1985–1987) Mafia Commission Trial (1985–1986)

See also: Sicilian Mafia Template
Camorra in New York Template
List of Mafia crime families

Persondata
Name	Fratto, Louis
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	July 17, 1907
Place of birth
Date of death	November 24, 1967
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.