Natale Evola
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Natale "Joe Diamond" Evola (February 22, 1907 – August 28, 1973) was a New York mobster who briefly became boss of the Bonanno crime family who was succeeded by Philip Rastelli, and preceded Paul Sciacca as boss in 1971.
Natale Evola was born in the
Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. Natale Evola had two brothers (Paul and Joseph Evola) and three sisters (Anna Evola, Josephine DiBarloto, and Mamie Grazzo). Natale Evola never married and lived with his mother in Bay Ridge.[1]
Evola's arrest record would eventually include
narcotics trafficking and in labor racketeering in the Garment District
of Manhattan.
Evola was a close associate of Joseph Bonanno, the original boss of the Bonanno crime family. In 1931, Evola served as an usher at Bonanno's wedding.[1]
In 1957, Evola was identified at the infamous
Apalachin Meeting in Apalachin, New York
and later charged, along with twenty other organized figures, with conspiracy. The case was later overturned.
On April 17, 1959, Evola was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted on conspiracy to distribute
Joe Bonanno's retirement in 1968, Evola reportedly became the boss of the family. Heavily involved in the trucking industry in the Garment District, Evola cooperated with crime family leaders Genovese and Carlo Gambino of the Gambino crime family
.
On August 28, 1973, Natale Evola died of
Calvary Cemetery in the Woodside, Queens section of New York.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Gage, Nicholas (August 31, 1973). "Natale Evola, Mafia Figure, Is Dead at 66" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ^ Feinberg, Alexander (April 18, 1959). "Genovese is Given 15 Years in Prison in Narcotics Case" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ "Natale "Diamond Jim" Evola". Find a Grave. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
External links
- The American "Mafia" - Natale Evola
- Attendee Profiles At The 1957 Apalachin Mob Confab By Mike La Sorte
