Salvatore maranzano

Sicilian Mafioso born on January 22nd 1862.

Along with his brother Sam, this member was an associate of Stefano Badami, the early head of the Sicilian faction in Newark. The brothers, whose real name was Accardo, were from Vita, a small town near Trapani in Western Sicily. Although always in the shadow of his brother, Joseph played a full part in the foundation of the Newark Family. The Family was in conflict with a Neapolitan gang, headed by Richie Boiardo.Badami sided with Salvatore Maranzano during the Castellammarese war.

Salvatore Maranzano took over the future Bonanno Family in 1930, after Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria, leader of the rival Morello Family, forced Cola Schirò to step down. A major gang war soon errupted – the Castellammarese War – as the criminal factions allied with Masseria fought those allied with Maranzano for control of New York.

Giuseppe “Joseph” Bonanno as a young man; possibly around the time he returned to New York from Sicily to eventually become Salvatore Maranzano’s underboss.

The Salvatore Maranzano's top killer

#OnThisDay 1897. Don Vito Genovese was born. He rose to power in America during the Castellammarese War and was instrumental in the murder of Salvatore Maranzano alongside Lucky Luciano. He later became leader of that crime family and it was renamed after him as the Genovese Family. Genovese served as mentor to the future boss of the Genovese crime family Vincent "Chin" Gigante. He was known as Boss of all Bosses from 1957 to 1959.

Gangster. Murdered by four mafia gunmen: Albert Anastasia, Vito Genovese, Joe Adonis and Benjamin Siegel. Joseph (Joe the Boss) Masseria's Mafia Family was the most powerful Organized Crime Family in New York City from the start of prohibition until the out break of the Castellammarese war in 1930. During the...