Giuseppe Morello
Male, Deceased Person
1867 – 1930
Who was Giuseppe Morello?
Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello, also known as "The Old Fox", was the first boss of the Morello crime family and later top adviser to Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. He was known as Piddu and his rivals the Castellammarese knew him as Peter Morello. He was famous for having a one-fingered deformed right hand that resembled a claw.
In the 1890s, Giuseppe founded a gang known as the 107th Street Mob and which would later evolve into the Morello crime family. Today the Morello crime family is known as the Genovese crime family and is the oldest of the Five Families in New York City.
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- Born
- May 2, 1867
Corleone - Also known as
- Peter Morello
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Corleone
- Died
- Aug 15, 1930
New York
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on July 23, 2013
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