Stefano LaSalle
Named by Valachi in 1963 as the Lucchese family's underboss. The New York police witness said the department went along with that rating while having very little information on him.
- Aliases
- Steve LaSalle
- Family
- Lucchese family (testimony, 1963)
- Role
- Underboss under Lucchese, as Valachi agreed with counsel (testimony, 1963)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 8 October 1963 — Counsel (printed p. 246): "And his underboss is Steve LaSalle?" Valachi: "Yes, sir." Testimony, confirming counsel's question.
- 8 October 1963 — Shanley (printed p. 279): "we go along with this rating of LaSalle as an underboss," adding "although we have very little information on him." Testimony.
No opened record gives his birth or death.
Records
itemOrganized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Part 1 (September 25 to October 9, 1963)The first printed volume of the 1963 Senate hearings: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's opening testimony, Joseph Valachi's public testimony, New York police witnesses, Exhibit 8 and Charts A to E.
itemExhibit No. 8: "Masseria-Maranzano War and Evolution of Gang Control—1930 to Present"Staff fold-out chart presented on October 1, 1963: the 1930 to 1931 war in three key-coded groups and the lines of succession drawn from it to five 1963 bosses. Several name boxes are illegible in the scan.