Umberto "The Ghost" Valenti, a prominent member of the D'Aquila crime family, met a violent end on August 11, 1922, in Manhattan, New York. Valenti, born in Sicily in 1891, had established himself as a feared and respected figure in the New York underworld. His death was the culmination of a series of violent confrontations and power struggles within the Mafia.
Valenti's demise was directly linked to the ongoing conflict with Joe Masseria, a rival gangster. On August 9, 1922, Valenti and
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