Re: azzarello family
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Re: azzarello family
Tami Leanza 12/04/02
I don't have any information in my file on Messina Azzarello's.All of mine came from the Cerda area.I did hear stories about my former in-laws and their parents playing a part in the mafia, but I thought that was just someone's over active imagination.
My ex father in law said that when he was 14 and 15, he drove a truck filled with bootleg alcohol in a fake gas tank in his father's truck and the house they lived in had a passage way connecting to a house they owned next door, "so they could make their escape in case the police came." I was actually in this house when I was in downtown Cleveland back in the 1980's.I heard other family stories, but they were vehemently denied by the family matriarch when I questioned her about it.
If you have any other information about the "Cleveland Mafia", I'd love to hear about it.
I'll keep my eyes open for folks from Messina for you.Good luck in your search!
Ingrid Keltz
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