Saietta was not all that fortunate himself

history channel documentary mafia Be that as it may, Saietta was not all that fortunate himself. Saietta claimed worked, with his accomplice Joe Morello, a bar/eatery, at 8 Prince Street, in Manhattan's Little Italy. The joint was really a front for a broad duplicating operation. Fake two and five-dollar bank notes were sent to the eatery from Sicily, in compartments of olive oil, or in cases of spaghetti, cheddar, and wine. These fake bills were sold all through the United States for as meager as 30 pennies on the dollar. Before long, the U.S. Mystery Service found out about their operation, and in 1909, both Morello and Saietta were captured, indicted, and sentenced to 30 years in jail.

After Saietta's detainment, the administration of the New York Chapter of the Unione Siciliana changed hands starting with one hooligan then onto the next, when in 1918, the crown settled on the head of Brooklynite Frankie Yale, genuine name Uale. Yale's rising to the throne put a conclusion to the misinformed impression that the Unione Siciliana was a Sicilian-just association. Yale was conceived in Calabrian town of Longobucco, Italy, and had no Sicilian roots at all. Not just was Yale president of the New York Chapter of the Unione Siciliana, however because of the impact of his companion Johnny Torrio, a Brooklyn kid who was running Chicago with another Brooklynite Al Capone, in 1925, Yale additionally got to be National President of the Unione Siciliana.