Which "boss of bosses" Mafia member was behind the murder of New York City police sergeant Joseph Petrosino?
Vito Cascioferro Vito Cascioferro or Vito Cascio Ferro (January 22, 1862 – September 20, 1943), also known as Don Vito, was a prominent member of the Sicilian Mafia. He also operated for several years in the United States. He is often depicted as the "boss of bosses", although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of Cosa Nostra in Sicily.
Carlos Marcello Carlos Marcello, also known as The Godfather and "The Little Man" Marcello (February 6, 1910 – March 2, 1993), was a Sicilian-American mafioso who became the boss of the New Orleans crime family during the 1940s and held this position for the next thirty years.