Caged Wolves Timeline

CAGED WOLVES TIMELINE Part 3
Yr	Mo	Day	Person(s)	Event	Source
1920	1	2	Giuseppe Morello, Ignazio Lupo	U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta: Giuseppe Morello, 53, to U.S. 1899, tailor; Ignazio Lupo, 52, to U.S. 1900, cook; Giuseppe Calicchio, 68, to U.S. 1916, nurse; Giuseppe Palermo, 58, to U.S. 1888, naturalized 1904, tailor; Antonio Cecala, 45, to U.S. 1892, no occupation.	U.S. Census
1920	1	5	Joseph Catania	#2251 Hughes Ave. Bronx NY (rented house): Antonio Catania, 46, to U.S. 1900, bakery proprietor; wife Frances, 39; son James, 19, to U.S. 1902, bank cashier; son Joseph, 18, to U.S. 1903, baker; son Andrew, 15, printer; daughter Isadora, 12; son Ciro, 9; daughter Anna, 6; daughter Antonette, 1 yr 2 mos; mother Anna, 64; mother-in-law Rose Lascala, 72. Also Rosario Lascala, 35, chicken market proprietor; wife Rose, 30; son Salvatore, 14; daughter Prudence, 13; son Calorge, 9' daughter Anna, 7. Catanias are in-laws to the Terranovas.	U.S. Census
1920	3	18	Giuseppe Morello	Morello was released upon expiration of his sentence.	NARA-2882
1920	4	8	Giuseppe Calicchio	Board of Parole decided to grant parole to Calicchio.	NARA-2881
1920	4	11	Giuseppe Calicchio	Calicchio released from Atlanta prison on parole. Calicchio moved into 243 Mulberry Street and took a job at a tailor shop owned by Salvatore Corallo at 389 Broome St. He later went to work for Luigi Leone, grocer, and moved to 2379 Second Ave.	NARA-2881
1920	4	17	Antonio Cecala	Cecala was discharged upon the completion of his sentence. Sentence was reduce by good behavior time and extended 30 days because Cecala was unable to pay the $1,000 fine.	NARA-2886
1920	5	6	Vincenzo Terranova	Terranova filed Petition for Naturalization with the New York State Supreme Court. His address was 338 E. 116th Street. He worked as a merchant. He and his wife Biaggia had two children - Angelina and Giuseppe.	Vincenzo Terranova Petition for Naturalization no. 195297.
1920	6	15	Giuseppe Palermo	Report of prison physician noted that Palermo had suffered paralysis of his left side and became a patient in the hospital. Doctor said he required constant medical care.	NARA-2884
1920	6	17	Giuseppe Calicchio	Assistant Pardon Attorney Robert H. Turner sends warrant to the warden of Atlanta prison commuting Calicchio's sentence to expire at once.	NARA-2881
1920	6	19	Giuseppe Calicchio	Atlanta Prison warden received notice of the commutation of Giuseppe Calicchio's sentence. Calicchio already released on parole. Calicchio discharged from parole this date.	NARA-2881
1920	6	30	Ignazio Lupo	Released on parole from Atlanta Federal Prison	NARA-2883
1920	8	6	Vincenzo Terranova	The Chief Naturalization Examiner denied Terranova's Petition for Naturalization noting, "Said petitioner was found to be of not good moral character."	Vincenzo Terranova Petition for Naturalization no. 195297.
1920	8	7	Giuseppe Palermo	President commuted the remainder of Palermo's sentence and ordered him released.	NARA-2884
1920	8	8	Giuseppe Palermo	Palermo released from Atlanta prison. He became a resident of 245 Elizabeth St., address of his nephew Frank A. Minore.	NARA-2884
1920	12	7	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo filed an application for executive clemency, seeking a pardon or commutation in order to end his parole.	NARA-2883
1921	3	4	Warren Harding	Inaugurated as U.S. President.
1921	8	6	Ignazio Lupo	Petition bearing more than 60 signatures urged Senator William Calder to help Lupo obtain a full pardon.	NARA-2883
1921	10	5	Ignazio Lupo	Parole officer Louis Miller of Brooklyn wrote to President Warren Harding to request a "conditional pardon," limited to six months, that would allow Lupo to travel abroad. Miller noted that Lupo needed to go to Italy to settle his father's estate.	NARA-2883
1921	10	10	Ignazio Lupo	Attorney General Daugherty wrote the President to advise that there was no precedent for a pardon limited to a period of time and to suggest a commutation of sentence conditional on Lupo's behaving in a lawful manner.	NARA-2883
1921	10	29	Ignazio Lupo	President Warren Harding granted a conditional commutation of the remainder of Lupo's prison sentence so that Lupo could travel abroad.	NARA-2883
1921	11	5	Ignazio Lupo	Received warrant of sentence commutation.	NARA-2883
1921	11		Ignazio Lupo	Lupo departed from New York for Italy.	NARA-2883
1922	5	13	Ignazio Lupo	Detained upon his return from Italy aboard the S.S. Dante Alighieri. Cause of detention was previous conviction of crime.	Ship manifest
1922	5	25	Ignazio Lupo	Released by federal authorities.	Ship manifest
1923	8	2	Calvin Coolidge	Became U.S. President upon the death of Warren Harding.
1925	8	31	Ignazio Lupo	Returned from trip to Italy aboard the S.S. Conte Verde. Manifest mentioned Lupo's sister Ignazia, 44 Via Cupa, Palermo. Lupo's own address given as 338 E. 116th St., NYC. He is 5'7" tall, brown hair and eyes, no scars.	Ship manifest
1926	3	16	Anthony Paretti, Nicholas Terranova, Charles Ubriaco	A fugitive in Europe for much of the decade since participating in the 1916 murders of Terranova and Ubriaco, Paretti/Perretti surrendered himself at Kings County Court.	" 'Shoemaker,' fugitive for 10 years, surrenders," NYT 03-17-1926 p. 3.
1926	6	29	Anthony Paretti, Nicholas Terranova, Charles Ubriaco	Early in Paretti's trial for the 1916 Terranova and Ubriaco killings, witnesses became forgetful. One witness Alphonse Sgroi said Paretti gave descriptions of the victims to Camorra gunmen before the attack.	"Murder witnesses suddenly silent," NYT 06-30-1926, p. 7.
1926	11	18	Anthony Paretti	Attorney Robert H. Elder filed an appeal on behalf of his client Paretti, who was sentenced to death for participating in the 1916 murders of Nicholas Terranova and Charles Ubriaco.	"Parretti appeals death decree," NYT 11-19-1926 p. 12.
1926	12	4	Giuseppe Morello	The earliest possible release date according to Morello's original sentence.	NARA-2882
1927	2	17	Anthony Paretti, Nicholas Terranova, Charles Ubriaco	Paretti was executed in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair. He had been convicted of killing Charles Ubriaco.	"Slayers die in chair at Sing Sing Prison," Elyria OH Chronicle Telegram, 02-18-1927 p. 10.
1928	12	23	Allessandro Vollero	Vollero, 40, participated in a Sing Sing Prison test of a "gastro-camera" designed by Franz Gerard of Austria. Vollero was selected for the test because he recently had surgery for a gastric ulcer. He had to swallow the camera attached to a long rubber tube.	"Gastro-camera of great avail in treating cancer," Helena MT Daily Independent, 12-24-1928.
1929	3	4	Herbert Hoover	Inaugurated as U.S. President.
1930			Allessandro Vollero	Vollero, 41, remains an inmate of Sing Sing.	U.S. Census
1930	4	4	Ignazio Lupo	U.S. Census reported Lupo living at 261 Avenue P. Brooklyn (private home valued at $35,000) with wife Salvatrice, 48; daughter Onofria, 24; daughter Angelina, 22; son Rocco, 20; daughter Josephine, 8; and "son" Gene, 6. Home valued at $35,000 has a maid, Alice Decker, 42. Lupo works with his son as a fruit wholesaler.	U.S. Census
1930	4	11	Giuseppe Morello	#1119 Arcadian Way, Palisade District, Fort Lee, NJ (private home valued at $40,000): Joseph Morello, 61, married at age 37, to U.S. 1892, lathing contractor; wife Lena, 45, married at age 19, to U.S. 1906; daughter Angelina (crossed out); daughter Carmela, 21; son Charles, 5; daughter Geraldine, 5; servant Pauline Thomas, 23, to U.S. 1930.	U.S. Census
1930	4	18	Ciro Terranova	#989 Peace Street, Pelham Manor, NY (private home valued at $50,000: Ciro Terranova, 40, married at age 20, to U.S. 1892, naturalized, artichoke importer; wife Tessie, 37, married at age 17, to U.S. 1902, naturalized; daughter Angie, 17; daughter Angelie, 16; son Vernon, 14; daughter Josephine, 12; daughter Anna, 12; son Vincent, 9; daughter Norma, 6; daughter Bessie, 2; chauffeur William Quarioz, 30, from Spain in 1920; maid Margaret, 24.	U.S. Census
1930	8	15	Giuseppe Morello, Joseph Perrano, Gaspar Pollaro	Two gunmen killed Morello and Perrano/Perranio, 26, and seriously wounded Pollaro. The attack occurred at 3:50 p.m. at Morello's second floor office within 352 E. 116th Street, a building Morello owned (four-story building near Second Avenue - ground floor occupied by Sassone Realty Company, third floor is home of Mrs. Mary Lima - Morello's sister.) 15 shots were fired. Five hit Morello, two Perrano and one Pollaro. Perrano had a passport and a ticket to Italy in his pocket.	"Harlem racket gang murders two in raid," NYT 08-16-1930 p. 1; "Three racketeers are shot to death," Olean NY Evening Times, 08-16-1930 p. 1..
1930	8	16	Giuseppe Morello	While Morello's remains lay unclaimed at the Bellevue morgue, detectives tracked a car license plate number that might have belonged to Morello's assassins.	"Car clue in Morello case," NYT 08-17-1930 p. 27.
1931	2	4	Joseph Catania	"Joe the Baker" Catania died at Fordham Hospital of multiple gunshot wounds - throat, lungs. He was an in-law of the Terranovas. (Ciro Terranova's wife was Tessie Catania.)	City of New York Death Certificate reg. no. 1453.
1931	8	27	Ignazio Lupo	Arrested in Manhattan by NYPD Detectives Fitzsimmons and Blake for homicide.	NARA-2883
1931	8	31	Ignazio Lupo	Discharged from homicide court by Magistrate Maguire.	NARA-2883
1933	3	4	Franklin Roosevelt	Inaugurated as U.S. President.
1934	12	19	Martin Littleton, Ciro Terranova	Attorney Martin W. Littleton Sr., 62, died at his Long Island home after a week-long illness. Extremely successful as defense attorney, had defended Ciro Terranova in 1918 murder trial.	"M.W. Littleton Sr., lawyer, dies at 62," NYT 12-20-1934 p. 1.
1935	2	20	Giuseppe Morello	The latest possible release date according to Morello's original sentence.	NARA-2882
1935	7	16	Ignazio Lupo	Arrested in Brooklyn by NYPD Detectives Shields and Hanson on a warrant for conspiracy. NYPD also arrested Vincenzo Piazza.	NARA-2883
1935	11	12	Ignazio Lupo	Discharged from special sessions court by Judge Hackenburg.	NARA-2883
1936	5	7	Ignazio Lupo	Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York wrote to the President asking that the conditional commutation of Lupo's sentence be revoked: "Some months ago I received a handwritten letter from an Italian woman who operates a small Italian bread bakery in Brooklyn. In her letter she stated that Lupo, the Wolf, was intimidating her and other Italian people engaged in the bakery business."	NARA-204, NARA-2883
1936	7	10	Ignazio Lupo	President Franklin Roosevelt found Lupo in violation of the commutation conditions and ordered U.S. Marshals to deliver Lupo to Atlanta Federal Prison to serve out the remainder of his counterfeiting sentence, calculated at 7,174 days.	NARA-2883, NARA-204.
1936	7	11	Ignazio Lupo	Attorney general wrote to NY Gov. Herbert H. Lehman: "The President, on July 10, 1936, revoked the conditional commutation granted by President Harding on October 29, 1921. The warrant of revocation has today been forwarded to the United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York for service. It is anticipated that Lupo will be promptly apprehended and committed to the Atlanta Penitentiary to serve out the unexpired portion of his thirty year sentence."	NARA-204
1936	7	14	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo was recommitted to jail.	NARA-2883
1936	7	15	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo was returned to Atlanta Prison as violator of conditional commutation.	NARA-2883
1936	7	16	Ignazio Lupo	Atlanta Prison records clerk requested updated arrest records for Lupo.	NARA-2883
1936	7	18	Ignazio Lupo, Salvatrice Lupo	Salvatrice Lupo retained attorney Francis X. Mancuso to represent her husband.	NARA-2883
1936	7	21	Ignazio Lupo	NYPD Chief Inspector provided Atlanta Prison records clerk with information on Lupo's arrests in 1931 and 1935.	NARA-2883
1936	7	27	Ignazio Lupo	Prison health examination of Lupo found him "a senile, obese, but well developed white man, 60 years of age, with six missing teeth, systolic murmur, and varicose veins both legs."	NARA-2883
1936	7	28	Ignazio Lupo, Salvatrice Lupo	Salvatrice wrote to Atlanta Prison asking for investigation of charges against her husband and noting that the family is destitute and in danger of losing their home, 261 Ave. P, Brooklyn. There was a $10,000 mortgage on the home.	NARA-2883
1936	7	29	Ignazio Lupo, John Lupo	John Lupo wrote to Atlanta Prison providing background information on his brother Ignazio.	NARA-2883
1936	8	6	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo began work in the prison tailor shop.	NARA-2883
1936	8	21	Ignazio Lupo	Department of Justice Board of Parole issues warrant for return of Lupo to Atlanta Prison.	NARA-2883
1936	8	21	Ignazio Lupo	Parole Executive Ray Huff asks Atlanta Prison to list Lupo for a hearing as a parole violator at the soonest possible date.	NARA-2883
1936	8	31	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo made statement regarding his alleged parole violation.	NARA-2883
1936	9	24	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo was reprimanded and warned after speaking to his visitor, son-in-law G. Fatta, in Italian, in violation of prison regulations.	NARA-2883
1936	9		Ignazio Lupo	Board of Parole's September meeting agenda included hearing on Lupo matter.	NARA-2883
1936	10	12	Ignazio Lupo	Parole is formally revoked.	NARA-2883
1936	10	26	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo was reprimanded and warned because he "drags in line in corridor."	NARA-2883
1937	4	2	Ignazio Lupo	U.S. District Judge E. Marvin Underwood discharged writ of habeas corpus filed on Lupo's behalf, leaving Lupo in Atlanta prison.	NARA-2883
1937	4	20	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo began receiving pay for tailor shop work.	NARA-2883
1937	6	28	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo's efforts to win release on bail during his appeal process were defeated by a decision of Judge Rufus E. Foster, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, New Orleans, LA.	NARA-2883
1938	5	19	Ignazio Lupo	Acting Parole Executive Ruby Carr advises Atlanta Prison that Lupo's request for parole in order to be deported to Italy cannot be granted.	NARA-2883
1938	6	21	Ignazio Lupo	Immigration and Naturalization Service requested copies of Lupo photograph from Atlanta prison for use in deportation proceedings.	NARA-2883
1938	8	27	Ignazio Lupo	Immigration and Naturalization Service canceled deportation proceedings aganst Lupo.	NARA-2883
1940	2	20	Ignazio Lupo	Original expiration date of Lupo's 30-year counterfeiting sentence.	NARA-2883
1940	12	16	Ignazio Lupo	Classification report indicated that Lupo was employed as sewing machine operator. "His attitude in regard to his work is good."	NARA-2883
1941	6	27	Ignazio Lupo	Special progress report noted Lupo's work performance and good behavior and recommended additional "good time" (a fifth day per month) award.	NARA-2883
1941	12	8	Franklin Roosevelt	U.S. entered WWII by declaring that a state of war exists with Japan following the Pearl Harbor bombing.
1941	12	11	Franklin Roosevelt	U.S. acknowledged state of war against Germany and Italy.
1942	3	19	Ignazio Lupo	Lupo wrote to Attorney General Francis Biddle of the Roosevelt Administration, recalling Biddle recently presenting him with the prison's Award of Merit, and asking Biddle to help free him.	NARA-2883
1942	3	26	Ignazio Lupo	Pardon Attorney Daniel M. Lyons wrote to Atlanta Prison to advise Lupo: "…in view of his record the [Justice] Department does not contemplate presenting his case to the President again."	NARA-2883
1945	4	12	Harry Truman	Became U.S. President upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt.
1945	4	25	Ignazio Lupo	Prison report stated that Lupo completed his sentence.	NARA-2883
1945	5	26	Ignazio Lupo	Prison report stated that Lupo completed an extra 30-day sentence for non-payment of the $1,000 fine imposed as part of his counterfeiting sentence.	NARA-2883
1946	7	11	Ignazio Lupo	Attorney William P. Ryan argued that Lupo had served all of his term in prison and should be released.	NARA-2883
1946	7	15	Ignazio Lupo	Atlanta Prison Warden Joseph W. Sanford wrote to Parole Board asking that Lupo be released. Sanford argued that Lupo could not be treated as a parole violator since he was removed from parole by presidential commutation and was not subject to parole board regulations at the time of his rearrest.	NARA-2883
1946	12	6	Ignazio Lupo	Atlanta Prison Warden Sanford wrote to Parole Office asking about Lupo's possible release. "Subject is becoming more senile and chief medical officer feels he should be transferred to Springfield for domiciliary care."	NARA-2883
1946	12	18	Ignazio Lupo	Attorney A.E. Gottshall stated in written opinion that Lupo was entitled to a good time allowance of one-third off his original 30-year sentence. "Having already served actual imprisonment of approximately 20 years and 9 months he should be entitled to immediate release..."	NARA-2883
1946	12	21	Ignazio Lupo	Discharged from Atlanta Prison upon expiration of sentence.	NARA-2883
1947	1	13	Ignazio Lupo	Death of Lupo.
1953	1	20	Dwight Eisenhower	Inaugurated as U.S. President.
1956	3	4	Ignazio Lupo	Expiration date of Lupo's full restored sentence after commutation was revoked.	NARA-2883
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AC		: Atlanta Constitution.
BDE		: Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
NARA-204		: Pardon Case files, RG 204, Box 956, File 36-638, National Archives.
NARA-2879		: Prisoner file of Salvatore Cina, Atlanta Federal Prison, National Archives.
NARA-2880		: Prisoner file of Vincenzo Giglio, Atlanta Federal Prison, National Archives.
NARA-2881		: Prisoner file of Giuseppe Calicchio, Atlanta Federal Prison, National Archives.
NARA-2882		: Prisoner file of Giuseppe Morello, Atlanta Federal Prison, National Archives.
NARA-2883		: Prisoner file of Ignazio Lupo, Atlanta Federal Prison, National Archives.
NARA-2884		: Prisoner file of Giuseppe Palermo, Atlanta Federal Prison, National Archives.
NARA-2885		: Prisoner file of Nicholas Sylvester, Atlanta Federal Prison, National Archives.
NARA-2886		: Prisoner file of Antonio Cecala, Atlanta Federal Prison, National Archives.
NYT		: New York Times.
Petacco		: Petacco, Arrigo, translated by Charles Lam Markmann, Joe Petrosino, New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1974.
WF Notes		: Daily reports of the New York Secret Service office written by William Flynn.
WP		: Washington Post
WWI reg.		: Draft registration cards for World War I.