Giosue Gallucci

Giosu Gallucci , also known as Luccariello, was an oldstyle crime boss of Italian Harlem in New York City affiliated with the Camorra. He dominated the area from 19101915 and was also known as the undisputed King of Little Italy or The Mayor of Little Italy, partly due to his political connections. He held strict control over the policy game , employing Neapolitan and Sicilian street gangs as his enforcers.

Giosu Gallucci was born in Naples in 1865 to Luca Gallucci and Antonia Cavallo. He left Italy in July 1886 at the age of 20. In 1891 he moved to New York City, arriving on March 11, 1892, on the SS Werkendam from Rotterdam . According to an Italian police report he had left Italy on July 24, 1896. An 1862 report from the police in Naples identified a Giuseppe and Giosu Gallucci as camorristi Italian for a member of the Camorra , but it is unknown if these were relatives. Rumour had it that Gallucci had killed a man just before coming to New York, but he always denied this.

Source: Wikipedia