Thomas Gagliano (born Tommaso Gagliano , Italian: [tomˈmaːzo ɡaʎˈʎaːno] ; May 29, 1883 − February 16, 1951) was an Italian-born American mobster and boss of what U.S. federal authorities would later designate as the Lucchese crime family , one of the " Five Families " of New York City . He was a low-profile boss for over two decades. His successor was his longtime loyalist and underboss , Tommy Lucchese .
13-579: Gagliano may refer to: Gagliano (surname) Gagliano family of luthiers Gagliano (town) , an archaic local pronunciation of the town Aliano as referred to in the memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli Gagliano (grape) , another name for the Italian wine grape Aglianico Places [ edit ] Gagliano Aterno , Abruzzo, Italy Gagliano Castelferrato , Sicily, Italy Gagliano del Capo , Lecce, Apulia, Italy Gagliano, Cividale del Friuli , part of
26-535: A deal with Maranzano guaranteeing their power if they switched sides. 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
39-626: A member of the commission. In 1932, Gagliano was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to 15 months in the Atlanta Penitentiary . Gagliano steered the family through a period of high tension between the Five Families . In 1936, Luciano was sent to prison and then, in 1946, deported to Italy . With Luciano's absence, power on the commission was held by an alliance of bosses Vincent Mangano , Joe Bonanno , Stefano Magaddino and Joe Profaci . Gagliano had to be very careful in
52-1282: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gagliano (surname) Gagliano ( Italian: [gaʎˈʎaːno] ) is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Tony Gagliano (born 1958) Canadian businessman and philanthropist Alessandro Gagliano (c. 1700–1735), Italian luthier Alfonso Gagliano (1942–2020), Canadian accountant and politician Bob Gagliano (born 1958), former American Football player Fernando Gagliano (c. 1770–1795), Italian luthier Gaetano Gagliano (1917–2016), Italian-Canadian businessman Januarius Gagliano (c. 1740–1780), Italian luthier Leonardo Gagliano (20th century), Brazilian radio speaker and sports commentator Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643), Italian composer Nicolò Gagliano (c. 1740–1780), Italian violin-maker Phil Gagliano (1941–2016), former Major League Baseball infielder Ralph Gagliano (born 1946), Major League Baseball player S. Thomas Gagliano (1931–2019), American politician Tommy Gagliano (1884–1951), Sicilian-American mobster Rico Gagliano , American journalist and podcaster [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
65-681: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Tommy Gagliano Gagliano was born on May 29, 1883, in Corleone, Sicily . In 1905 he immigrated to the United States, in New York City, and married Giuseppina "Josephine" Pomilla, who was also from Corleone. Gagliano and his brother-in-law Nunzio Pomilla were partners in lathing and hoisting companies in the Bronx. He was underboss to Gaetano "Tom" Reina until he became
78-484: The surname Gagliano . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gagliano_(surname)&oldid=1240579470 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Pages with Italian IPA Articles with short description Short description
91-473: The Reina gang. After Maranzano's death, Luciano restructured all the Italian-American criminal gangs into several crime families regulated by a commission of family bosses. The aim of this restructuring was to settle disputes without bloody gang wars. The New York City gangs were divided into five crime families . Gagliano took over the old Reina family, with Lucchese as his underboss. As a boss, Gagliano became
104-534: The boss of the family in 1930. The Reina family controlled a monopoly on ice distribution in the Bronx. Gagliano, along with Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese and Stefano "Steve" Rondelli, were viewed as the most powerful members of the Reina family. Frank Gagliano was a distant relative of Tommy Gagliano and the son of a deported mobster. He was also the cousin of mob boss Thomas Eboli 's chauffeur and bodyguard, future Genovese crime family underboss Dominick Alongi, who would later achieve notoriety when they were among
117-442: The face of this alliance, and was keen to keep a low profile while furthering the business interests of his section of Cosa Nostra, in areas such as gasoline rationing, meat and black market sugar. He usually issued his orders through his close allies, particularly Lucchese, who served as the family's public face and de facto street boss. As a result, very little is known about Gagliano between 1932 and his death from natural causes in
130-631: The many mobsters arrested fleeing the famous 1957 Apalachin Meeting . He was a blood relative of mobster Joseph (Pip the Blind) Gagliano, who became a childhood friend and early accomplice of future government witness Joseph Valachi . The two performed many burglaries and armed robberies together. During the late 1920s, a bitter gang rivalry arose in New York between Joseph "the Boss" Masseria ,
143-821: The most powerful mobster in New York, and Salvatore Maranzano , head of the Castellammarese Sicilian clan. Masseria had demanded more money from Reina, prompting Reina to consider switching allegiance to Maranzano. When Masseria heard about Reina's plans, Masseria had him murdered in February 1930. Reina's murder exacerbated the tensions between the two camps, helping launch the Castellammarese War . To head Reina's gang, Masseria appointed one of his loyalists, Joseph Pinzolo . Both Gagliano and Lucchese hated Pinzolo and resented Masseria appointing an outsider as gang leader. In September 1930, Pinzolo
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#1732773259740156-611: The town of Cividale del Friuli , Italy See also [ edit ] Galliano (disambiguation) Galeano (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gagliano . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gagliano&oldid=1199305477 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
169-502: Was shot and killed by unknown assailants. To replace Pinzolo, Masseria appointed Gagliano as head of the Reina gang. It is speculated that Gagliano and Lucchese formed a secret alliance with Maranzano at this time while still professing loyalty to Masseria. As the war continued, Masseria began suffering more defeats and key defections. On April 15, 1931, Masseria was assassinated at a Coney Island restaurant by several of his men. These defectors, guided by Charles "Lucky" Luciano , had made
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