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  The Free Information Society - Albert Anastasia Biography
Albert Anastasia was born on September 26, 1902 in Tropea, Italy.
Albert was rumored to be responsible and he joined the army to fight against the Nazis.
Albert Anastasia's daily routine worked against him, since everyone knew where he would be at a given point in the day.
www.freeinfosociety.com /site.php?postnum=44   (702 words)

  
 NJ MAFIA - Albert Anastasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert Anastasia was the cheif executioner for the enforcement side of the National Syndicate, Murder Incorporated.
Anastasia was hungry for power and knew that if Luciano were head of the National Crime Syndicate that he would eventually get a piece of the action.
Anastasia was part of the four men sent to kill Masseria in 1931 in a Coney Island Resteraunt.
www.angelfire.com /nj2/ELSTONSTCREW/anastasia.html   (274 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia
Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio) (September 26, 1902–October 25, 1957), also known as the "Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner", was a Mafia boss chiefly remembered for running the contract-killing syndicate known as Murder, Inc.
Anastasia, always hungry for power, knew that if Luciano were head of the National Crime Syndicate that he would eventually get a "piece of the action." Anastasia was personally part of the four-man death squad that mowed down Masseria in Nuova Villa Tammaro, a Coney Island restaurant, on 15 April 1931, during the Castellammarese War.
Anastasia promised a $100,000 reward for his death, and Reles was fatally defenestrated from a room guarded by police at Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island on 12 November 1941 on the eve of his testimony.
www.anime.co.za /wiki/Albert_Anastasia   (1861 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert Anastasia, chief executioner of Murder, Inc., found his unbridled brutality could land him leadership of one of the most important Mafia families in the country.
Anastasia responded by seizing Luciano in a bear hug and kissing him on both cheeks.
Anastasia lunged at his killers or what he thought were his killers, trying to get them with his bare bands.
www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/anastasia.html   (1538 words)

  
 anastasia
Anastasia quickly came under the wing of Brooklyn gang boss, Joe Adonis, and it was through Adonis and his fabulous bootleg wealth that Anastasia was able to set up his own fledgling gang of bootleggers and killers at the dawn of Prohibition.
Anastasia lingered on death row in Sing Sing for eighteen months but he won a new trial when the witnesses reversed their statements and, when the witnesses suddenly vanished, the thug -killer was released.
Anastasia claimed that her dutiful husband never drank, only smoked cigarettes and that he was usually home by 9 p.m.
members.allstream.net /~ctornabe/anastasia.html   (1665 words)

  
 Gangland.net - Home
lbert Anastasia, 'Lord High Executioner' of Murder, Inc., was rudely despatched from his throne yesterday when two gunmen walked into the Park Sheraton Hotel, pumped four bullets into him as he sat in a barber chair and left him for dead.
Albert Anastasia was born in Tropea Italy, on 26th February, 1902.
It was here that Anastasia first demonstrated his penchant for murder at the slightest provocation, killing a fellow longshoreman in the early '20s.
www.gangland.net /albert_anastasia.htm   (317 words)

  
 Carlo Gambino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
When Anastasia was alive, Albert used to use him as his gopher, to go on errands for him.
He rose through the ranks to become underboss to the brutal Albert Anastasia in the 1950s, aiding him in deposing their crime family's first boss, Vince Mangano, whose body was never found.
Anastasia was murdered in a New York barbershop in 1957 shortly after an assassination attempt on Frank Costello was botched.
carpenoctem.tv /mafia/gambino.html   (637 words)

  
 King of the Brooklyn Docks - Anastasia I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Just as Anastasia began to set his sights on bigger and better rackets, he came into conflict with an old friend, a man who was just as ambitious and perhaps a bit more ruthless than Anastasia himself.
Umberto Anastasio was born in Tropea, a village in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
In spring of 1922, Anastasia was discharged for lack of evidence.
www.onewal.com /maf-art09a.html   (2654 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia
By age 14, Albert was already a giant, swarthy bastard, ready to throw down at the drop of a hat.
In 1951, Anastasia felt he was powerful enough to topple the Mangano family bosses, and killed the brothers, Vincent and Phillip Mangano.
Despite the constant killing, Anastasia was a regular family man. He was home to his wife every night by nine, and spent lots of time with his children.
www.rotten.com /library/bio/crime/mafia/albert-anastasia   (1086 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia (1902-1957)
Albert was a tough kid and was known to have a very short temper.
Albert’s new boss Vincent Mangano, one of the original bosses of the five families was looked upon as weak.
Anastasia was elevated to the head of the crime family and his underboss was a young Carlo Gambino.
www.geocities.com /murdersrus/Anastasia.html   (997 words)

  
 NJ MAFIA- Vincent Mangano
Although technically Mangano was Anastasia's boss, Anastasia spent much of his time involved in the enforcement arm of the National Crime Syndicate, Murder Inc., and gained a reputation as an efficient killer with many of the high ranking officials.
Mangano and Anastasia began to have increasing conflicts, and as time went on, they needed to be separated from each other several times by other crime bosses during meetings.
Anastasia, without admitting that he had done anything wrong, convinced the Commission that Mangano was plotting to kill him and therefor Mangano's disappearance was more out of self defense than ambition on Anastasia's part.
www.angelfire.com /nj2/ELSTONSTCREW/mangano.html   (699 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia - Murder Inc. FBI Files
Albert Anastasia allegedly controlled racket businesses and ran strong arm activities on the New York City waterfront and was a strike buster.
Albert Anastasia faced a deportation hearing in 1953 due to his criminal activity.
Anastasia associate, Vincent Macri, was found shot to death, his body in the trunk of a car in the Bronx.
www.paperlessarchives.com /anastasia.html   (1421 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia's grave
Albert Anastasia, also known as the "Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner", was a Mafia boss chiefly remembered for running the contract-killing syndicate known as Murder, Inc.
Anastasia promised a $100,000 reward for his death, and Reles mysteriously fell to his death from a guarded hotel room at Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island on 12 November 1941.
After the first volley of bullets, Anastasia is said to have jumped to his feet and lunged at his killers in a desperate struggle to defend himself.
www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GravesOutofLA/anastasia.htm   (1662 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia
Anastasia was given a job on the docks and was a longshoreman by age sixteen.
Anastasia was arrested in the early 20's for having killed a fellow longshoreman.
Albert Anastasia was given the top seat in what was to become known as the Gambino family.
www.gambino.com /bio/albertanastasia.htm   (1833 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"Albert Anastasia, 'Lord High Executioner' of Murder, Inc., was rudely despatched from his throne yesterday when two gunmen walked into the Park Sheraton Hotel, pumped four bullets into him as he sat in a barber chair and left him for dead.
Born in southern Italy at the turn of the century, Albert Anastasia took to the sea in his teens and by 15 had sneaked off his ship and into Brooklyn.
Anastasia was ambitious and he had made friends among the mob, including Frank Costello, Al Capone, and Lucky Luciano.
www.laborers.com /Anastasia.html   (365 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Freedom of Information Privacy Act
Albert Anastasia, born in 1902 in Italy, became a naturalized citizen in 1943 while serving in the United States Army.
Anastasia allegedly controlled racket business ran strong arm activities on the New York City waterfront and was a strike buster.
Anastasia faced a deportation hearing in 1953 due to his criminal activity.
foia.fbi.gov /foiaindex/anastasia.htm   (184 words)

  
 The Gambino Crime Family - The Crime library
Mangano's cutthroat brother Philip frequented the club as did Albert Anastasia, the brutal, hot-headed mobster who was also knows at the "Mad Hatter," "Il Terremoto" (the Earthquake), and the "Lord High Executioner" of Murder, Inc. Of all the killers in that elite group, Anastasia was the most feared, and for good reason.
Anastasia never admitted to having any part of the murders, but he did tell the bosses that Vince Mangano had put out a contract on his head before he disappeared, which was confirmed by Anastasia's pal Frank Costello.
Anastasia was such a powerful force that Frank Costello crossed family lines and formed an alliance with the Mad Hatter to provide protection.
www.crimelibrary.com /gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/2.html   (1574 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Anastasia was also thought to be the organizer of a narcotics trafficking network.
Dewey later hoped to use hitman-turned-state-witness Abe Reles' testimony to nail Anastasia as the official go-between for the Mafia hierarchy and the hired killers of Murder Inc. But one night Reles suddenly decided to step out of a high-rise hotel window, ending the state's case against Anastasia.
Anastasia was shot to death Oct. 25, 1957, as he sat in a barber's chair in the Park Sheraton hotel lobby.
www.onewal.com /w-anasta.html   (342 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia - NYWiki
Albert Anastasia (February 26 1902 - October 25, 1957) was an American mafioso best known for running the contract killing syndicate Murder Inc. Anastasia was born in Tropea, Italy, and moved to New York City in 1919.
However, in 1931, Anastasia agreed to join Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel in the killing of Masseria at a Coney Island restaurant during the Castellammarese War.
After the arrest and execution of Buchalter in 1944, Anastasia became the leader of Murder Inc. On 25th October, 1957, Anastasia was murdered as he sat in a barber's chair in a New York hotel.
www.nywiki.com /new-york-city/index.php/Albert_Anastasia   (185 words)

  
 Albert Anastasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A feared Mafioso, Anastasia made huge profits from narcotics smuggling, gambling and prostitution and by extortion.
He was head of Murder, Inc., and was given the title "Lord High Executioner" because of his leading role in carrying out syndicate killings.
In 1950 and 1951, Anastasia testified before the U.S. Senate Crime Investigating Committee, chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, that he was a legitimate partner in a dress manufacturing business.
www.wallwin.org.uk /godfather/albert-anastasia.html   (119 words)

  
 Cory's Mafia Page: The Gambino Family
ALBERT "THE MAD HATTER" ANASTASIA 1903-1957 Albert Anastasia became boss of the family after Mangano's disappearence.
Anastasia and Lucky Luciano created an enforcement arm for La Cosa Nostra that came to be known as "Murder Incorporated," responsible for from 700 to 1000 murders.
Anastasia controlled the Brookyln waterfront with his brother for over a decade.
members.tripod.com /~corytheboss/gambinos.html   (607 words)

  
 Carmine Galante   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert Anastasia, already infamous as the chief executioner of Murder, Inc. Vince disappeared at the same time and Anastasia simply took over.
Anastasia was also caught up in the intrigue between his friend Costello and Vito Genovese for control of the largest family, Lucky Luciano's own organization.
Albert Anastasia, but possessing the cunning to plot his foes' downfall - a quality the slow-witted Anastasia did not possess.
dks.thing.net /Carmine_Galante.html   (5786 words)

  
 Albert anastasia criminal background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 The Smoking Gun: Archive
Barring a spectacular end-of-the-year rubout, the century's greatest Mafia hit will remain the 1957 barber shop slaying of Albert Anastasia, the mob's bloodthirsty "Mad Hatter." With that in mind, The Smoking Gun presents this 1962 FBI memo we just got via a Freedom of Information Act request.
The document records a clandestine FBI meeting with Anthony "Tough Tony" Anastasia, Albert's brother.
Albert, he explained, was a stone cold killer who earned his whacking.
www.thesmokinggun.com /archive/toughtony1.shtml   (128 words)

  
 Gerlando Sciascia
There is no doubt that the Oct. 25, 1957 murder of Anastasia (left) at the Park Sheraton Hotel barbershop was orchestrated by his then-underboss Carlo Gambino, who took over the crime family much the same way John Gotti did nearly 30 years later when he engineered the execution of Gambino's successor, Paul Castellano.
With Genovese on top of his group, Anastasia was isolated and gave Gambino the courage to make his move.
Anastasia went for his last haircut, was killed, and Gambino was Boss.
www.ganglandnews.com /column119.htm   (1747 words)

  
 Vincent Mangano
Vincent Mangano, his brother Philip, and Albert Anastasia were members of Murder Inc., a notorious contract killing organization believed to be behind a large number of mob hits.
Anastasia and Mangano would have frequent arguments during meetings, arguments that would often turn to violence.
Anastasia, Frank Costello, Joe Adonis, and Thomas Lucchese had all expressed a desire to rub out the old school boss, and to this day it isn't clear what exactly happened to Vincent Mangano.
www.gambinofamily.com /vincent_mangano.htm   (241 words)

  
 West Wing: Questions about the Crime
That site has a page on Albert Anastasia which says, "Albert Anastasia was the chief executioner for the enforcement side of the National Syndicate, Murder Incorporated.
Anastasia showed a certain ability early on for killing which helped him be promoted to operating head, along with Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter, of Murder Inc. This organization of contract killers was reportedly responsible for upto 500 deaths.
Albert 'the Mad Hatter Anastasia, long time friend of Luciano, along with Garment District king pin Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter were perfect choices for the leadership of Murder Inc. Since it was a separate entity, Murder Inc. supplied its members with lawyers when they needed one and bought their own police protection and politicians.
westwing.bewarne.com /fourthquestions/4crime.html   (1281 words)

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