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Stefano " The Undertaker " Magaddino (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsteːfano maɡadˈdiːno]; October 10, 1891 – July 19, 1974) was an Italian-born crime boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York. His underworld influence stretched from Ohio to Southern Ontario and as far east as Montreal, Quebec. Known as Don Stefano to his friends ...
Buffalo crime family - Chart of 1963 FBI mugshot of Peter Magaddino, the son of Buffalo crime family boss Stefano Magaddino. In the early 1900s, Angelo Palmeri emerged as the first Mafia boss in Buffalo, New York. [10] By 1912, Palmeri stepped down, assuming the role of underboss which allowed Joseph DiCarlo to become the family's new boss. [10]
The clan's strongest ally was the leader of the Magaddino clan Stefano Magaddino, the brother of Joseph Bonanno's maternal grandmother. During the 1900s, the two clans feuded with Felice Buccellato, the boss of the Buccellato clan. In 1902, Magaddino arrived in New York and became a powerful member of the Castellammarese clan. [10]
Joseph's uncles, Giuseppe Bonanno and his older brother and advisor, Stefano, led a clan in Castellammare del Golfo. [2] The clan's strongest ally was the leader of the Magaddino clan Stefano Magaddino, the brother of Joseph's maternal grandmother. During the 1900s, the clans feuded with Felice Buccellato, the boss of the Buccellato clan.
By the time Luppino arrived in Canada, the "Three Dons" had already been established, consisting of Santo Scibetta, Anthony Sylvestro and Calogero Bordonaro, who answered to Stefano Magaddino of the Buffalo crime family. [13] [14] Magaddino's syndicate supplied drugs to Hamilton and Guelph, which in turn supplied drugs to Toronto. [15]
By September 1961, Alberto was extradited and awaiting trial in New York. After paying tributes to Buffalo crime family boss Stefano Magaddino on profits coming in from the heroin ring, when Alberto was in jail, he expected Magaddino to raise his bail money, but when Magaddino did not, his anger grew and threatened to inform to the police. [1]
The Commission consisted of seven family bosses: the leaders of New York's Five Families: Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Vincent Mangano, Tommy Gagliano, Joseph Bonanno, and Joe Profaci; Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone; and Buffalo family boss Stefano Magaddino. [19] [22] Charlie Luciano was appointed chairman of the Commission. The Commission agreed ...
John C. Montana. John C. Montana (born Giovanni Montana; July 1, 1893 – March 18, 1964) was a Buffalo, New York labor racketeer, political fixer, and elected politician who eventually became the underboss and/or consigliere of the Buffalo crime family. Born in Montedoro, Sicily, Montana immigrated to the United States in 1907.