[28] On June 3, 1955, Anastasia was sentenced to one year in federal prison and a $20,000 fine. [37] Over time, speculation on who killed Anastasia has centered on Profaci crime family mobster Joe Gallo, the Patriarca crime family of Providence, Rhode Island, and certain drug dealers with the Gambino family. Anastasia was married to Elsa Barnesi; they had one son, Anthony Anastasia, Jr. Albert Anastasia was born in Tropea, Italy, on 26th February, 1902. Romeo had been beaten and shot multiple times. In 1930, Luciano finalized his plans to take over the organized crime rackets in New York by destroying the two old-line Mafia factions headed by Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano. In 1946, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey commuted Luciano's sentence and the federal government immediately deported him to Italy. Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio, September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was one of the most ruthless and feared Cosa Nostra mobsters in United States history. Albert's brothers included Salvatore, Frank, Joseph, Gerardo, and Anthony Anastasio. [24][25], On December 9, 1952, the federal government filed suit to denaturalize Anastasia and deport him because he lied on his citizenship application.[26]. Lansky and Genovese were also business associates from the 1920s. During this period, Anastasia's business card claimed that he was a "sales representative" for the Convertible Mattress Corporation in Brooklyn. Over the next few years, Genovese secretly won the support of Anastasia capo Carlo Gambino, offering him the leadership of Anastasia's family in return for his cooperation. The war ended and Maranzano was the winner.
[11], In the spring of 1942, Anastasia allegedly ordered the murder of an associate, Anthony Romeo. When the meeting was raided by police, to the detriment of Genovese's reputation, Gambino's appointment was postponed to a later meeting in New York City. His parents were Raffaele Anastasio and Luisa Nomina de Filippi.
In 1942, Anastasia joined the U.S. Army. Anastasia allied himself with Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria, a powerful gang leader in Brooklyn. Anastasia refused to answer any questions. Per New York Times journalist and Five Families author Selwyn Raab, "The vivid image of a helpless victim swathed in white towels was stamped in the public memory. Costello wanted Anastasia as an ally against the ambitious and resentful Genovese. [34] Anastasia's driver parked the car in an underground garage and then took a walk outside, leaving Anastasia unprotected. In March 1952, Anastasia allegedly ordered the murder of Arnold Schuster. To do that, Genovese needed allies.
Anastasia was also in control of the New York waterfront for most of his criminal career, including the dockworker unions. Deserting the ship, the brothers illegally entered the United States. The drug dealers theory is that Gambino used some Gambino drug dealers from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to kill Anastasia, including Stephen Armone, Stephen Grammauta, and Arnold Wittenberg. Costello wanted Anastasia as an ally against the ambitious and resentful Genovese. To reward Anastasia's loyalty, Luciano placed him and Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, the nation's leading labor racketeer, in control of the Syndicate's enforcement arm, Murder, Inc. In 1919, Anastasia and three of his brothers arrived in New York City, working on a freighter. [18], In 1945, U.S. military authorities in Sicily returned Genovese to the United States to be tried for the 1934 Boccia murder. On the morning of October 25, 1957, Anastasia entered the barber shop of the Park Sheraton Hotel, at 56th Street and 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. [45] On April 17, 1959, Genovese was sentenced to 15 years in state prison. In September 1931, Maranzano was himself murdered and Luciano became the preeminent mobster in America. He may have been motivated by a desire to escape the criminal investigations that were dismantling Murder Inc. Although the wound was superficial, it persuaded Costello to relinquish power to Genovese and retire. After the first volley of bullets, Anastasia allegedly lunged at his killers. The war ended and Maranzano was the winner. In 1943, as a reward for his military service, Anastasia received U.S. citizenship.
He was perhaps the most feared hit-man of the Italian American Cosa Nostra's golden era, earning the infamous nicknames "the Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner."
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