#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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'Joe Baker' gunned down on Belmont Ave.

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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 (Nov 04) in 1886, future American #Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe #Masseria is born in Menfi, Sicily.

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Joe #Masseria really should have attended the 1929 funeral of "Black Sam" #Todaro in #Cleveland. But is that him in the newspaper photo? I just don't know.

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https://open.substack.com/pub/mobhistory/p/was-joe-the-boss-photographed-at?r=12oapz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Joe #Masseria really should have attended the 1929 "Black Sam" #Todaro funeral in #Cleveland. But is that him in the newspaper photo? I just don't know.

New free article on the MobHistory Substack.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mobhistory/p/was-joe-the-boss-photographed-at?r=12oapz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Was ‘Joe the Boss’ photographed at Todaro funeral?

Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe Masseria may have been photographed at the 1929 funeral of murdered Cleveland boss Salvatore "Black Sam" Todaro.

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#OTD (May 26) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Jack McManus dies of crushed skull in #NYC, #Masseria begins burglary sentence, Genna of #Chicago is murdered. Petrelli and Livorsi plead to drug charge, Scalish of #Cleveland passes, DiGilio body found in #NewJersey river, Cutolo disappears in #Brooklyn.

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#OTD (Apr 20) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NewOrleans #Mafia leader is murdered, #NYC tong chief seeks protection, #BarrelMurder victim is identified, #Masseria is buried, Cammarata deportation is blocked, #YoungstownOH racketeer Joey Naples enters prison, mob gunmen kill Marfeo and Melei in #ProvidenceRI.

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#OTD (Apr 15) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC #Mafia leaders are arrested in connection with #BarrelMurder, #Genovese gets 60 days on gun conviction, two are killed in #Massachusetts payroll robbery, "Joe the Boss" #Masseria is assassinated by his own men at #ConeyIsland, Abbatemarcos face lottery charge, mob influence is seen in #Poconos, #Lonardo of #Cleveland testifies.

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U.S. #Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" #Masseria was murdered #OTD in 1931. He was shot to death in a back room at Gerardo Scarpato's Nuova Villa Tammaro restaurant, 2715 West Fifteenth Street, #ConeyIsland.

Read the press coverage:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/joe-boss-murder-befuddles-press.html

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'Joe the Boss' murder befuddles press

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