Joseph Valachi Papers. 1944 - 1960. Subject Files Related to quot;The Real Thing: The Expose and Inside Doings of Costa Nostraquot;
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Valachi, Joseph M. (Joseph Michael), 1904-1971
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Joseph Michael Valachi (1904-1971) was born in the Harlem area of New York City. He became a member of the Minute Men gang in the 1920s, specializing in burglary. He went to prison (Sing Sing) more than once. He met Vincent "The Gap" Petrilli who promised to get him into the mob. From 1930 to 1931, the Castellammarese War, begun by Joe "The Boss" Masseria, waged like a feudal war and Valachi learned who killed whom and why. Charles "Lucky" Luciano engineered many of these murders and set up coop...
