On a summer day in 1930, Joseph Perriano, a male associate of the powerful crime figure Giuseppe Morello, found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. The streets of East Harlem, a territory under the control of Morello's faction in the burgeoning Mafia, were simmering with tension. A bloody power struggle, later known as the Castellammarese War, was underway, pitting Joe 'The Boss' Masseria and his allies against a rival group led by Salvatore Maranzano. Morello, a seasoned and respected
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