16 Facts About Nicolo Schiro

Nicolo Schiro was born on September 2,1872, in the town of Roccamena, in the Province of Palermo, Sicily to Matteo Schiro and his wife, Maria Antonia Rizzuto.

Nicolo Schiro later developed a more neutral stance, siding with neither D'Aquila's nor the Morello mafia clans.

Nicolo Schiro's gang ran the Williamsburg area numbers gambling racket while extorting local Italian immigrants through Black Hand and protection rackets.

Nicolo Schiro ran his mafia clan conservatively, conducting its criminal activity primarily among the Sicilian immigrant community.

Nicolo Schiro was never arrested during his time as boss, avoiding attention from authorities and the media.

Nicolo Schiro developed close relationships with local business and political leaders and was on the board of directors of the local United Italian-American Democratic Club.

Giuseppe's cousin, Pietro Buccellato, worked at the Ford Motor Company factory in Highland Park, Michigan and Nicolo Schiro arranged with Detroit mafia boss Tony Giannola to have him murdered.

Nicolo Schiro was shot several times in the back and then shot twice in the head, killing him.

Nicolo Schiro was close to future Los Angeles boss, Nick Licata.

Nicolo Schiro had been a witness at Dibella's wedding in 1912.

Bonanno's second cousin, Vito Bonventre, remained a leader within Nicolo Schiro's gang following his arrest and release during the "Good Killers" affair.

Between 1923 and 1928, Nicolo Schiro felt secure enough in his position as boss to make three trips to Europe.

Nicolo Schiro attended the January 1929 wedding of the son of San Francisco boss Frank Lanza in Los Angeles.

Nicolo Schiro provoked Masseria's ire after warning Lanza of a mafia plot to kidnap him.

In 1930, Masseria demanded Nicolo Schiro pay $10,000 and step down as boss of his mafia crime family in order to spare his life.

Nicolo Schiro was stripped of his US citizenship following a request by the American consulate in Palermo on October 14,1949.