Biographies

Giuseppe Morel­lo led the Cor­leone­si crime fam­i­ly in New York, which later divid­ed into what are known today as the Gen­ovese and Luc­ch­ese Families.

Ignazio Lupo, Paler­mi­tani Mafia leader and brother-in-law of the first US Mafia boss-of-bosses, Giuseppe Morello.

The son of US Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello.

Coney Island cabaret pro­pri­etor and half-brother of boss-of-bosses Giuseppe Morello.

Giuseppe Masse­ria, known as ‘Joe the Boss’, start­ed his crim­i­nal career in a pro­fes­sion­al bur­glary gang. 

Vito Cas­cio­fer­ro. 1902 Born: Jan­u­ary 22^nd 1862, Paler­mo Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: 1942 – 45 Where: Cause: Killer: n/a Son of Accur­sio Cas­cio­fer­ro and Santa Ippoli­to, born on Jan­u­ary 22^nd…

Nico­la Ter­ra­no­va Alias: Nick Ter­ra­no­va (Morel­lo) Born: 1890 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Sep­tem­ber 7^th 1916 Where: John­son St and Hud­son Avenue Cause: Shot Killer: Tom Pagano In 1892,…

Ciro Ter­ra­no­va Alias: The Arti­choke King Born: 1888 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Feb­ru­ary 20^th 1938 Where: New York Cause: Nat­ur­al Caus­es In 1892, Ciro Ter­ra­no­va arrived…

Alias: Charles Lomonte Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: May 23^rd 1914 Where: E108th St Cause: Shot Killer: Unknown Gun­man For­tu­na­to Lomonte, a cousin of the Morel­lo fam­i­ly, ran a hay and grain office…

Gio­van­ni Lupo Alias: John Lupo Born: 1883 Paler­mo Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian — Sicil­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Broth­er of Ignazio Lupo, John arrived in New York with…

Alias: Thomas Lomonte Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Octo­ber 13^th 1915 Where: E116th St Cause: Shot Killer: Anto­nio Impoluz­zo Tomas­so Lomonte, a cousin of the Morel­lo fam­i­ly, was…

Vito Lad­u­ca Alias: Giuseppe Longo Born: Cari­ni Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Feb­ru­ary 1908 Where: Cari­ni Cause: Shot Killer: Vito Lad­u­ca was a mem­ber of the Morel­lo gang heav­i­ly involved…

Giuseppe Boscari­no Alias: Giuseppe Monte Born: 1850 Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian Died: 28^th August 1919 Where: Atlanta Pen­i­ten­tiary Cause: Her­nia Giuseppe Boscari­no was born in Cor­leone around…

Giuseppe Paler­mo 1910 Alias: Sal­va­tore Saraci­na Born: 1862, Par­tan­na Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Giuseppe Paler­mo arrived in New York from Sici­ly in 1902, after…

Anto­nio Cecala 1910 Alias: Nino Cecala Born: 1875 Nation­al­i­ty: Sici­ly, Cor­leone Died: May 26 1928 Where: New York Cause: Shot Killer: Anto­nio Cecala, a mem­ber of the…

Giueppe DeP­ri­mo Alias: Giuseppe De Primo Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Giuseppe De Primo was a gro­cer who worked with the Morel­lo gang in con­nec­tion with counterfeiting…

Alias: Joseph Cata­nia Born: 1872 est. Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: July 23^rd 1902 Where: Bay Bridge, 73^rd Street. Cause: Throat Cut Killer: Morel­lo gang Giuseppe Cata­nia, a Brook­lyn grocer,…

Giuseppe Fanaro Alias: Joseph Fanaro Born: 1876 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Novem­ber 1913 Where: Brook­lyn Cause: Shot Killer: Giuseppe Fanaro was a known mem­ber of the Morel­lo gang,…

Alias: Ange­lo Gagliano Born: 1880 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Ange­lo Gagliano, broth­er to Vin­cen­zo,  ran a saloon with Ippoli­to Greco at 227 E107th Street. Gagliano…

Anto­nio Pas­sanan­ti Alias: Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: March 6 1969 Where: Par­tini­co Cause: Shot in head Killer: n/a Antoni­no Pas­sanan­ti was a mem­ber of the Morello…

Alias: Giuseppe Ver­razano Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Octo­ber 6^th, 1916 Where: Broome St Cause: Shot Killer: Tony Notaro Giuseppe Ver­razano was a gam­bler based in lower Manhattan.…

Giuseppe Guil­lam­bar­do Alias: Born: 1875 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Giuseppe Guil­lam­bar­do arrived in New York from Paler­mo in Novem­ber 1902. On 31^st December,…

Nicholas Sylvester 1910 Alias: Nick Sylvester Born: 1889 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Nick Sylvester was a friend of the young Ter­ra­no­va brothers,…

Giuseppe Cal­ic­chio 1910 Alias: Don Peppe Born: 1857 Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian — Neapoli­tan Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Cal­ic­chio was born in Puglia, Italy, in 1858. He worked…

Alias: Eugene ‘Charles’ Ubri­a­co Born: 1867 Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Sep­tem­ber 7^th 1916 Where: John­son St and Hud­son Avenue Cause: Shot Killer: Thomas Car­il­lo and Lefty Espos­i­to Eugene Ubriaco,…

Pietro Inz­er­il­lo Alias: Born: 21^st Octo­ber 1859 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Pietro Inz­er­il­lo, mar­ried with five chil­dren, com­ing from Mari­neo in Paler­mo, Sicily,…

Petto the Ox Alias: Luciano Peri­no (Real name) Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: 1905 Where: Wilkes­barre Pen. Cause: Stabbed Killer: Tom­ma­so Petto was a killer for the…

Ippoito Greco Alias: Born: 1878 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Cor­leone Died: Octo­ber 7^th, 1915 Where: E108th St Cause: Shot Killer: Unknown gun­men Ippoli­to Greco of 230 E107th, the owner of…

Carlo Costan­ti­no Alias: Carlo Costan­ti­no Born: Jan­u­ary 20 1874 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Where: Men­tal hos­pi­tal Cause: VD Killer: Syphilis Carlo Costan­ti­no, was born…

Sal­va­tore Cina 1910 Alias: Born: 1875 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Sal­va­tore Cina, born in 1875, arrived in New York in 1895, after flee­ing a murder…

Vin­cen­zo Giglio 1910 Alias: Vin­cen­zo Giglio Born: 1880 Nation­al­i­ty: Sicil­ian Died: 5^th May 1914 Where: Atlanta Pen­i­ten­tiary Cause: Ill­ness Killer: Vin­cen­zo Giglio was…

Anto­nio Comi­to Alias: Born: 1880 Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian — Cal­abria Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Anto­nio Comi­to was born in 1880, in Catan­zaro, Cal­abria. He had pre­vi­ous­ly worked as a printer…

Gio­sue Gal­luc­ci Alias: Born: 10^th Decem­ber 1865 Nation­al­i­ty: Neapoli­tan Died: May 17^th 1915 Where: 318 E109th St Cause: Shot Killer: Gio­sue Gal­luc­ci emi­grat­ed from Naples in 1891.…

Alias: Gen­naro Gal­luc­ci Born: 1857 Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian Neapoli­tan Died: Novem­ber 14 1909 Where: 318 E109th Street Cause: Shot Killer: Unknown gun­man Gen­naro was born in Italy in 1857 to…

Alias: Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: John Rus­so­mano was the nephew of famed Harlem gang­ster, Gio­sue Gal­luc­ci . On Decem­ber 15^th, 1912, a peace meet­ing had been…

Alias: Born: 1877 Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Pel­li­gri­no Mora­no was the head of a group of Neapoli­tans based in Coney Island, where he owned the Santa Lucia…

Ralph Daniel­lo Alias: Ralph the Bar­ber Born: 1886 Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian Died: 1925 Where: New Jer­sey Cause: Shot Killer: Orig­i­nal­ly named Alphon­so Pepe, Ralph Daniello…

Alle­san­dro Vollero Alias: Alle­san­dro Vollero Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Alle­san­dro Vollero owned a cof­fee house at 133 Navy St, Brook­lyn. The coffee…

Alias: Leo Lau­ri­tano Born: 1872 Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Leopol­do Lau­ri­tano owned a cof­fee house at 133 Navy St, Brook­lyn. The cof­fee house was used as the headquarters…

Alias: The Butch­er Born: 19^th July 1886 Nation­al­i­ty: Died: May 1940 Where: Italy Cause: Dis­ease Alphon­so Sgroia arrived in New York in 1899, aged 13. In 1905, he stayed with his…

Alias: Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Aniel­lio Paret­ti was a gun­man for the Navy St gang . He was involved with the mur­der of Jose ph ‘Chuck’ Naz­zaro . On March 16^th,…

Alias: Zopo the Gimp Born: 1880 Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian Died: Decem­ber 15^th, 1912 Where: 318 E109th St Cause: Shot Killer: John Rus­so­mano Aniel­lo Prisco, 37, nick­named ‘Zopo the Gimp’ due to…

Alias: Tony Notaro Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Tony Notaro was a gun­man for the Navy St gang . He was involved with the mur­der of Nicholas Ter­ra­no­va at Johnson…

Alias: Tony the Shoe­mak­er Born: 1892 Nation­al­i­ty: Died: 17^th Feb­ru­ary, 1927 Where: Sing Sing Cause: Elec­tro­cut­ed Killer: n/a Antho­ny Paret­ti, of 23 Skill­man Av, Brook­lyn, was a mem­ber of…

Joe ‘Chuck’ Naz­zaro Alias: Chuck Naz­zaro Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: March 16^th 1917 Where: Yonkers Cause: Shot Killer: Navy St gang Joe ‘Chuck’ Naz­zaro, of 339 E108th, arr…

Sketch of DeMar­co killing Alias: Joe DeMar­co Born: 1885 Nation­al­i­ty: Ital­ian Died: 20^th July, 1916 Where: 54 James Street Cause: Shot Killer: Giuseppe Ver­az­zano Joseph DeMar­co was a…

Alias: Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Novem­ber 30^th 1916 Where: 2031 1^st Av Cause: Shot Killer: Unknown gun­man The Neapoli­tan Del Gau­dio broth­ers were involved in gam­bling in East…

Alias: Nic Del Gau­dio Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Octo­ber 1914 Where: East River and 114^th St. Cause: Shot Killer: Unknown gun­man The Neapoli­tan Del Gau­dio broth­ers were involved…

Alias: Lefty Espos­i­to Born: 1893 Nation­al­i­ty: Amer­i­can Died: Dece­me­ber 31^st 1924. Where: New Jer­sey Cause: Shot Killer: Born in Brook­lyn, Espos­i­to grew up in New York. He used…

Alias: Don Chichi Born: Nation­al­i­ty: Died: Where: Cause: Killer: Frank Fevro­la was a mem­ber of the Brook­lyn based Navy St gang . On March 16^th, 1917, Joseph ‘Chuck’ Nazz aro was shot…