Giuseppe Morello - Castellammarese War and Death

Castellammarese War and Death

During the Castellammarese War, roughly between 1929–31, Masseria and Morello fought against a rival group based in Brooklyn, led by Salvatore Maranzano and Joseph Bonanno. Morello, an old hand in the killing game, became Masseria's "war chief" and strategic adviser.

One of the first victims of the war, Giuseppe Morello was killed along with associate Joseph Perriano on August 15, 1930 while collecting cash receipts in his East Harlem office. The identity of the assassin is still disputed. Luciano claimed it was the duo of Albert Anastasia and Frank Scalice, both hired killers at that time and future top members of Gambino crime family. Joe Valachi, a government informer, claimed it was the assassin Buster from Chicago, a character some people believed was invented by Valachi to hide the fact that he was the real killer.

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