Borgnine gets a few facts about Petrosino wrong, but still a charming guy., i.e., The King of Italy and President Roosevelt did not personally send Petrosino to Italy (he was sent by his superiors in the NYPD), and the mafia did know who Petrosino was.
Giuseppe Morello was the Boss of Bosses at the time and had Petrosino killed. Lupo the Wolf was also involved. Charles Lucky comes from the Morello family. The Morello family lost power in 1920 hence the rise of Maranzano. Peter Morello got out of prison in 1930 and was going to get his power back. Peter was Giuseppe but used a fake name and gave the " Boss" title to Masseria. The Mustache Petes were born... Morello was killed then Lucania turned on Masseria and later had Maranzano killed as well. Lucky was tortured early in his life for not turning over Morello. Ciro Terranova was Morelli's half brother and kept his Artichoke racket until his own retirement. This was all overseen by Lucky...
note padula is not in sicily its in the lower part of the province of salerno. some distant relatives are still there. and there is a monument amd museum dedicated to petrosino.
The nomenclature is not inaccurate. The term “Black Hand Society” was used in the mainstream U.S. press to refer to mafioso associated with Black Hand extortion, so it became an accepted label and whether the mafioso referred to themselves with that name is moot.
@@salperricone2916 Il Telegrafo: The Evening Telegraph, a newspaper for the Italian American community in New York City, printed an editorial on March 13, 1909 in response to Joseph Petrosino's assassination, which read in part, "The assassination of Petrosino is an evil day for the Italians of America, and none of us can any longer deny that there is a Black Hand Society in the United States."
