Tommy Gagliano
Tommy Gagliano | |
|---|---|
Gagliano crime family | |
| Conviction(s) | Tax evasion (1932) |
| Criminal penalty | 15 months' imprisonment |
Thomas Gagliano (born Tommaso Gagliano; Italian:
Early life
Gagliano was born on May 29, 1883, in
Gagliano and his brother-in-law Nunzio Pomilla were partners in lathing and hoisting companies in the Bronx.[1] He was underboss to Gaetano "Tom" Reina until he became the boss of the family in 1930.[1] The Reina family controlled a monopoly on ice distribution in the Bronx.[2] Gagliano, along with Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese and Stefano "Steve" Rondelli, were viewed as the most powerful members of the Reina family.[2]
Frank Gagliano was a distant relative of Tommy Gagliano and the son of a deported mobster. He was also the
Castellammarese War
During the late 1920s, a bitter gang rivalry arose in New York between
To head Reina's gang, Masseria appointed one of his loyalists,
As the war continued, Masseria began suffering more defeats and key defections. On April 15, 1931, Masseria was assassinated at a
However, after Masseria's death, Maranzano started promoting himself as the "Boss of All Bosses" for all the Italian-American criminal gangs in the country. Feeling betrayed and threatened, Luciano arranged Maranzano's assassination a few months later in September 1931. During this period of instability, Gagliano remained in control of the Reina gang.
Cosa Nostra families
After Maranzano's death, Luciano restructured all the Italian-American criminal gangs into several crime families regulated by a
In 1932, Gagliano was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to 15 months in the Atlanta Penitentiary.[3]
Gagliano steered the family through a period of high tension between the
Death
In 1951, Lucchese stated during the Senate hearings on organized crime that Gagliano died on February 16, 1951.[1]
Tommy Gagliano is interred in a private mausoleum at
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-0415990301.
- ^ ISBN 978-0062092526.
- ^ "FOUR BRONX MEN DRAW TAX EVASION PENALTIES; Tomasso Gagliano Gets Highest Sentence at Albany, Fifteen Months in Atlanta". The New York Times. May 22, 1932. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
References
- ISBN 978-0062092526.
- Critchley, David (2009). The origin of organized crime in America: the New York City mafia, 1891–1931. Routledge Publishing. ISBN 978-0415990301.
Obituary, D. N. (1951, February 17). Obituary. Daily News(02/17/1951), 66.
External links
- May, Allan (June 19, 2000). "Gaetano Gagliano: A Mafia Short Story". Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- Lucchese Crime Family Epic: Descent into Darkness
- "Tommaso Gagliano (1883-1951) baptism record". Familysearch.
Baptism of Thomas Gagliano, record no. 251, 30 May 1883, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch [...], Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1879-1883 > image 303 of 354; citing Archivio della Diocesi di Palermo.
