Joe the Boss Masseria recently made a deal with Nucky Thompson onBoardwalk Empire.

He was willing to forgive the slaughter of his men and allow peace for a price.

But Joe the Boss didnt shake Nuckys hand.

He wasnt in the mood, according to Lucky Luciano.

Giuseppe Masseria was known as Joe the Boss and The Man Who Could Dodge Bullets.

He attacked a plate of spaghetti as if he were a drooling mastiff.

He had the table manners of a Hun.

Masseria headed what is now the Genovese crime family.

Giuseppe Joe the Boss Masseria was born in Marsala, Sicily in 1886.

He came to America just ahead of a Sicilian murder charge.

The Terranovas were from Corleone, Sicily, yeah, that Corleone.

The one little Vito Andolini escaped and had branded on his legal documents.

Salvatore DAquila took on the job of consigliere of all the New York families.

Giuseppe Masseria led a little rebellion under the watchful eye of DAquila.

Masseria got his reputation for dancing around bullets when a little payback was ordered.

Two guys tried to take out Masseria on August 9, 1922, right outside his 2nd Avenue apartment.

The crew shot up the store Masseria ducked into but ran out of bullets before they got Masseria.

Masseria survived but had to get a new hat.

Two bullets passed through his hat in the attempt.

His ears were still ringing when the cops grabbed him.

Masseria was known as the man who can dodge bullets until he met one he couldnt dodge in 1931.

Ill trade you for whiskey kind of thing.

A shootout that started in a restaurant spilled out into the street.

Word on the street is that Salvatore from Fourteenth Street Lucania was the final marksman.

Salvatore came up through the Five Points Gang during their turf war with the Eastmans from across Bowery.

Besides hitting Valenti, shots also caught his bodyguard, Silva Tagliagamba.

Cops ran out of the precinct, caught Masseria and charged him with Tagliagambas murder.

The case was delayed by Unione Siciliana for so long, everyone forgot about it.

Throughout the battle for crime dominance, Joe Masseria could legally carry a gun.

His license was signed by no less than State Supreme Court Justice Selah B.

One day Albert Anastasia would be the Czar of the waterfront.

Frankie Yales family was taken over by Little Augie Pisano, Anthony Carfano.

Masseria was the head of the biggest mob gang in New York City.

Even Gaetano Reina from the Bronx paid tribute.

The Castellamarese War started when Nicola Cola Schiro paid $10,000 to Masseria and pulled a Houdini.

Sicilian father, Don Vito Cascio Ferro sent Salvatore Maranzano to America to take care of things.

In his memoirs, Joe Bonanno would call Salvatore Maranzano Don Turridru and described him in glowing terms.

This was a man of honor who Bonanno knew from Sicily and Bonanno pledged an oath of loyalty.

Maranzano based his crime structure on the military of the Roman Empire.

Maranzano divided his army into squads and each soldier had to pledge loyalty to his squad leader.

Maranzano was educated and refined, when he was young, he had studied to be a priest.

Masseria sentenced Maranzano to death.

Masseria put out an order for a similar piece of work to be done on Charlie Lucky.

Friendships were okay, but not combinations.

Masseria thought Lucky was getting too big.

He called in Joseph Doto to do the job.

Joe Masseria went to dinner with Luciano at Nuova Villa Tammaro in Coney Island.

They played some cards when they finished eating.

Luciano went to bathroom.

He might have asked permission to go to the bathroom like Michael Corleone did in The Godfather.

Twenty bullets sprayed the place.

When it was over The Boss (ex) was slumped over.

His right arm was pushed out straight, as if it had been his play with the cards.

His hand laid frozen on the gleaming cloth.

The lone bright spot of the Ace of Diamonds sparkled up from his lifeless palm.

Ace of Diamonds were a sore spot ever after.

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