Chapter 10 Section VI

Baker Joseph's death marked the decline of the Masseria family.In fact, before that, the Wallachis had already heard that the Masseria family was unable to make ends meet due to the huge expenses of the Casolammon War, otherwise they would not have sent Baker Joseph to risk his life to hijack the wine cart of the Maranjano family. At the end of March 1931, it was reported that Joe's boss asked for peace, but was rejected by El Salvador.At the same time, the middle and lower class members of the Masseria family have turned their backs on the dark side.What the Wallachis didn't know at the time was that at the end of March or early April, Salvador Marangiano and his confidants and Joe's boss's two generals, Charlie Luciano and Victor Jinnovan In return for the latter's promise to take Boss Joe's head, Salvador agreed to a truce.

One day in mid-April, Charlie Luciano invited Mr. Joe to lunch at Scarpa's in Coney Island.That was Boss Joe's last meal. (NYC 60th Precinct Police Department Case No. 133: On April 15, 1931 at 3:30 p.m., Joseph Masseria was counted at a restaurant at 2715 West 15th Street, Coney Island, Brooklyn Unidentified gunmen killed. The murderers fled the scene immediately. Joseph Masseria, also known as Joe Boss, home address: 65 2nd Street, New York City, cause of death: multiple shots in the head and back.) Charlie Luciano was still at the scene when the police arrived.According to the testimony provided by Charlie, after lunch, he invited Boss Joe to play cards, and about 45 minutes later, he got up to go to the bathroom.Charlie heard "movement" outside while washing his hands. When he came out to see, Boss Joe had already thrown himself on the table.

None of the others who were at the scene at the time of the crime—mostly restaurant workers and only a few customers—could provide any information about the perpetrator. In addition to Charlie Luciano and Victor Sinovance, according to what Wallach later heard, two of his old friends, Frank Livesey and Joseph Strucci, were among the shooters. After the armistice, Salvador Maranjano convened a convention in the concourse on Washington Road in the Bronx.Four or five hundred people popped up out of nowhere that day, and I didn't know most of them.Everyone stood next to each other, and there was no place to sit at all.Salvador stood on a platform with a cross on which Jesus Christ was nailed.There are many religious paintings on the walls of the hall.When we were notified of the meeting, we said that we should dress neatly. In case anyone asked, we said that we were going to attend a religious ceremony.That was, of course, a guise to deal with the police.

Salvador spoke for a long time, in Italian.As soon as he came up, he first blamed Boss Qiao for a lot of faults, and everyone applauded vigorously after hearing this.Salvador added: "From now on, nothing will be the same." In the new "Kosha Nostra", he is "the boss of the bosses."Each family should also be readjusted, and the organization of all families should be the same, with a boss, a second boss, and a captain.As for soldiers like us, Salvador said: "Each of you will be assigned to a column captain who will make you acquainted with all the people in the column."

There are many new rules.For example, if a soldier wants to see the boss, he must first ask the column leader.If the column leader feels it is really necessary, he will arrange a time and place for an appointment to meet.Salvador believes that it is more professional and formal to act this way. There are some new commandments.In addition to the original two "kill without mercy", the newly added "Do not talk to your wife's family about the internal affairs of 'Kosha Nostra'" and "Do not disobey orders in any form". In addition, the internal trial system of "Kosha Nostra" is also open to people below the boss.In the past, if someone made a mistake, there was only one punishment: kill.Now you can take it to their private court to argue about it, instead of killing them all indiscriminately.This situation is mostly used to resolve disputes between some families.

When I was at the Maranjano headquarters, I heard Joseph Profasser talk about Salvador's life experience.He was born in Castle Rammont, and came to America after World War I.He is a real cultural person and can speak seven languages.He has studied in college in his hometown, theology.I also heard that he had a special admiration for Julius Caesar.There was a room in his house that contained nothing but books about Julius Caesar.It was from those books that he figured out these establishments, rules, commandments, and so on. After the readjustment, there were five families in New York, and the bosses designated by Salvador were: Charlie Luciano, Tom Cariano, Joseph Bonano (Banana Joseph), Joseph Profasser and Vincent Mangano.As "the boss of the bosses", Salvador will share in all the family wealth and will also have a "palace guard".He said at the meeting: "Anyone who has followed me in the war can join my palace guard. Anyone who is willing to participate, please raise your hand."

I first entered "Kosha Nostra" from the Cariano family, and later went to the headquarters directly led by Salvador.I can return to the Cariano family, and I am also eligible to join the palace guard.Not that I'm trying to get high, but since I've been at headquarters, Tom Cariano and Gitano Lucchese seem to be lukewarm to me.I was really impulsive and raised my hand.At this time, I saw two other members of the Cariano family, Bobby Doyle and Steven Gennelli, also raised their hands, and I immediately regretted it.Ever since I mistook Carlo Gambino that time, I've been tired of being with Steven.Fortunately, however, Sally Silitani did not raise her hand.

Afterwards, Gitano Lucis said to me: "Why do you want to join the Palace Guard?" I said, "You never looked for me, I thought you didn't want me anymore." "Let's go see the old man together and tell him you made a mistake." "No, I can't afford to lose that person." I'm a driver and bodyguard in El Salvador, and I'm much more at ease now that the Chicago kid is in the Palace Guard.Especially after the grand banquet held for Salvador in Brooklyn, which was equivalent to his enthronement celebration, the post was sent all over the country, more than 20 families paid high prices for the banquet tickets, even Alphonse Karp of Chicago Lido paid $6,000, for a total of $115,000.On the night of the banquet, the guests put their gifts on the table at the door when they entered.Wow!I have never seen so much money in my life!

………… Salvatore Marangiano's front business is import-export and real estate, and he has several offices in the Center Building at 46th Street and Pike Road. In early September, he told us not to bring guns into his office because word came out from the inside that the police could copy there at any time.I'm a bouncer and I don't like this arrangement.The little devil asked why, and I said, "I can't tell. Anyway, I don't think it's right. In case of any emergency, we can't do anything." The little devil said, "Then you go and talk to the old man." Yes, I should talk to the old man, but this is not something you can say if you want to, you have to wait for the right opportunity.

On this day, I remember it was September 9, 1931. The old man told me in his office that he wanted me to go to his home in Brooklyn at night.When I arrived at 9 o'clock, the old man was bending over to put adhesive tape on a cut in his young son's foot. The child must be about eight or nine years old.The old man said straight to the point: "Joseph, I heard that you think your money is too little." That's right, the salary I got was all my own expenses plus $100 a week. He continued: "Wait a minute, you're going to get your share and more. But we can't spend money just yet because the war isn't over... I absolutely can't stand those two guys," I know what he's referring to It was Charlie Luciano and Victor Novance, two of Boss Joe's subordinates. "We have to get rid of them all if we want to really control the situation." He also mentioned some other Names, bosses of families everywhere, and a Jewish gang leader, Dutch Sultz, an ally of Charlie Luciano.

When he said "control the situation," I understood that he meant controlling the lottery, the construction unions, the liquor market, the gambling industry, and so on.Dutch Sultz owned the largest lottery bank in New York, and Charlie Luciano ran the downtown casinos. The old man added that he had an appointment with Charlie Luciano and Victor Novance for an interview in the office at three o'clock the next afternoon, when he would have a showdown with them.I took the opportunity to ask a question about guns, but the old man talked so much about his arrangements and assumptions that he didn't seem to pay any attention to what I said.The old man finally said, "That's it. Call the office tomorrow at 2:45 p.m. to see if I need you." I tossed and turned that night and couldn't sleep, thinking that if the old man was screwed, so would I.The next afternoon, I called the old man on time at the time agreed with the old man. The people in the office said that you don't need to come, and everything has been arranged. As soon as I put down the phone, Huo Zui came.He said, "Hey, I've been looking for you everywhere. I met two new ladies in Brooklyn, let's hang out." We played until midnight, then drove to Manhattan for supper.We went to Jolly Joss's, a place our people frequented.As soon as I entered, I felt that the atmosphere was not right. First, there was only one person, and then several people came over and stared at us.I asked Huozui, and he said he didn't know what was going on.I went to Jolly Joss, who wasn't in the mob, but he was very well-informed.He whispered to me, "Joseph, hurry home." I drove home alone, bought a newspaper on Lexington Road, and put it on the car seat.I drove very slowly, thinking while driving.I have an ominous feeling, but I can't tell what it is or why.When I got home and opened the newspaper, all my premonitions were confirmed.It was clearly printed in black and white: The old man was murdered in his Pike Road office that afternoon! No wonder Kuozui took me to Brooklyn, he must have known everything beforehand. With the death of Salvatore Maranjano, the war in Castleland would truly be over.But for me, the bad luck was just beginning. (According to the records of the New York City Police Department: At 2:50 p.m. on September 10, 1931, Salvador Maranjano was arrested by four people in the office of Eagle Construction Company in Room 925 and 926 of the Center Building at 230 Pike Road. Killed by the murderer who claimed to be a policeman. Salvador Maranjano, male, white, home address: 2706 J Street, Brooklyn, cause of death: four gunshot wounds and six stab wounds.) Wallachi later heard that Salvador first hijacked the Luciano family's wine cart, and later hired the then-famous Irish professional killer, "Mad Dog" Vincent Cole, with a huge sum of $25,000. Ambush Charlie Luciano and Victor Novance in his office while they wait for the meeting.On the other hand, Charlie and Victor dispatched four killers from their ally, the Jewish gang leader Dach Sulz, and disguised themselves as policemen to go to Yige Construction Company to assassinate. According to Babi Doyle, who was present at the time of the incident, he was in the outer room of the office with many people, which was equivalent to the reception room.The four Jews barged in, waving police badges, and told everyone to stand with their faces against the wall and hands up.Probably hearing the noise, the old man opened the door to check.A "policeman" asked: "Who is the leader here?" The old man said: "You can tell me if you have anything to do." Two people went inside with the old man, and two people stayed outside to guard the crowd. After many years, Wallach once met Reed Levine, one of the four Jewish killers at the racetrack. "I said, 'I heard you were there, too.' And he said, 'Yes, I was. The old man was tough.' Reed Levine told me that they were planning to do it with a knife, they wouldn't make any There was too much movement, but the old man resisted fiercely, so he had to shoot." Bobby Doyle didn't know what happened inside, he only heard a few gunshots.Then I saw this Reed Levine and another Jewish killer rushing out, shouting to get out.Bobby Doyle went inside to see if the old man could be saved, when the real police arrived. Later there were rumors that this Bobby Doyle was a traitor, but no one had any proof. Victor Novans is said to still be talking about the operation many years later: "It was only a few minutes before and after. Our people entered the office on the ninth floor and the mad dog had just stepped into the building." No "Cosa Nostro" members attended Salvador Maranjano's funeral. The operation jointly planned by Charlie Luciano and Victor Novance is comprehensive.At the same time that Salvador was killed, at least three of his closest associates were also killed in different places in New York City. (According to NYPD records: 5:45 p.m., September 10, 1931, James Lepore, aka Jimmy Marino, male, Caucasian, haircut at 2400 Arthur Street, Bronx Store porch killed by six bullets.) (According to the records of the New Jersey State Police Department: On September 13, 1931, two bodies washed up on the beach of Norwalk Bay. The heads of the two dead were smashed with iron pipes, the throats were cut, and the bodies were covered with cloth There are heavy objects (iron pipes) tied to the belt. After identification, one of them is Samuel Monaco and the other is Louis Rosso. On September 10, family members reported that Samuel Monaco was missing. Afterwards, the New York police His car was found on 46th Street not far from Pike Road.) Joseph Wallach didn't know any of this at the time.