The One-Man Army Mad Hatter Lord High Executioner[1] Don Umberto[2]
Citizenship
American
Occupation
Crime boss
Predecessor
Vincent Mangano
Successor
Carlo Gambino
Spouse
Elsa Bargnesi
(m. 1937)
Children
4
Relatives
Anthony Anastasio (brother) Anthony Scotto (nephew-in-law)
Allegiance
Anastasia crime family Murder, Inc.
Conviction(s)
Murder (1921) Illegal possession of a firearm (1923) Tax evasion (1955)
Criminal charge
Murder (1928, later dropped)
Penalty
Death penalty (1921, but released in 1922 during retrial) 2 years' imprisonment (1923) 1 year imprisonment (1955)
Military career
Allegiance
U.S.
Service/branch
U.S. Army
Years of service
1942–1944
Umberto "Albert" Anastasia[3] (/ˌænəˈsteɪʒə/, Italian:[umˈbɛrtoanastaˈziːa]; né Anastasio[anaˈstaːzjo]; September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was an Italian-American mobster, hitman and crime boss. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co-founder and later boss of the Murder, Inc. organization, he eventually rose to the position of boss in what became the modern Gambino crime family. He also controlled New York City's waterfront for most of his criminal career, mainly through the dockworker unions. Anastasia was murdered on October 25, 1957, on the orders of Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino; Gambino subsequently became boss of the family.
Anastasia was one of the most ruthless and feared organized crime figures in American history; his reputation earned him the nicknames The Earthquake, The One-Man Army, Mad Hatter and Lord High Executioner.
^Lord High Executioner is the title given to the character Ko-Ko in The Mikado
^Raab, Selwyn (2005). Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires. p. 72.
^"Albert Anastasia Part 01 of 04". FBI Records: The Vault. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
Umberto "Albert" Anastasia (/ˌænəˈsteɪʒə/, Italian: [umˈbɛrto anastaˈziːa]; né Anastasio [anaˈstaːzjo]; September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was an...
AlbertAnastasia was nominally the underboss of the Mangano crime family, under Mangano. During his 20-year rule, Mangano had resented Anastasia's close...
crime. Its most prominent member during this time was its underboss AlbertAnastasia, who rose to infamy as the operating head of the underworld's enforcement...
own right, AlbertAnastasia was nominally the underboss of the Mangano family. During his twenty-year rule, Mangano had resented Anastasia's close ties...
and Albert. In 1957, Joe Profaci allegedly asked Gallo and his crew to murder AlbertAnastasia, the boss of the Gambino crime family; Anastasia was murdered...
Joe Gallo and his crew to murder AlbertAnastasia, the boss of the Gambino crime family. On October 25, 1957, Anastasia was murdered by two disguised men...
group came to include future mob leaders such as Costello, Genovese, AlbertAnastasia, Joe Adonis, Joe Bonanno, Carlo Gambino, Joe Profaci, Tommy Gagliano...
himself to the bathroom, with the gunmen reportedly being Genovese, AlbertAnastasia, Joe Adonis, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel; Ciro "The Artichoke King"...
than 46 films, including Goodnight, My Love (1972), Lepke (1975, as AlbertAnastasia), Laserblast (1978), Chances Are (1989), The Freshman (1990), Side...
Italy. Masseria's faction included Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia, Vito Genovese, Alfred Mineo, Willie Moretti, Joe Adonis, and...
dividing the illegal operations controlled by the recently murdered AlbertAnastasia. An estimated 100 Mafiosi from the United States, Italy, and Cuba are...
owned by Anastasia), New York mobster Philip Mangano is found dead in a marsh near Jamaica Bay. Former Mangano lieutenant AlbertAnastasia, backed by...
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (Russian: Анастасия Николаевна Романова, romanized: Anastasiya Nikolaevna Romanova; 18 June [O.S. 5 June] 1901...
Nucky Johnson, gambler Frank Erickson, Frank Scalice, and Albert "the Mad Hatter" Anastasia. Others described the Atlantic City meeting as a coordination...
Mangano had resented AlbertAnastasia's close ties to Luciano and Frank Costello, particularly the fact that they had obtained Anastasia's services without...
Genovese vied for the boss of bosses title by ordering the murder of AlbertAnastasia and the botched hit of Frank Costello. Immediately following this,...
Michael (March 23, 2020). Boss of Murder, Inc.: The Criminal Life of AlbertAnastasia. pp. 3–4. In fact Umberto's actual brothers identified their parents...
to testify against Gambino crime family underboss and future boss AlbertAnastasia. Abraham Reles, the son of Jewish immigrants from Galicia, was born...
Italy. Masseria's faction included Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia, Vito Genovese, Alfred Mineo, Willie Moretti, Joe Adonis and...
himself to the bathroom, with the gunmen reportedly being Vito Genovese, AlbertAnastasia, Joe Adonis, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel; Ciro "The Artichoke King"...
his given name to Alan to avoid being confused with noted mobster AlbertAnastasia. Mandell's association with Beckett began in 1957, with a production...
York mobster AlbertAnastasia. He also said that Puggy had doublecrossed Vincent Mangano, the boss of the Mangano family, which Anastasia belonged to....
2014. Joe Masseria, a Mafia boss murdered by Siegel, Vito Genovese, AlbertAnastasia, and Joe Adonis in 1931. Harry Millman, gang leader and former Purple...
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