HIST-B 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Morello Crime Family, Joseph Petrosino, Five Points Gang
Document Summary
Rustic chivalry meets land of opportunity (and corruption) America thinks sicily is sending them all their criminals. Pay for voyage to usa if they give them part of wages for a while (indentured servants) Evidence of barrel he tracked back to a particular little italy restaurant. Morello had a missing watch, wife told petrosino it was missing (a restaurant worker sold it) Everyone changes testimony in court (just like in notarbartolo case) Morello had enough power to get permits for his men. Born salerno (south of naples, mainland italy) 1860. 1905: head of police italian branch: anti-ma a hero. 1909: went to italy to set up information network regarding sicilian ma a members. Challenges joe the boss" masseria (boss of bosses) 1930 murder of piddu morello (apparently by maranzano faction) Masseria betrayed by his lieutenant, lucky luciano, perhaps with connivance of al capone. Maranzano becomes boss of bosses at meeting hosted by capone; banquet in chicago.
