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On this date, February 3... • in 1898, future Chicago Mafia boss Angelo Genna is born in Marsala, Sicily. • in 1902, future Dallas Mafia boss Joseph Francis Civello is born in Port Allen LA. • in 1905, Joseph Cogliandro of northeast Pennsylvania confesses to Mafia extortion and reveals secrets of the regional Mafia organization. • in 1915, Pellegrino DiGiovanni, recently acquitted of a double-murder, is fatally shot in a Chicago butcher shop. • in 1931, 'Joe the Baker' Catania, a loyal lieutenant of Giuseppe Masseria, is shot and mortally wounded by Salvatore Maranzano gunmen in the Bronx. • in 1933, Joseph Castaldo of New York pleads guilty to six counts of tax evasion and two counts of concealing assets in bankruptcy. He is sentenced to 11 months in prison. • in 1953, federal authorities attempt to revoke the naturalization of New Jersey racketeer Joseph 'Doc' Stacher. • in 1954, the New Jersey attorney general investigates the 1952 prison death of Salvatore Moretti. • in 1960, a federal jury at Pittsburgh begins deliberations in the trial of Victor Carlucci, Daniel 'Speedo' Hanna, Norman Rothman, Joseph Merola, Stuart Sutor and Joseph 'Red' Giordano for running stolen military weapons to Cuban revolutionaries. Image of Joseph Catania
February 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM