Organized Crime Figure. He was the Underboss of Manfredi “Al” Mineo, the Boss of one of the five Families in New York City during the late 1920s (today the Mineo Family is called the Gambino Family). He and Mineo were allies of Joe “The Boss” Masseria. Due to this alliance, they were both shot and killed while exiting an apartment building in the Bronx on November 5, 1930 during the Castellammarese War; on the orders of Salvatore Maranzano. One of the shooters was Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi.