Bonaventura "Joseph/Fat Joe" Pinzolo (1887 – September 5, 1930) was the head of the Lucchese crime family in New York City for a brief period during 1930. Following the February 1930 murder of Tom Reina, mob boss Joe Masseria tried to take control of Reina's gang by backing Pinzolo, a close supporter, as Reina's replacement. Pinzolo may have been responsible for Reina's killing, though the most widely-suspected culprit for that crime remains Vito Genovese.

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  • Bonaventura "Joseph/Fat Joe" Pinzolo (1887 – September 5, 1930) was the head of the Lucchese crime family in New York City for a brief period during 1930. Following the February 1930 murder of Tom Reina, mob boss Joe Masseria tried to take control of Reina's gang by backing Pinzolo, a close supporter, as Reina's replacement. Pinzolo may have been responsible for Reina's killing, though the most widely-suspected culprit for that crime remains Vito Genovese. Pinzolo took charge of Reina's Bronx area ice distribution business Masseria ahead of top Reina gang members Tommy Gagliano and Tommy Lucchese. The two men felt Pinzolo had been promoted in order to secure the underworld interests of Masseria and not the former Reina followers. Pinzolo certainly did not help his own cause by being a most disagreeable man - the majority of his subordinates apparently grew to hate him with little time and effort. Charles "Lucky" Luciano once said of Pinzolo: As big a shit as Masseria was, he didn't hold a candle to Pinzolo. That guy was fatter, uglier and dirtier than Masseria was on the worst day when the old bastard didn't take a bath, which was most of the time. Bonanno crime family boss Joe Bonanno later revealed that Gagliano and Lucchese formed a splinter group within the family along with a several other key members, including Dominick "the Gap" Petrilli, a friend of Joe Valachi. Their festering resentment and personal distaste along with the general lawlessness unleashed by the Castellammarese War ultimately led to Pinzolo's murder. In September 1930, Pinzolo was lured to an office rented by Lucchese on Broadway in Manhattan, where Pinzolo was shot five times. The killer is reputed to have been Petrilli, Girolamo "Bobby Doyle" Santucci, or possibly Lucchese himself. Lucchese was indicted for the crime but the charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence. Masseria apparently attributed the killing to rival Castellammarese boss Salvatore Maranzano. The Pinzolo murder by the former Reina loyalists supports a long held theory by mafia historians that the Gagliano-Lucchese faction kept their alliance with the Maranzano forces even after the death of Reina while top crime family members such as Lucchese acted as a spy for the Maranzano faction by faking support for Masseria.
  • Bonaventura Pinzolo nasce a Serradifalco, un paese in provincia di Caltanissetta nel 1887. Ad inizio secolo nel 1906 all'eta' di 19 anni emigra a New York, dove si inserisce subito in una delle Cinque Famiglie di Cosa Nostra, diventando anno dopo anno sempre più importante. Nel febbraio 1930 con lo scoppio della guerra castellammarese, Gaetano Reina, apo di una delle cinque Famiglie, viene assassinato su ordine di Joe Masseria, per prendere il controllo della cosca e perché sospettato di fare il doppio gioco sostenendo segretamente Salvatore Maranzano. Al posto di Reina, Masseria impone un suo uomo di fiducia. L'uomo di fiducia di Masseria è proprio Pinzolo, che diventa il nuovo capo della cosca del Bronx composta da circa 200 uomini d'onore, rilevando i vari racket compreso il redditizio monopolio della distribuzione del ghiaccio. La posizione di Gaetano Gagliano e Gaetano Lucchese, fedelissimi di Reina viene notevolmente ridimensionata all'interno della Famiglia dallo stesso Pinzolo. Segretamente all'interno della cosca si forma una fazione ostile a Pinzolo, guidata da Gagliano e il suo fedelissimo Gaetano Lucchese, che segretamente sostengono sempre Maranzano. Il 5 settembre 1930 Bonaventura Pinzolo, viene invitato nell'ufficio di Lucchese a Broadway, Manhattan, dove viene assassinato con cinque colpi di pistola dai killer Girolamo Santuccio e Dominick Petrillo, con l'aiuto dello stesso Lucchese. Lucchese stesso fu accusato dalla polizia per l'omicidio, ma le accuse caddero per mancanza di prove. Masseria attribui l'omicidio al suo rivale castellammarese Maranzano, non sospettando del doppio gioco della fazione di Gagliano, che divenne cosi il capo della Famiglia. Pinzolo fu seppellito nel cimitero calvary del Queens, assieme alla moglie Carmela morta nel 1974 .
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  • Bonaventura "Joseph/Fat Joe" Pinzolo (1887 – September 5, 1930) was the head of the Lucchese crime family in New York City for a brief period during 1930. Following the February 1930 murder of Tom Reina, mob boss Joe Masseria tried to take control of Reina's gang by backing Pinzolo, a close supporter, as Reina's replacement. Pinzolo may have been responsible for Reina's killing, though the most widely-suspected culprit for that crime remains Vito Genovese.
  • Bonaventura Pinzolo nasce a Serradifalco, un paese in provincia di Caltanissetta nel 1887. Ad inizio secolo nel 1906 all'eta' di 19 anni emigra a New York, dove si inserisce subito in una delle Cinque Famiglie di Cosa Nostra, diventando anno dopo anno sempre più importante.
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