Salvatore D'Aquila

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Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila (Script error: No such module "IPA".; November 7, 1873 – October 10, 1928) was an early Italian-American Mafia boss in New York City of the D'Aquila crime family, what would later become known as the Gambino crime family.[1][2]

Early life and career

Salvatore D'Aquila was born on November 7, 1873, in Palermo, Sicily, to Salvatore D'Aquila and his wife Provvidenza Gagliardo.Template:Sfn D'Aquila emigrated to the United States in 1906Template:Sfn and became an early captain within the Morello crime family in East Harlem.Template:Sfn D'Aquila was arrested in 1906 and in 1909; both times the charges were dropped.[3] In 1910, boss of bosses Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello was imprisoned and Salvatore D'Aquila separated from the Morello family.[4] D'Aquila formed his own crime family and was appointed the new capo dei capi.[4] His crime family operated from East Harlem and the Bronx, where he rivaled the Morellos.[4]

D'Aquila expanded his crime family's power into Brooklyn and southern Manhattan's Lower East Side/Little Italy neighborhoods.[3] The most prominent members of the D'Aquila family were Umberto Valenti, Manfredi Mineo, Giuseppe Traina, and Frank Scalise.Template:Sfn In 1920, after Giuseppe Morello was released from prison, D'Aquila tried to have him and his closest allies murdered.[3][4] In 1925, D'Aquila moved back into the Bronx.[3]

Death

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Salvatore D'Aquila October 1928, after being shot between 5 and 9 times at his car, his body was dragged into a doctor or drug store office, depending on the source.

On October 10, 1928, D'Aquila was shot dead on Avenue A in Manhattan, aged 54. After his murder, D'Aquila's family was taken over by Manfredi Mineo.[5][6]

See also

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References

Citations

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