Stefano Magaddino
Born	October 10, 1891 Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy
Died	July 19, 1974 New York, USA

Stefano Magaddino (October 10, 1891 – July 19, 1974) was an American mafia boss in the Buffalo, New York area. Born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, birthplace of numerous Mafiosi (including his cousin, Joseph Bonanno), Magaddino immigrated to the United States in 1921. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2219x2747, 684 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stefano Magaddino ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 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, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... NY redirects here. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Nickname: City of Good Neighbors, Queen City, City of Light Location of Buffalo in New York State County Erie County Mayor Byron Brown Area    - City 136. ... 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, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... FBI Mugshot of former Bonanno crime family boss Joseph Bonanno taken in 1964. ...

Magaddino was arrested for alleged involvement in the murder of a man in Avon, New Jersey in 1921, who was the member of the rival Buccellato clan from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. An attempt on his own life was made shortly thereafter in 1936 by rival gangsters, but his sister was killed in the bomb attack by mistake. He eventually moved to the Niagara Falls, New York, suberb of Lewiston, running a profitable bootlegging business during Prohibition. The success of his business was in large part due to the proximity of his base in the Niagara Falls/Buffalo area to Canada, where the alcohol was illegally imported from. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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. ...

After Prohibition, Magaddino and his crime family made their money through loan sharking, gambling, extortion, hijacking, and labor racketeering. Although fairly popular, Magaddino nonetheless had his share of enemies. He was the survivor of several assassination attempts including an attempt in 1958 to toss a hand grenade through his kitchen window, which failed to explode. This second attempt on his life was said to be directed at him by those who believed Magaddino was responsible for the 1957 Apalachin meeting debacle. He was the owner of the Magaddino Memorial Chapel, a funeral home in Niagara Falls, New York. 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. ... Gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ... Assassin and Targeted killing redirect here. ...

The Buffalo crime family Boss led his family from Prohibition era, through the 1960's and into the 1970's. For roughly 50 years Stefano Magaddino was a presence in the Western New York criminal underworld as well as being involved in national syndicate and La Cosa Nostra affairs. He was a charter member of Charlie "Lucky" Luciano's Commission and attended important underworld summits such as the 1946 Havana Conference and the 1957 Apalachin meeting.

The Buffalo crime family held influence in the underworld territories of Western, Utica, and Rochester, New York, in Eastern Pennsylvania, Youngstown, Ohio and as far South as Ontario, Canada. Stefano Magaddino led the Buffalo Family through it's glory years and it's most powerful and profitable era in La Cosa Nostra. He was an old style Boss who preferred to stay in the background and not draw any attention to himself or his criminal activities if possible.

Magaddino had never spent any significant time in prison, but in 1968 he and his son Peter were arrested and charged with interstate bookmaking. A raid on his sons home led to the discovery of approximately $473,134 in a suitcase. This created much animosity among the Buffalo crime family members and its top leaders in the Niagara Falls/Buffalo area and led to a breakdown of their cooperation concerning criminal activities.

The Buffalo Family split into dissident factions; the leaders met in Rochester at the end of 1968 and by early 1969 have ousted Magaddino as Boss, leaving him to lead a faction made up of his once powerful in-laws and older crime family members from 1969 until he died several years later.

Stefano Magaddino died of a heart attack on July 19, 1974 at age 82. Given a funeral at a local Roman Catholic church, he was buried in St. Joseph cemetery in Niagara Falls, New York. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

References

• Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Checkmark Books, 1999.

External links

• This Week in Gang Land. Retrieved on 2005-10-09.
• Niagara Falls History. Retrieved on 2005-10-09.