Carmine Galante
Born	February 21, 1910 East Harlem, New York, USA
Died	July 12, 1979 Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Carmine Galante aka "Lilo," "Cigar" (February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was the boss of the Bonanno crime family, a New York City Mafia crime organization from 1974 to 1979. He was rarely seen without a cigar clenched in his teeth, which led to his rather unimaginative nickname, "Cigar". Image File history File links Galante03. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Spanish Harlem, also known as East Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood in northeastern part of the borough of Manhattan, one of the largest predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City. ... NY redirects here. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Bushwick is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Founded in 1661 by Governor Peter Stuyvesant as Boswijck, it is the site of some of the earliest settlements in Brooklyn that date to the middle of the 17th century. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... NY redirects here. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... The Bonanno crime family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). ... New York, NY redirects here. ... The Mafia (also referred to as Cosa Nostra or the Mob), is a criminal secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ...

The son of a fisherman who immigrated from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Galante was born in an East Harlem tenement. His career in crime started when he was only eleven, forming a juvenile street gang on New York's Lower East Side. As a teenager Galante became an associate mafioso during Prohibition, becoming leading enforcer by the end of the decade. In 1930 Galante, with several others, were caught by New York police officer Joseph Meenahan while attempting to hijack a truck in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg. In the resulting gun battle Galante wounded Meenahan in the legs. A six-year-old girl who happened to be nearby was struck by a stray bullet. Although both survived Galante was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison. View from a hillside to the port, the castle and the town Castellammare del Golfo is a town in the Trapani Province of Sicily. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... Spanish Harlem, also known as East Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood in northeastern part of the borough of Manhattan, one of the largest predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City. ... Categories: Manhattan neighborhoods | Stub ... This article is about the organized crime groups. ... The term Prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the northern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bed-Stuy, and Bushwick. ...

Galante was released on parole in 1939. By 1940, he was carrying out "hits" (murders) for Vito Genovese, one of the most powerful mobsters in New York. He is widely believed to have murdered the left-wing anti-Mafia journalist Carlo Tresca in 1943, on orders from Genovese. Galante went from being the chauffer to the boss of the Bonanno Family, Joseph Bonanno, to capo, and then underboss in the organization. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Vito Genovese (November 27, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was a mafioso who rose to power in America during the Castellammarese War to later become leader of the Genovese crime family and mentor to many future mob bosses including Vincent Gigante, Nephew Michael Genovese and Carlo Gambino. ... Carlo Tresca (1879-1943) was a skilled labour agitator. ... FBI Mugshot of former Bonanno crime family boss Joseph Bonanno taken in 1964. ...

Galante's rise to power was halted temporarily in 1962 when he was sentenced to twenty years for drug offences in a drug bust engineered by Frank Costello and other enemies. When Joseph Bonanno was forced into retirement Phillip Rastelli took over the Bonanno Family. Galante was released on parole in 1974 and tried to take complete control over the Bonanno family while Rastelli was still in prison. While Galante was serving his sentence, the prison psychiatrists had diagnosed him with psychopathic personality disorder, a diagnosis that had some basis in fact. Although Costello had died in 1973 of natural causes, Galante nevertheless had his tomb bombed, blowing off the doors to the mausoleum. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Frank Costello (January 21, 1891 - February 18, 1973) was an Italian-American gangster who was one of the most powerful and influential Mafia bosses in American history. ... Phillip Rusty Rastelli (1918 - June 24, 1991) was a mobster in the New York City Mafia. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Psychopathy (pronounced in General American), not to be confused with psychosis, is a term derived from the Greek psyche (mind) and pathos (suffering), and was once used to denote any form of mental illness. ...

During the 1970s, Galante is suspected of organizing the murders of at least eight members of the Gambino Family, with whom he had an intense rivalry, in order to take over a massive drug-trafficking operation. He was briefly jailed in 1978 for violating his parole by associating with known criminals, but he was released after being defended by the famous Mafia lawyer Roy Cohn. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... John Gotti, The Dapper Don The Gambino Crime Family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities based in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or La Cosa Nostra). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Roy Marcus Cohn (February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer who came to prominence during the investigations by Senator Joseph McCarthy into Communism in the government and especially during the Army-McCarthy Hearings. ...

Carmine Galante after his gangland execution

On July 12, 1979, Carmine Galante was murdered just as he finished eating lunch at Joe and Mary's Italian-American Restaurant at 205 Knickerbocker Ave. in Bushwick, Brooklyn along with his bodyguard Leonard Coppola, 40, and restaurant owner/cousin Giuseppe Turano. Cigar in mouth, the 69-year-old mobster was blasted in the face and chest at point-blank range with a shotgun, his watch was still ticking but Galante's time was up. He was murdered by Anthony Indelicato, Dominick Trinchera, Sonny Black, Cesare Bonventre and Louis Giongetti. File links The following pages link to this file: Carmine Galante ... File links The following pages link to this file: Carmine Galante ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Bushwick is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Founded in 1661 by Governor Peter Stuyvesant as Boswijck, it is the site of some of the earliest settlements in Brooklyn that date to the middle of the 17th century. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... A pump-action and two semi-automatic action Remington 1100 shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap, and three boxes of clay pigeons. ... Anthony Indelicato ca. ... Sonny Black can refer to: Dominick Napolitano, an American mafioso whose nickname was Sonny Black Bushido, a German rapper who occasionally uses the moniker Sonny Black, an apparent tribute to Dominick Napolitano This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

After the murders, Indelicato and the others fled in a stolen car. After abandoning the car Indelicato went to his father, Alphonse Indelicato, his Uncle J.B. Carnone who waited at a Manhattan social club. A survelliance video tape shows Indelicato being congratulated by Carnone. Indelicato, Trinchera and Bonventre were all promoted to capo, or captains of the Bonnano family. Alphonse Sonny Red Indelicato (died May 5, 1981) was a capo in New York Citys Bonanno crime family. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ...

It is suspected his death was arranged by the heads of the other major Mafia Families in New York, who had decided Galante's greed and ambition over the control of the multimillion-dollar heroin business were a threat to all their interests, although it is possible Phillip Rastelli may have also been involved, as he was still the boss of the Bonanno Family once Galante was out of the way. Phillip Rusty Rastelli (1918 - June 24, 1991) was a mobster in the New York City Mafia. ...

The gunman who shot Galante was 23-year-old Anthony "Bruno" Indelicato, but it was not until 1986 that Indelicato was convicted of the murder. He served twelve years. Indelicato's father, Alphonse Indelicato, was murdered during the power struggle resulting from Galante's death. In the book "The Ice Man" by Philip Carlo, a biography of notorious hitman Richard Kuklinski it is said that Kuklinski (by his own word) was the shooter. Anthony Indelicato ca. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alphonse Sonny Red Indelicato (died May 5, 1981) was a capo in New York Citys Bonanno crime family. ... Police mugshot of Richard Kuklinski, 4 years before his final arrest. ...

In 1999, Galante's 23-year-old nephew (also called Carmine) stabbed to death a student during an argument and subsequently received eighteen years for second-degree murder. [1]. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Murder is both a legal and a moral term, that are not always coincident. ...

Philip Rusty Rastelli (January 31, 1918 - June 24, 1991) was a mobster in the Bonanno crime family. ... The Bonanno crime family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). ... Philip Rusty Rastelli (January 31, 1918 - June 24, 1991) was a mobster in the Bonanno crime family. ...

External links

• FBI files on Galante
• Biography
• Carmine "Lilo" Galante at Find A Grave
• American Organized Crime - Bonanno Crime Family - Carmine "Lilo" Galante