My website's presentation of the #Valachi autobiography gets a nice bit of publicity from journalist Larry Henry and the #MobMuseum.
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/joseph-valachis-autobiography-reveals-mafias-inner-workings/

#MafiaHistory #CastellammareseWar #Histodons

#OTD in 1930: A #Detroit fish shop is the scene of a #Mafia double-murder that helps trigger the #CastellammareseWar. Gaspare Milazzo and Rosario Parrino are shot to death, apparently on the orders of Cesare "Chester" LaMare. #MafiaHistory #Histodons
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/05/detroit-fish-market-murders-spark-mafia.html

#OTD in 1931: As the #CastellammareseWar moved toward conclusion, #BronxNY underworld leader Joseph "Joe Baker" #Catania was fatally shot on Belmont Avenue. Nephew of Ciro "Artichoke King" #Terranova and aide to boss of bosses Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" #Masseria, Catania was a special target of rebel #Mafia leader Salvatore #Maranzano. Catania was wounded in the head, neck and upper body and died the following morning. #MafiaHistory #Histodons
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/02/joe-baker-gunned-down-on-belmont-ave.html

#OTD in 1928: Joey Noe, partner of #DutchSchultz in #NewYork #Bootlegging rackets, died in Bellevue Hospital of gunshot wounds suffered on Oct. 15. Additional killings occurred, as war erupted between Schultz and former gangland associates. #Histodons

(I continue to wonder if the growth of this conflict, with #Mafia allies emerging on both sides, sparked what became known as the #CastellammareseWar of 1930-31. #MafiaHistory)