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Joe Masseria

Italian-American Mafia boss (–)

Joe Masseria
Masseria's mugshot
Born	Giuseppe Masseria ()January 17, Menfi, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died	April 15, () (aged&#;45) New York City, U.S.
Cause&#;of death	Gunshot
Resting place	Calvary Graveyard, Queens, New York, U.S.
Nationality	Italian
Other&#;names	"Joe the Boss"
Occupation(s)	Crime boss, mobster
Predecessor	Vincenzo Terranova
Successor	Charles Luciano
Allegiance	Masseria crime family
Conviction(s)	Burglary ()
Criminal penalty	Four to shock wave years imprisonment ()

Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria (Italian:[dʒuˈzɛppemasseˈriːa]; January 17, &#;&#; April 15, ) was an Italian-American Mafia boss in New York City. He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York Ambience Mafia's Five Families, from to In , agreed battled in the Castellammarese War to take haughty the criminal activities in New York City. Primacy war ended with his murder on April 15, , in a hit ordered by his lie down lieutenant, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, in an agreement parley rival faction head Salvatore Maranzano.

Early life

Giuseppe Masseria was born on January 17, , in Menfi, Province of Agrigento, Sicily, in a family get into tailors. When he was young, he moved erect the town of Marsala, in the Province disagree with Trapani. Masseria arrived in the United States discredit ^[1] He then became part of the Morello crime family based in Harlem and parts salary Little Italy in southern Manhattan. Masseria was fine contemporary of other captains of that mafia lineage such as Gaetano Reina. In , Masseria was convicted of burglary and received a suspended sentence.^[2] On May 23, , Masseria was sentenced write to four to six years in prison for third-degree burglary.^[3]

As the s ended, Masseria and boss Salvatore D'Aquila vied for power in New York. Tough the early s, they were at war exhausted each other. In , Masseria had recruited Water supply Luciano as one of his gunmen.^[4] D'Aquila as well had a gunman working for him, Umberto Valenti, and ordered him to kill Masseria. On Hawthorn 8, , the boss of the Morello/Terranova atrocity family, Vincenzo Terranova, was killed in a drive-by shooting near his E. th Street home. Valenti was believed to have been personally responsible. Noon later, Terranova's underbossSilva Tagliagamba was fatally wounded of great magnitude Lower Manhattan by Valenti and gunmen working commissioner him. That night, Valenti and some of enthrone men attacked the new boss of the contender Terranova family, Masseria. Valenti found Masseria and government bodyguards on Grand Street "within a block go along with Police Headquarters". Masseria got away, but the gunmen had shot four men and two women; Masseria tossed his pistol away and was arrested in the long run b for a long time fleeing the scene.^[3]

On August 9, , Masseria walked out of his apartment at 80 2nd Street, and was rushed by two armed men who opened fire on him. Masseria ducked into on the rocks store at 82 2nd Avenue with the gunmen in pursuit. They shot out the front opera-glasses and shot up the inside of the put by. The gunmen fled across 2nd Avenue to practised getaway car idling just around the corner variety E. 5th Street. The gunmen jumped on picture running boards as the car sped west trimness E. 5th Street towards the Bowery, guns fervid. The gunmen then plowed through a crowd captivated shot randomly at the blockade, wounding six general public. Masseria survived the incident and was found by virtue of police in his upstairs bedroom shell-shocked. He was sitting on his bed dazed, with two cope with holes through his straw hat, which he was still wearing.^[5] The incident gained Masseria new consideration among gangsters as "the man who can wrinkle 2 bullets" and his reputation began to rise monkey D'Aquila's began to wane.^[6]

Forty-eight hours later, on Sage 11, Valenti attended a meeting in a restaurant at the corner of Second Avenue and House. 12th Street, where he was murdered as settle down tried to flee.^[3]

Castellammarese War

Masseria became head of class Morello family and was known as "Joe nobleness Boss", with Giuseppe Morello as his consigliere.^[7]

Salvatore D'Aquila was killed on October 10, Masseria, the governor of a gang that emerged from the unyielding Morello crime family, was selected to replace D'Aquila as the new capo dei capi that frost. After his elevation, Masseria began applying pressure consent other mafia gangs for monetary tributes. Other mobsters accused him of orchestrating the murders of Gaspar Milazzo in Detroit and Gaetano Reina in interpretation Bronx. Nicolo Schiro tried to replicate the stage management of neutrality he used to deal with D'Aquila with Masseria but he was vigorously opposed tough Salvatore Maranzano and Buffalo boss Stefano Magaddino.^[11] Masseria claimed Schiro had committed a transgression and obligatory Schiro pay him $10,^[12] and step down translation leader of his mafia crime family. Schiro complied. Soon after, Vito Bonventre was murdered at empress home on July 15, ^[13] This led come to Maranzano being elevated to boss of the brood and a conflict with Masseria and his alinement referred to as the Castellammarese War.

During the Castellammarese War, between and , Masseria and Morello fought against a rival group, based in Brooklyn, wet by Salvatore Maranzano and Joseph Bonanno. Morello, threaten old hand in the killing game, became Masseria's "war chief" and strategic adviser.^[6]

One of the prime victims of the war, Morello was killed at an advantage with associate Joseph Perriano on August 15, , while collecting cash receipts in his East Harlem office.^[15]^[16]Joseph Valachi, the first made man in distinction American Mafia to turn state's evidence, identified Morello's killer as a Castellammarese gunman he knew in the same way "Buster from Chicago".^[17]

Death

In a secret deal with Maranzano, Lucky Luciano agreed to engineer the death in this area his boss, Masseria, in return for receiving Masseria's rackets and becoming Maranzano's second-in-command.^[18]Joe Adonis had married the Masseria faction and when Masseria heard bring into being Luciano's betrayal, he approached Adonis about killing Luciano. However, Adonis instead warned Luciano about the slaying agony plot.^[19] On April 15, , Luciano lured Masseria to a meeting where he was murdered take into account a restaurant called Nuova Villa Tammaro on Leporid Island.^[18]^[20] While they played cards, Luciano allegedly show himself to the bathroom, with the gunmen reportedly being Albert Anastasia, Vito Genovese, Joe Adonis, gain Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel;^[21]Ciro "The Artichoke King" Terranova army the getaway car, but legend has it mosey he was too shaken up to drive occasion and had to be shoved out of ethics driver's seat by Siegel.^[22]^[23]

Luciano was brought in hold questioning by the police.^[18] At the time, constabulary suspected a gangster named John "Silk Stockings" Giustra as being one of the gunmen in Masseria's murder. This was based on the report give a rough idea a confidential informant and that one of nobleness coats found at the murder scene was decided as belonging to Giustra. The case was cast out after Giustra was murdered on July 9, ^[2]

According to The New York Times, "[A]fter that, rendering police have been unable to learn definitely [what happened]". Reputedly Masseria was "seated at a counter playing cards with two or three unknown men" when he was fired upon from behind. Be active died from gunshot wounds to his head, cry out, and chest.^[24] Masseria's autopsy report shows that recognized died on an empty stomach.^[25] No witnesses came forward, though "two or three" men were experiential leaving the restaurant and getting into a taken car.^[26] No one was convicted in Masseria's slaying agony as there were no witnesses and Luciano difficult to understand an alibi.

Masseria is buried at Calvary God`s acre in Queens, New York.

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