Stephen Ferrigno
Killed by shotgun fire on Pelham Parkway in the Bronx on November 5, 1930, with Manfredi (Alfred) Mineo, according to the New York police record read into the 1963 Senate hearings. Valachi testified that he had watched Ferrigno's apartment for the Gagliano-Maranzano side.
- Died
- 1930-11-05
- Aliases
- Steve Ferrigno, Samuel Ferraro, Funnuci, Fennuci
- Role
- One of "two bosses" on the Masseria side, in Valachi's words (testimony, 1963)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 5 November 1930 — New York police record, read by Sgt. Ralph Salerno on 1 October 1963 (printed p. 178): "On November 5, 1930, at 2:45 p.m., Stephen Ferrigno, also known as Samuel Ferraro and Funnuci and Manfredi Maineo, while leaving Ferrigno's apartment at 75 Pelham Parkway in Bronx County was fatally shot by shotgun fire by persons unknown who were occupying apartment C-1 at 760 Pelham Parkway South." Three guns were recovered. Police record, read aloud.
- 1 October 1963 — Valachi testified (printed pp. 168–173) that he watched the apartment of the man he knew as "Fennuci," saw Masseria at the building, and was away when others shot "these two, which were two bosses. They were just as important as Masseria was." He gave the place as "750 Pelham Parkway." He named Bobby Doyle, "Buster" and Nick Capuzzi as the gunmen (printed p. 178). Testimony.
The police sentence runs Ferrigno’s and Mineo’s names together; counsel’s next question treats them as two men, and so does this archive. The aliases are those of the printed police record and of Valachi’s testimony (“Fennuci”). The record gives three street numbers, 75, 750 and 760 Pelham Parkway; they are given as printed. No record opened gives his birth date.
The role line is Valachi’s phrase and is not a finding.
Records
itemHearing of October 1, 1963, pp. 174–179: Sgt. Ralph Salerno reads the police records of the 1930 killings of Reina, Morello, Pinzolo, Ferrigno and MineoA New York police sergeant read into the record the department's entries on five killings of 1930, with the time and street of each: Reina at 1522 Sheridan Avenue, Morello at 362 East 116th Street, Pinzolo in the Brokaw Building, and Ferrigno and Mineo on Pelham Parkway. Every case was still open in 1963.
itemHearing of October 1, 1963, pp. 168–174: the watch on Steve Ferrigno's apartment at Pelham Parkway and the killing of Ferrigno and Alfred MineoValachi described renting an apartment across from Steve Ferrigno's on Pelham Parkway in the Bronx, seeing Masseria at the building, and the shooting of Ferrigno and Mineo, which he said happened while he was away. He gave the place as "750 Pelham Parkway." Testimony, not a finding.
itemHearing of October 2, 1963, pp. 207–209: Senator Mundt asks how long the "undeclared" and "declared" war lastedQuestioned by Senator Karl Mundt, Valachi said the undeclared war lasted "a couple of months" and the declared war "about 8 months, 8 or 9 months," and that members spoke of having been "away 14 months." His own figures, which he said he never checked.