In 1928 a feud broke out between the Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano crime families. Lucky Luciano and the Castellammarese War But Luciano chafed against Masseria, a traditional mob leader who spoke little English and harbored prejudices that got in the way of profits. He ran bootlegging rackets with Lansky and Bugsy Siegel, and by 1927 had been appointed the top lieutenant of Gieuseppi “Joe the Boss” Masseria, head of New York’s largest crime family. The nickname has also been attributed to gambling luck, or to a simple mispronunciation of his last name.īy 1916 he was a leading member of the Five Points Gang and a friend of the rising Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky. When he was 10 his family immigrated to New York, where by age 14 Luciano had racked up a record of arrests.ĭid you know? Gangster Charles Luciano told various stories about how he got his nickname "Lucky.” Most involved escapes from murderous attacks, like one in 1929 that gave him his scarred chin and drooping right eye. Luciano was born Salvatore Luciana in 1897 in the Sicilian sulfur mining town of Lercara Friddi.
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