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	Joe Masseria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria (1879 - 1931) was an early Mafia don in the United States.
		Masseria controlled all organized crime in New York City from 1920 until his assassination by Lucky Luciano in 1931 during the Castellemmarese War.
		Masseria was killed in 1931 by hitmen acting on the orders of his top lieutenant, Lucky Luciano, ending the Castellemmarese War and briefly establishing Maranzano as capo di tutti capi, or "boss of all bosses".
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/jo/joe_masseria.html (177 words)

	Joe Masseria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria (1879–April 15, 1931) was an early Mafia don in the United States.
		Masseria controlled all organized crime in New York City from 1920 until his assassination by Lucky Luciano in 1931 during the Castellammarese War.
		Masseria was killed on April 15, 1931 by hitmen (Joe Stracci, Frank Livorsi and Vito Genovese acting on the orders of his top lieutenant, Lucky Luciano, ending the Castellemmarese War and briefly establishing Maranzano as capo di tutti capi "boss of all bosses".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Masseria (208 words)

	Joe Adonis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Joe Adonis (22 November, 1902 - 26 November, 1972) was an Italian-American mobster who became one of the most powerful figures in U.S. organized crime during the mid-20th century.
		Joe Adonis was born Giuseppe Antonio Doto in the small town of Montemarano, Italy, near Naples.
		After Luciano eliminated Salvatore Maranzano (Masseria's arch-rival) in a similar manner to establish himself as the country's top mob boss, he went about creating the National Crime Syndicate, which united all the top gangs across the country under its banner.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/jo/joe_adonis.html (1012 words)

	Joe Adonis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joe Adonis (22 November 1902 - 26 November 1972) was an Italian mobster who became one of the most powerful figures in U.S. organized crime during the mid-20th century.
		Meanwhile, Luciano was serving under the then-kingpin of organized crime in New York City, Joe Masseria.
		However, his primary loyalties lay with Luciano, and when Lucky plotted the murder of Masseria, Adonis was one of the four gunmen (Bugsy Siegel, Vito Genovese, and Albert Anastasia were the others) who shot "Joe The Boss" to death at Scarpato's Restaurant in Coney Island on 15 April 1931.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Adonis (920 words)

	Joe Masseria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		New york city (officially named the city of new york) is the largest city, by population, in the united states....
		Masseria was killed on April 15, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Framejoe adonis joe adonis (22 november, 1902 - 26 november, 1972) was an italian-united statesamerican mobster who became one of the most powerful...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/joe_masseria.htm (972 words)

	La Cosa Nostra: The-Sopranos.com
		Joe Bonanno was the man who was elected by the Castellemarese to take over the family.
		Joe's influence on the "Commission" was heard until 1968 when he was forced to retire.
		Joe later moved to Tucson were he set up a Outfit there that was acually connected to the Family back in New York.
	www.the-sopranos.com /lcn/bonanno.htm (829 words)

	Mafia Chronology - Section III (1920-31)
		Masseria, 41, rises to prominence in the New York Mafia after his murder of Mauro, a rival bootlegger, on Chrystie Street.
		Masseria is charged with the Tagliagamba killing but the case is never prosecuted.
		Masseria believed responsible for death of Gaspar Milazzo, boss of Detroit Mafia and elder statesman among the Castellamarese in America.
	www.onewal.com /maf-chr3.html (3705 words)

	Joe Masseria - TheBestLinks.com - April 15, Murder, Mafia, Sicily, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Joe Masseria, April 15, Murder, Mafia, Sicily, United States, 1931, 1903, 1920...
		Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria (1879–1931) was an early Mafia don in the United States.
		Masseria was killed on April 15, 1931 by hitmen acting on the orders of his top lieutenant, Lucky Luciano, ending the Castellemmarese War and briefly establishing Maranzano as capo di tutti capi, or "boss of all bosses".
	www.thebestlinks.com /Joe_Masseria.html (223 words)

	-castellammaresewar.page
		Masseria returned to New York and contacted Gaspar Milazzo in Detroit who had been present at the meeting between Masseria and Aiello.
		Masseria ordered the murder of a man he thought of as an allie but he heard that Reina had sided with Salvatore Maranzano and the Brooklyn clan of Castellammarese.
		Masseria went into hiding as the war raged on into 1931 with dozens of murders on both sides.
	www.geocities.com /americanmafioso/-castellammaresewar.html (1892 words)

	MurderInc.COM - Castellemmarese Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		New York's underworld in the 1920's was run by Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria, one of the original members of the New York Mafia.
		It can be argued that Masseria definitely had the better talent on his side, but Maranzano was younger and smarter than Masseria and knew what it would take to win the war, he had to do two things: first win over Luciano who was Masseria's number one man; second would be to kill Masseria.
		Maranzano, hearing of Masseria's death, quickly became the number one boss in all of New York, but his plans were to become the Boss of all Bosses, the "Capo di tutti Capi." He called for a meeting of all the heads of families across the country to New York.
	www.murderinc.com /fam/castwar.html (1174 words)

	Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - Allan May's Mob Report current mob stuff
		Valachi states that as 1930 began Masseria was "bidding for absolute supremacy in the Italian underworld." In his bidding Masseria set out to eliminate Maranzano and all the Castellammarese powers in New York City and other parts of the country.
		Masseria’s second in command, which would mean both Ferrigno and Mineo were subordinates to him.
		Masseria was clutching the ace of diamonds as he lay dead.
	www.americanmafia.com /Mob_Report/7-15-02_Mob_Report.html (4942 words)

	Vito Genovese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Genovese started his Mafia career serving Joe Masseria and worked with people like Luciano, Lansky, Siegel, and Frank Costello.
		In April 1931, Luciano orchestrated the assassination of Joe Masseria.
		Vito Genovese was one of the four shooters involved in the hit on his former employer.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Vito_Genovese (389 words)

	Gambino
		At this time Joe Masseria was the dominant figure in La Cosa Nostra and Mineo was closely allied to him.
		According to Joe Bonanno, Mangano served as chair of the group, most likely in recognition of the status of his powerful family, which was the largest of all.
		Joe Magliocco, the new Profaci (Colombo) boss was unable to unite the family under his leadership.
	www.ganglandnews.com /gambino.htm (2043 words)

	Black Hand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Masseria was a very strict and difficult boss to work for, and many of his young lieutenants would soon understand this.
		After Masseria's death, the police questioned Luciano who had been in the bathroom if he had seen anything, and he said no, but that he had heard shots as he was drying his hands and then rushed out to see what was happening.
		With the death of Masseria the Castellemmarese War was reported finished, but it would be another few months with the death of Maranzano that would mark the overthrow of all the Mustache Petes and begin the dawning of the new age in Organized Crime.
	dks.thing.net /Black_Hand.html (4816 words)

	Joseph Bonanno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Although Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno's crime family was, in 1931, the smallest of New York's big five, he still wanted to be the largest power in syndicated crime in America.
		Eventually, Masseria was murdered and the war ended - although not by the hands of the Maranzano forces.
		Masseria was killed by combined Italian and Jewish gangsters who had entirely different plans for the underworld.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/bonj.html (1356 words)

	The American "MAFIA" - New York Crime Bosses
		"Joe the Boss" rose to lead the remnants of the Morello-Terranova organization during a feud with Brooklyn-based boss of bosses D'Aquila.
		Masseria attempted to strengthen his alliances and pacify his opponents by returning Morello to the boss of bosses role.
		Masseria took the opportunity to insert his own ally, Joe Parrino, into the leadership of the rebellious underworld group.
	www.onewal.com /maf-b-ny.html (2669 words)

	MurderInc.COM - Salvatore Maranzano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1928, Joe the Boss began an all-out war with the Maranzano faction figuring he would easily suppress the Castellemaresses because of the sheer numbers that he had working for him.
		On April 15, 1931, Joe the Boss Masseria was ordered killed by Lucky Luciano who had quickly jumped sides (along with Vito Genovese) after recovering from his beating at the hands of Maranzano and declaring peace with him.
		Joe Valachi explain during his hearings that it was done so that if anyone should wonder what was going on, they would think it was some holy society meeting.
	www.murderinc.com /fam/maranz.html (987 words)

	Untitled
		Masseria did have long to wait; a new rival was quickly arising in the person of Salvatore Maranzano.
		Instead Luciano agreed to join forces with Masseria to win the war against Maranzano with the belief that when the war was won he could count on Masseria to alienate enough supporters to allow for his own down fall.
		Masseria was furious with Luciano’s reply and informed him that their relationship must change with no question as to Masseria’s complete control.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/organized_crime/23777 (1576 words)

	Gaetano Gagliano
		In the books where he is discussed, his role in the Castelammarese War is talked about, as is his selection to lead one of the original five New York crime families, but almost no biographical information about him exists outside of the years 1930 and 1931.
		Joe Valachi provides the only physical glimpse of Gagliano: "He is a big tall guy, a little bald.
		Valachi claims that during the initiation rite Joe Bonanno was named his "godfather" and was to be responsible for him.
	crimemagazine.com /gagliano.htm (1786 words)

	Plagiarism
		Emigrating from Sicily at age 16, Masseria associated with a band of Italian killers and Black Hand extortionists and committed burglaries and other petty crimes, but in 1920 he began to create the power that gave him control or a percentage of the profits of most of the Italian-run rackets in New York.
		Joe’s siblings had remained tucked deep within their beds with pillows over their heads while the horrendous shouting and interrupting dreadful blows reverberated through the apartment.
		But, Joe would not open that dammed up raging flood lest it cause her, in turn, to join his river of tears; he was sure a lop-sided victory would ensue, were the soothing of his emotions would come at the expense of her few remaining precious drops of life’s sustaining liquids.
	www.yourgoingtohell.com /hell/tom/testimony.htm (17192 words)

	Mafia Zone - vortal dokumentalny dotyczący zorganizowanej przestępczości (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Masseria had decided to bring the Lower East Side under his control and the Bugs and Meyer mob was standing in the way.
		Masseria, an old-time gangster who was never interested in cooperation with non-Sicilians, was engaged in an effort to fill the void left by the imprisonment of the capo di tutti capo, Lupo the Wolf Saietta.
		Joe Adonis, Carlo Gambino (the future head of the Gambino crime family), Vito Genovese, Gambino's predecessor as godfather, and the sinister Albert Anastasia.
	www.mafia5.republika.pl /ludzie/bugsy/bugsy.htm (3447 words)

	Joe Bonanna's grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After the murder of Joe Masseria and Maranzano Salvatore in 1931, Lucky Luciano divided New York into sections headed by various families and bosses (those who had helped in the murders of Masseria & Salvatore, who controlled New York at the time).
		Those "The Commission" was founded and Joe Bonanno was appointed as boss of the Brooklyn-based Bonnano Family, which he exerted control over until his 1968 retirement.
		The Commission ruled this against their rules and banished both Joe Bonanno and his son Bill from New York, as well as stripping them of their power base in Brooklyn.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GravesOutofLA/joebonanna.htm (212 words)

	They Started To Call Him “Lucky”
		While Masseria and Maranzano had many beliefs in common, the two men were opposites in their demeanor.
		Then Masseria quickly removed his arm and stepped away so that the bullets from his men could end the rivalry once and for all.
		Masseria then began to tighten his control over all enterprises in the area of Little Italy in New York.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/organized_crime/23777 (637 words)

	The Free Information Society - Joe Adonis Biography
		Joe Adonis was born Giuseppe Antonio Doto in Montermarano, Italy on November 22, 1902.
		Luciano chose to work for Joe Masseria instead, and Adonis served as one of the four hitmen who gunned down Masseria on April 15, 1931.
		Following the assassination, Luciano appointed himself head of the Masseria crime family and formed the National Crime Syndicate, uniting the crime families across the United States.
	www.freeinfosociety.com /site.php?postnum=588 (621 words)

	Joe Masseria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Masseria controlled all organized crime in New York City (The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)
		Masseria became an enforcer for the Morello Gang in the Lower East Side[click link for more facts about this subject] of New York City, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		Masseria was killed on April 15, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/joe_masseria (992 words)

	GANGSTERS INCORPORATED - STEFANO MAGADDINO
		Masseria had wanted to kill the Castellammarese leaders in every city across the nation.
		After Masseria and Castellammarese wartime leader Maranzano were both killed by the likes of Lucky Luciano, a Commission was formed in which leaders from New York City, Chicago, and Buffalo would meet to decide the outcome of disputes.
		Around this time, Joe Bonanno, Magaddino’s little cousin who was boss of the old Castellammarese Family in Brooklyn, began moving in on the drug trade in Buffalo’s territory in Ontario.
	gangstersinc.tripod.com /Magaddino.html (1273 words)

	Joe Masseria: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The updated page can be found at: joe masseria
		Maranzano gained the support of a faction and declared war on Masseria, in what became known as the Castellemmarese War (Castellemmarese War: the castellammarese war is the name given to a bloody internal power struggle between two...
		Masseria was killed on April 15, 1931 by hitmen (Joe Adonis (Joe Adonis: framejoe adonis joe adonis (22 november, 1902 - 26 november, 1972) was an...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/joe_masseria (253 words)

	Bonanno
		By 1930, the conflict had spread to New York, pitting the powerful Capone supporter, Joe Masseria, against the Castellamarese family led by Sal Maranzano.
		Eventually, the Maranzano forces began gaining the upper hand and Masseria was murdered by men under the direction of his capo, Lucky Luciano.
		He was a former underboss of Joe Bonanno who had spent the sixties in prison after being convicted of a major heroin conspiracy.
	www.ganglandnews.com /bonanno.htm (1151 words)

	The Gambino Crime Family - The Crime library
		Masseria ate well that day, ordering veal, linguini, and red wine, and after the meal he and his trusted lieutenant whiled away the afternoon playing cards.
		It was a welcome break for Masseria from the tensions of what would become known as the Castellammarese War.
		Short, stocky, and cold-blooded, Masseria insisted that his underlings call him "Joe the Boss," but he was hardly a beloved leader.
	www.crimelibrary.com /gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/1.html (1041 words)

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