Joe
Masseria was
born in Sicily in 1887. He moved to the
United States in 1903 and settled in New York where he soon became
involved in criminal activity. By 1930 he was one of the city's leading
gangsters and employing people such as Albert
Anastasia, Bugsy Siegel and Lucky
Luciano.
Masseria was involved in bootlegging, prostitution and drug smuggling.
In an attempt to hold on to his lucrative trade, Masseria declared
war on his main rival, Salvatore Maranzano.
Over the next few months over sixty men were killed during this gang
war.
On 15th April, 1931, a group of his own men, including Albert
Anastasia, Bugsy Siegel and Lucky
Luciano, killed Masseria while he was sitting in a Coney Island
restaurant.
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