Salvatore Catalanotte

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Salvatore "Sam Sings in the Night" Catalanotte (born February 15, 1894 , † February 14, 1930 ) was an Italian-American mobster of the American Cosa Nostra and during the 1920s the head of the Detroit crime family . The nickname "Sam Sings in the Night" was created by translating his surname.

Life

Salvatore Catalanotte was born on February 15, 1894 in Trapani ( Sicily ). In 1905 he emigrated to Detroit ( Michigan ) in the United States , where he worked for the brothers Antonino and Salvatore Gianolla . He later became a capo and highly respected in the Detroit underworld for his intelligence and diplomacy. After the assassination of the bosses Antonino and Salvatore Gianolla in 1919, he became the most powerful member of this faction and was considered the new head of the mafia after the murder of Giovanni Vitale , who is said to have planned the murder of Salvatore Gianolla, about a year later in Detroit and he also became president of the Mafia-infiltrated Unione Siciliana .

Catalanotte formed a strong alliance known as the Westside Mob Detroit and appointed Mafioso Angelo Meli to head a faction known as the Eastside Mob ; this combination in turn became known as the Pascuzzi Combine , which is now considered the forerunner of the Detroit Partnership .

Under Catalanotte, the organization controlled liquor smuggling, black market trafficking, gambling, prostitution, drugs and other business areas. Catalanotte survived several attacks on his life and was sometimes called "King of Little Sicily in Detroit".

Salvatore "Sam" Catalanotte died at the age of 36 in February 1930 of complications from pneumonia. As a token of respect, large numbers of Detroit's underworld gathered for the funeral mass at the Holy Family Church in Detroit, followed by a 1200 car drive to Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery , where he was laid to rest.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Find a Grave - Salvatore "Sam" Catalanotte (1894–1930) at findagrave.com
  2. ^ Find a Grave - Giovanni Vitale
  3. ↑ Nick Gentile and Felice Chilante, Vita di Capomafia
  4. ↑ Viral Nova - 7 Mafia Families That Are not From New York Or Chicago
personal data
SURNAME Catalanotte, Salvatore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Catalanotte, Sam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-American mobster
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Trapani , Sicily
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1930
Place of death Detroit