#OTD (Feb. 3) in 1931: Joseph “Baker” #Catania, lieutenant of “Joe the Boss” #Masseria, was shot and mortally wounded by Salvatore #Maranzano gunmen in the #Bronx.

Read about it on Writers of Wrongs.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/02/joe-baker-gunned-down-on-belmont-ave.html

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#OTD (Nov 05) in 1930, Salvatore #Maranzano gunmen shoot down Joe #Masseria allies Al #Mineo and Steve #Ferrigno in the #Bronx.

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#OTD (Oct 27) in 1923, the wife and children of future boss of bosses Salvatore #Maranzano arrive in #NewYorkCity.

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#OTD (Oct 22) in 1928, Salvatore #Maranzano purchases a farm near #Poughkeepsie in #DutchessCountyNY.

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#Morte di #PaoloTaormina, la confessione di #Maranzano: "Mi sfidava, gli ho sparato"

https://www.larampa.news/2025/10/morte-paolo-taormina-confessione-killer-maranzano/

#OTD (Oct 02) in 1963, Joseph #Valachi tells a Senate rackets committee that gangster Red #Levine (shown) admitted a role in the 1931 assassination of #Mafia boss Salvatore #Maranzano.

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#OTD (Sep 24) in 1931, Stefano #Rannelli, James Alascia and Felix Mule are taken into custody in #Brooklyn and questioned about the recent murder of Salvatore #Maranzano.

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Decades after the incident, Joseph #Valachi was an inside source, providing information on the Sept. 10, 1931, assassination of #Mafia boss of bosses Salvatore #Maranzano.

Read about it on Writers of Wrongs:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/09/valachi-recalls-assassination-of-boss.html

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#OTD (June 20) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Maranzano widow is sued for value of farm, Bellantoni dies in #AlbanyNY, #Bugsy is killed in #BeverlyHills, #Kefauver promises investigation of #NewEngland bosses, immigration agents question Milano, Grasso gets #Connecticut funeral.

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#OTD (March 14) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NewOrleans crowd murders 11 prisoners, #Maranzano gets pistol permit in #Poughkeepsie, #Bender meets with #JerseyCity mayor, bosses meet in #LosAngeles, #Cleveland burglar is found dead in #Buffalo, authenticity of #Luciano book is challenged.

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