Detective Lt. Joseph Petrosiino (left), Inspector Carey and Inspector McCafferty escorting Mafia hitman (Tomaso Petto, second from left)Petrosino was born in, a town in southern Italy. Joseph was sent with a young cousin (Antonio Puppolo) to live with his grandfather in New York City. A streetcar accident took the life of the grandfather, and the two young cousins wound up in Orphans/Surrogates Court.
Rather than send the children to the orphanage, the judge took them home to his own family, and provided for the boys until relatives in Italy could be contacted and arrangements made to bring over family members. In consequence, Joseph Petrosino and his cousin Anthony Puppolo lived with a 'politically connected' Irish household for some time, and this opened up educational and employment avenues not always available to more recent immigrants, especially Italian ones. In 1874, the remainder of the Petrosino family immigrated to the United States.Petrosino married the widow Adelina Saulino (1869–1957), with whom he had a daughter, Adelina Petrosino Burke (1908–2004), who gave birth to Susan Burke. Burke represents the Petrosino family at functions honoring the fallen hero. Career On October 19, 1883, he joined the NYPD. He was the first Italian language speaker in the NYPD's history. At 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m), he had to get a waiver of the department's minimum height requirement.
He became friends with, who was a member of the council of police commissioners which governed the NYPD. Fluent in several Italian dialects, Petrosino was able to 'make' cases that other officers could not. His ability to solve crimes in the Italian community was such that whenever a serious crime took place in that area, his superiors would call out, 'Send for the Dago!' On July 20, 1895, Roosevelt promoted him to detective sergeant in charge of the department's Homicide Division. The pinnacle of his career came in December 1908 when he was promoted to lieutenant and placed in charge of the, an elite corps of Italian-American detectives assembled specifically to deal with the criminal activities of organizations like, which Petrosino saw as a shame upon decent Italians and Italian Americans.
Joe Petrosino, NYPD, Badge #285 The Black Hand and Enrico Caruso One notable case in Petrosino's stint with the Italian Squad involved the Italian tenor, who was performing at the in New York City. He was being extorted by gangsters who demanded money in exchange for his life. It was Petrosino, a lover of opera, who convinced Caruso to help him catch those behind the blackmail. Assassination of William McKinley A second notable case in Petrosino's stint with the Italian Squad was his infiltration of an Italian-based anarchist organization that was suspected of ties with the assassination in 1900. During his mission, he discovered evidence that the organization intended to assassinate President during his trip to. Petrosino warned the Secret Service, but McKinley ignored the warning, even after Roosevelt, who had by this time become Vice-President of the United States, vouched for Petrosino's abilities.
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McKinley was assassinated by during his visit to Buffalo's on September 6, 1901.Arrest of Cascio Ferro Petrosino's investigations into Mafia activities led him to, then a low ranking Black Hand affiliate. In 1903, Petrosino arrested him on suspicion of murder, but Cascio Ferro was acquitted. Ferro later returned to Sicily, where he progressed increasingly to the top rank of the Sicilian Mafia. Cascio Ferro was later suspected of Petrosino's murder.Petrosino also investigated the infamous ' case of 1903.Assassination. Paolo Palazzotto (Joe Petrosino's killer)In 1909, Petrosino made plans to travel to on a secret mission.
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Petrosino was armed with a long list of known Italian criminals who had taken up residence in the United States, and intended to get enough evidence of their criminal pasts to throw them out of the country once and for all. However, Police Commissioner of New York, gave the story of Petrosino's mission to a New York newspaper while Petrosino was abroad. On March 12, 1909, after arriving in Palermo, Petrosino was invited to a rendezvous in the city's in order to receive information about the Mafia. While waiting for his 'informant', Petrosino was shot to death.The day after Petrosino's shooting, the detective's Italian Branch received an anonymous letter stating that the New York had arranged the murder. The letter named members of the: Joe Morello, Giuseppe Fontana, Ignazio Milone,. Cascio Ferro worked with these men during his three-year tenure in New York, so their involvement is possible, but 'We will probably never know for sure whether or not the letter was a hoax.' Vito Cascio Ferro was arrested for Petrosino's murder, but was released after an associate provided an alibi.
Allegedly, he later (when convicted for murder) claimed that he had personally killed once 'a gallant man, not an enemy.' Joe Petrosino's uniform, at Joe Petrosino's House & Museum, in.Funeral rites for Petrosino were performed in Palermo, after which his body was sent to New York aboard the English S/S Slavonia, arriving April 9. On April 12, 1909, funeral rites were again conducted in Old St. Patrick's (Manhattan) or, with over 200,000 people taking part in the funeral procession. New York City declared the day of his burial a holiday to allow its citizens to pay their respects. A pillar topped with an elaborate bust, inaugurated a year after his death, marks his gravesite in, New York,. Multiple are also buried there, including members of the which he investigated, (e.g., (1877–1947), and the Terranova brothers (who rest in bare graves).
Aftermath On July 17, 1909, Baldassare Ceola was relieved of his position as the police commissioner of Palermo and, on the same day, stepped down as police commissioner of New York.Petrosino's widow (b. 1869) died in 1957. In memoriam.
Small memorial, Piazza Marina, Palermo. In 1987, the name of a small triangular park in lower Manhattan was changed from Kenmare Square to in his honor.
It is bounded by Cleveland Place and and Kenmare Streets, two blocks north of the old police headquarters at, at the juncture of the, and neighborhoods.There is also an exhibit dedicated to Petrosino in the Italian American Museum, located at 155 Mulberry Street in Manhattan's Little Italy. The exhibit pays tribute to the Lieutenant Detective by displaying unique memorabilia documenting his career. It includes photographs, a vintage 45 LP record, an original Black Hand letter, as well as both artwork and a comic book about his life. A plaster cast from the original 2014 bronze relief in Petrosino Square, was donated to the museum by its creator, artist Carter Jones. On March 12, 2003, a small memorial (an engraved brass plate on a pole) was erected on Piazza Marina, Palermo, in Petrosino's remembrance.
The (in Italian: Joe Petrosino Prize) was so named in his honor. In 2010, the Italian Post released a postage stamp to commemorate his 150th birthday.
The stamp features Petrosino's picture with the and the in the background. As of March 2013, its.85 Euro denomination is the correct one for postcards to the U.S.In popular culture In film. Three biographical films have been made of Petrosino's life, including: 's The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino (1912); (1960), starring; and (1973), starring. The character of Lieutenant Louis Lorelli in (1950), starring, is loosely modeled on Petrosino. has announced a movie with as Joe Petrosino.In literature. British novelist has written two novels based on Petrosino's career with the: No Place to Be a Cop (1974) and Kill Petrosino! (1975).
Petrosino appears in Laurie Fabiano's immigrant novel, Elizabeth Street (2010). The January/February 2010 issue of 7,000-word article 'Petrosino vs. The Black Hand', written by novelist/screenwriter. The article has since been purchased by the FX Channel/Fox 21 Studios for a 10-hour limited series, with Dalessandro and as writers and executive producers, along with producer. In 's collection of his feature articles from the Thirties, Petrosino appears as 'Louis Sittenberg, the famous New York detective who was killed on a trip to Italy to bring back a Black Hand agent.'
Whether Mitchell's informant was confused or Mitchell changed Petrosino's name for some reason is not known. In 2017, American journalist wrote, a non-fiction book based on Petrosino's life and career. Also translated into Italian, it is the basis for an upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio film.In television. Petrosino's story is discussed in the two-hour program Godfathers, which features commentary concerning his life by, former governor of New York, and, former police commissioner of New York City.
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