Salvatore D'Aquila
Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila (November 1877 Palermo, Sicily – October 10, 1928 Manhattan, New York [1]) was a New York City mobster from the Mustache Pete-era and the first boss of the Gambino crime family.[2][3]
Salvatore D'Aquila was born in November 1877 Palermo, Sicily and immigrated to America in 1906.[1] He worked alongside the Morello's in East Harlem.[1] D'Aquila was arrested in 1906 and in 1909 both times the charges were dropped.[4] In 1910, boss of bosses Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello was imprisoned and Salvatore D'Aquila separated from the Morello family.[5] D'Aquila formed his own crime family and apponited himself the new Boss of Bosses.[5] His crime family operated from East Harlem and the Bronx where he rivaled the Morellos.[5]
D'Aquila expanded his crime family's power into Brooklyn.[4] The top members of his crime family were Alfred Mineo, Giuseppe Traina and Frank Scalise.[1] In 1920 when Joseph Morello was released from prison D'Aquila tried to have him and his closest allies murdered.[4][5] In 1925, D'Aquila moved back into the Bronx.[4] On October 10, 1928, D'Aquila was shot to death on Avenue A in Manhattan, New York.[1][6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Critchley, David. The origin of organized crime in America: the New York City mafia, 1891-1931 p.156-157
- ^ The complete idiot's guide to the Mafia By Jerry Capeci (read)
- ^ Crime: Computer Viruses to Twin Towers By H. Thomas Milhorn p.218
- ^ a b c d D'Aquila, Salvatore "Toto" (1873-1928) The American "Mafia"
- ^ a b c d Mike Dash. The First Family: Terror, Extortion and the Birth of the American Mafia. London, Simon & Schuster, 2009. p.24
- ^ La Cosa Nostra: Salvatore D'Aquila. (2007-2011) lacndb.com D-Aquila
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| New title Crime family established by D'Aquila
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Gambino crime family Boss 1910-1928 |
Succeeded by Alfred Mineo |
| Preceded by Giuseppe Morello |
Capo di tutti capi 1910-1928 |
Succeeded by Joe Masseria |
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- 1877 births
- 1928 deaths
- Murder in 1928
- People from Palermo
- Capi di tutti capi
- Bosses of the Gambino crime family
- Gambino crime family
- Prohibition-era gangsters
- American mobsters of Italian descent
- American mobsters of Sicilian descent
- Murdered American mobsters of Sicilian descent
- Mobsters killed during the Castellammarese War
- People murdered by the Genovese crime family
- Burials at St. John's Cemetery (Queens)
