One article on the shooting claimed that Katherine Domino, 29-year old wife and mother of two, was a native Italian with a “fiery Latin temperament” who only spoke broken English.
Who shot Frank Domino?
The bootlegging Pugliano family of West Springfield, Massachusetts
The father of two notorious gangsters from West Springfield, Massachusetts, was a co-founder of the Monte Carlo Cafe, and a prolific Prohibition-era bootlegger.
Sugar House Blues
The DiGiovanni brothers of Kansas City, MO got their introduction to the black market in sugar before Prohibition began.
The Passantino brothers of Kansas City
One of the best-known Italian families in the North Side of Kansas City were the Passantino brothers, who owned a large funeral home on Independence Blvd. The eldest of the brothers was Rosario “Rosie” Passantino. Rosie was a security bondsman with a near-monopoly on bail bonds in Kansas City. Dead or alive, you could count on the Passantino brothers to take care of you.
Yeast baron Antonio Cecala
Yeast was of vital importance to organized crime during Prohibition, since it was an essential ingredient for the commercial production of alcohol.
Capone comes swinging
After the Valentine’s Day Massacre, three of Al Capone’s top men were found dead. Legend has it that Capone beat them himself with a baseball bat.
Nick and Carlo Licata of Detroit and Los Angeles
According to the legend, Nick Licata’s comfortable position in Detroit was pulled out from under him when he somehow offended Joseph Zerilli, one of the most powerful gangsters in the city.
Tony Loves Nancy
When Joseph Parisi was in jail in Springfield in the early months of 1923, he shared a cell with Eugenio Scibelli, recently captured in Jersey City, New Jersey, and wanted in the shooting death of Antonio Bonavita in Springfield in December 1920. Bonavita was a shoemaker who did business on Water Street, the main thoroughfare of Springfield’s Little Italy. According to Bonavita’s granddaughter, who wrote about her family in 2017, the shoemaker was also a bootlegger and a rising star in the criminal firmament.
Where Buster from Chicago was born
The identity of the Maranzano contract killer known as “Buster from Chicago” has been debated for years.
Stonewall and the Mafia [Video]
The targets of the protest were corrupt police and the Mafia who paid them. Hear the whole story from a trans activist and Mafia historian, Justin Cascio.
