The American Mafia

Important
Locations


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Western Sicily

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A

Agrigento, F6
Alcamo, C2
Alia, G3

(In July 1877, Giuseppe Esposito, lieutenant of the Leone gang, turns himself in to Alia authorities.)

Alimenusa, G3

(Site of Italian police ambush of Antonino Leone's gang in 1877.)

B


Bagheria, F1
Battaglia, B2
Bisacquino, D4

(1862 birthplace of Vito Cascio Ferro.)

C

Caccamo, F2

Family home of Hennessy assassin (1890) Pietro Monasterio of New Orleans.

Caltanissetta, H5
Campobello di Mazara, B4
Camporeale, D3
Canicatti, G6
Castelbuono, H2
Castellamare del Golfo, C2

Ancestral home of the Bonannos, Magaddinos, Buccellatos and Salvatore Maranzano of the Northeast U.S. and the Milazzos of Detroit.

Castelvetrano, B4
Cefalu, H2
Corleone, E3

Ancestral home of the Morello and Terranova clans and Ignazio Lupo of New York, and Jack Dragna of Los Angeles. Fictional ancestral home of the principal characters in "The Godfather."

F

Favara, F6

G

Giacalone, D2
Golfo del Cofano, B1
Golfo di Bonaglia, A1
Golfo di Carini, D1
Golfo di Castellamare, C1
Golfo di Palermo, E1
Golfo di Termini Imerese, G2

L

Lercara Friddi, F3

Old sulphur mining community. Location of 1876 abduction of English businessman John Forester Rose by the Antonino Leone gang. Birthplace of Charlie Luciano.

Licata, H7

M

Marsala, A3

Apparent birthplaces of Capone underlings John Scalise and Albert Anselmi.

Mazzara del Valle, A4
Menfi, C4
Monreale, E1

Birthplace of the Stuppagghieri Mafia. Ancestral home of the Matranga clan of New Orleans.

Montemaggiore, G3

N

Naro, G6

P

Palermo, E1

Source of Mafia power within Sicily. Apparent birthplace of New York crime bosses Carlo Gambino and Tommy Lucchese, New England boss Phil Buccola, Kansas City boss James Balestrere. Site of the 1909 assassination of New York Police Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino.

Palma, A2
Palma di Montechiaro, G7
Partinico, D2
Polizzi, H3
Porto Empedocle, F6

Source of American Mafioso Nick Gentile's underworld credentials.

R

Ravanusa, H6
Ribera, E5

S

Salemi, B3
Sciacca, D5

Reported by some as the backing behind New York mob boss Joe Masseria.

Segesta, C2
Siculiana, E6

Birthplace of American Mafioso Nick Gentile.

S.Cataldo, H5

T

Termini Imerese, G2

Source of support for the early Ohio Mafia. One of the bases for Antonino Leone's 19th Century Sicilian gang.

Terrasini, D1

Birthplace of Detroit mob bosses Joseph Zerilli, Pete Licavoli and William Tocco.

Trapani, A2

V

Ventimiglia, F2

A stronghold of Antonino Leone's 19th Century gang.

Vicari, F3
Villabate, E1
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New Orleans 1860-1890

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C

Police Chief David Hennessy's Home in 1890

D

Central Police Station

F

St. Patrick's Hall - 1891 Criminal Court Building

U

St. Louis Cathedral

X

Produce section of Old French Market

Z

Orleans Parish Prison

2

Police Chief David Hennessy assassinated late in the evening of Oct. 15, 1890. Shots come from across Girod Street.

3

Grocer David Clark is caught in crossfire of gang battle and suffers mortal wound in March 1869.

4

Joseph Agnello escapes assassination attempt in 1869.

6

Metropolitan Police Chief Algernon Badger falls seriously injured during Battle of Liberty Place.

7

Detective Devereaux murders rival Detective Harris in March 1876. Devereaux argues self-defense, claims Harris hired a Sicilian assassin to kill him.

10

The statue of Henry Clay is the site of inflammatory meetings leading to the 1874 Democratic rebellion and the 1891 lynchings of captives at Parish Prison.

11

Antonio Labousse is gunned down on July 15, 1881.

12

Giuseppe Mattaino is found murdered on Feb. 24, 1889.

13

Raffaele Agnello is shot to death on April 1, 1869.

14

Parish Prison is the location of the largest lynching in U.S. history in October of 1891. Eleven Sicilian prisoners were shot and/or hanged.

15

Detectives David and Mike Hennessy apprehend Sicilian outlaw Giuseppe Esposito on July 5, 1881.

16

Palermo gangsters break into Messinian home and open fire at rivals on Feb. 15, 1869.

17

Murder of Messinian Litero Barba on Oct. 28, 1868, initiates feud between Sicilian immigrants from Palermo and those from Messina.

19

Messinian leaders Bananno and Allucho are cornered and killed at Old French Market on July 22, 1869.

20

Joseph Agnello is trapped and murdered at Picayune Pier on April 20, 1872.

21

Wagon carrying Matranga stevedores is ambushed by Provenzano gunmen in early morning hours of May 6, 1890.

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East Harlem
circa 1910

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