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Salvatore Maranzano (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre maranˈtsaːno]; July 31, 1886 – September 10, 1931), nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City.
Sep 12, 2023 · David Critchley’s article in the July 2009 issue of Informer Journal revealed that the widely accepted photo of Maranzano was actually that of a British criminal named Salvatore Messina. Then, in 2019, a discovery by another researcher uncovered a photo believed to be the real Maranzano.
- Gabe Paoletti
- Joe Masseria, 1931. In 1930, a Sicilian faction led by Salvatore Maranzano waged war against a Sicilian-American group led by Joe Masseria for control of Mafia activity in the United States.
- Albert Anastasia, 1957. Detectives take notes and examine the barbershop of New York's Park Sheraton Hotel, where the body of Murder Inc.' s Albert Anastasia lies, partially covered, on the floor after his murder by unknown gunmen.
- The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, 1929. On February 14, 1929, seven members of the North Side Gang were trapped in a garage, lined up against the wall, and shot to death by members of Al Capone's rival gang, which was at war with the Irish North Siders for control of Chicago.
- Carmine Galante, 1979. The body of Carmine "Lilo" Galante (top right), boss of the Bonanno crime family, lies outside of Joe & Mary's Italian-American Restaurant in Brooklyn.
– Death Photos. “He Could Snap a Neck With His Fingers” Sal Maranzano and Joe Masseria were in a power struggle to be the most powerful crime figure in New York. Maranzano had a successful bootlegging business, shipping in alcohol through the Mustache Pete era of organized crime.
May 31, 2024 · Salvatore Maranzano was an American gangster of the Prohibition era and leader among the old-country-oriented Italians, known as “Moustache Petes,” many of whom were former members of the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra. Reared in Sicily, Maranzano immigrated to the United States after World.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 3, 2018 · Salvatore Maranzano didn’t dream of becoming a Mafioso — let alone the head of the most powerful crime organization in America and the man who formed the American Mafia as we know it — back when he was a small boy in Sicily.
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Salvatore Maranzano was a prominent Italian-American gangster during the Prohibition era of American history. Maranzano was a unique gangster in that he held one of the highest titles in all the mafia, even for a short period of time.
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