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Albert Anastasia The infamous Mad Hatter Corey Patulea

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Albert Anastasia. The infamous Mad Hatter. Corey Patulea. Tropea, Italy. Backstory. Born September 26, 1902 in Tropea, Italy His original name was Umberto Anastasio, he changed it later while in the USA Dad died when he was a young boy Rough upbringing after passing of father - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Albert Anastasia

AlbertAnastasia

The infamous Mad Hatter

Corey Patulea

Page 2: Albert Anastasia

Backstory

Born September 26, 1902 in Tropea, Italy

His original name was Umberto Anastasio, he changed it later while in the USA

Dad died when he was a young boy

Rough upbringing after passing of father

With no parental guidance, he became a hit man at a very young age

Immigrated from Italy to New York in 1919, by stowing away on a ship

Had 11 siblings, and was the eldest of them all

Tropea, Italy

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Gang Beginnings

Major American Gangster

Started in Italy with the ILA

Leader of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) while still in his 20’s

Youngest leader of the ILA in their history

First mob in the US was with Giuseppe Masseria’s gang

Giuseppe was a big time mob boss, so being in his gang benefited who ever was in it

Rose through the ranks of Masseria’s gang, earning the trust of other members

Befriended Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello, using them as role models for his future as a mob boss

Joe “Giuseppe” Masseria

Lucky Luciano Frank Costello

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First Step to

Becoming Mob Boss One of Giuseppe Masseria’s

executioners

Concocted a plan with Lucky Luciano, to get Lucky to the top of the gang families on the east coast

Was appointed head of Murder, Inc. by Luciano himself

Murder, Inc. committed upward toward 400-800 murders under Anastasias control

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The Party Begins

Enlisted in the US army in 1942

Used military ties to get the government off of Lucky Luciano’s back

Was also apart of the Gambino Crime Family

Didn’t get along really well with Vincenzo "Vincent" Mangano (leader of family at that time)

In the year 1951, Anastasia had Vincent killed, and became the new Gambino Crime Family Leader

US government had worked hard to get Albert deported and his citizenship revoked

They succeeded in 1954 and had him deported

Anastasia’s reign didn’t last long, 1951-1954

Vincenzo “Vincent” Mangano

1951-1954

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Followers

The main people who followed Albert were mob members

His mob members liked him very much since he worked very hard to get to where he was

His rival and acquaintance (Vito Genovese) soon became his rival

Became very close with Luciano and followed his lead in many ways

But he didn’t try to take over all 5 of the major families in New York like Luciano

Vito Genovese

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The “Bad Hair Day”

Murder October 25, 1957 Park Sheraton Hotel at 870 7th

Avenue The barber chair is currently in the

mob museum Manhattan, New York Went into barber shop at the Park

Sheraton Hotel and sat down for a hair cut

Multiple men walked in and gunned him down right then and there

Men were believed to have been hired by none other than Vito Genovese

The identity of these men are still unknown today……..

The barber chair in which the “executioner” was executed

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R.I.P Mad Hatter

1902-1957 Very modest funeral Family and friends where the only

attendees Buried at the Roman Catholic

Diocese of Brooklyn Currently in Green-Wood Cemetery Will remain there for all

eternity……….

From the movie tombstone

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The legacy lives

on…….

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The “Nicknames”

The infamous Albert Anastasia had many nicknames…. As they were very fitting

They include- Lord High Executioner The Executioner Mad Hatter