Giuseppe Calicchio
Alias: Don Peppo
Born: 1857
Nationality: Italian — Neapolitan
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Born in Poulia in southern part of the Neapolitan provinces in 1858. Calicchio had been working in Naples as a waiter but prior to that he had worked for ten years in Rome as a printer, where he had been involved with counterfeiting. He arrived in New York in 1906 and managed to find printing work in September during the printers strike. He later purchased his own print shop at 64 Prince Street.
In 1909, Calicchio began work for the Morello gang in Highland. He worked as a printer and lithographic engraver counterfeiting Canadian and US currency.
The gang was eventually rounded up in 1910 and sent to trial. Calicchio was sentenced on the first charge to 15 years hard labour and a $500 fine. On the second charge, 2 years hard labour and a $100 fine.
Calicchio was paroled from Atlanta Penitentiary on 21st October 1915.
