Comments on: Joe Ricci’s Vancouver

By: Dean Brandolini

Dean Brandolini — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 20:14:14 +0000

Found a newspaper article of Joe Ricci and Sinclair raiding my great grandfather Leone’s home at 507 Prior Street busting him for being in possession of alcohol

By: Debra

Debra — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 07:25:35 +0000

In reply to Eve Lazarus.

Yes, the person who murdered Angelo Teti – Mario Montenaro – was immediately apprehended by officers who heard the shots and ran into the building of H. Mackinnon & Co located at Main and Georgia Street. He was convicted and initially sentenced to hang but later commuted to life in prison. He escaped from prison in July 1919 and was never recaptured.

As Montenaro did not speak english, Joe Ricci was the one that translated for him in court. He was not actually the one that caught Montenaro.

By: Patricia Bowe

Patricia Bowe — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:47:25 +0000

He was the detective that was on the case when my Great Grandfather, Angelo Teti was murdered in Vancouver.. Also the man who shot my great grandfather, was one of the only 3 men to escape the BC Penitentiary.. And was a long time friend of my mother’s family …