Frank DiMatteo > Quotes

“Joe Jelly, real name Joseph Gioelli, was the fourth guy on the scene at Grasso’s Barber Shop, and the only one of the four who didn’t get his button out of the deal. Mr. Profaci apparently didn’t feel Joe Jelly”
― Frank DiMatteo, Lord High Executioner: The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia

“The story reported that Luparelli turned himself in to the FBI and admitted that he and four other men were the ones who’d hit Joey. The article named Yacovelli as the guy who authorities believed ordered the hit. Later, there was all kinds of bullshit. There was an Irishman who wrote a book saying he was the guy who killed Joey Gallo—and Jimmy Hoffa, as long as he was at it. Everybody knew it was bullshit.”
― Frank DiMatteo, The President Street Boys: Growing Up Mafia