Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello (Italian:[dʒuˈzɛppemoˈrɛllo]; May 2, 1867 – August 15, 1930), also known as "The Old Fox", was the first boss of the Morello crime family and later top adviser to Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. He was known as Piddu (Sicilian diminutive form of Giuseppe) and his rivals the Castellammarese knew him as Peter Morello.[1] He was famous for having a one-fingered deformed right hand that resembled a claw.
In the 1890s, Giuseppe founded a gang known as the 107th Street Mob, which would later evolve into the Morello crime family. Today the Morello crime family is known as the Genovese crime family and is the oldest of the Five Families in New York City.
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Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe moˈrɛllo]; May 2, 1867 – August 15, 1930), also known as "The Old Fox", was the first boss of the...
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tried to flee. Masseria became head of the Morello family and was known as "Joe the Boss", with GiuseppeMorello as his consigliere. Salvatore D'Aquila was...
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was the former Morello crime family, which had been taken over by Joseph "Joe the Boss" Masseria around 1920. Former boss GiuseppeMorello was released...
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family originated from the Morello gang of East Harlem, the first Mafia family in New York City. In 1892, GiuseppeMorello arrived in New York from the...
loyalists executed a key Masseria enforcer, GiuseppeMorello, at Morello's East Harlem office (a visitor, Giuseppe Peraino, was also killed). Two weeks later...
brother GiuseppeMorello, who had arrived six months earlier. Years later, Ciro, Vincenzo, Nicolo, and Giuseppe would found the powerful Morello crime family...
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fought against a rival group based in Brooklyn, led by Joe Masseria and GiuseppeMorello. However, a third, secret, faction soon emerged, composed of younger...
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from Corleone, including Tommy Gagliano, Gaetano Reina, Jack Dragna, GiuseppeMorello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina...
Morello as their boss of bosses. In 1906, D'Aquila's name first appeared on police records for running a confidence scam. In 1910, GiuseppeMorello and...
key role in the Castellammarese War (1929–1931) as the assassin of GiuseppeMorello and others. Some claim that Buster was gangster Sebastiano Domingo...
sentenced. In New York, he became associated with the Morello gang in Harlem, headed by GiuseppeMorello and Ignazio Lupo. In September 1904, he returned to...
his boss, Salvatore D'Aquila, and was one of twelve men (including GiuseppeMorello, Ignazio Lupo, Ciro Terranova and others) marked for death. Valenti...
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