Guiseppi Masseria...

(Original Caption) April 15, 1931-New York, New York: Guiseppi Masseria, New York's most powerful Italian gang chief known throughout the underworld as "Joe the Boss" who was shot to death by gunmen in a Coney Island Restaurant. Masseria was playing pinochle with two of his bodyguards when gunmen entered and began firing a stream of lead into his body, The two henchmen dropped their guns and fled in terror.
(Original Caption) April 15, 1931-New York, New York: Guiseppi Masseria, New York's most powerful Italian gang chief known throughout the underworld as "Joe the Boss" who was shot to death by gunmen in a Coney Island Restaurant. Masseria was playing pinochle with two of his bodyguards when gunmen entered and began firing a stream of lead into his body, The two henchmen dropped their guns and fled in terror.
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01 January, 1900
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