That's not Amore

Police Sergeant John Ferretti was walking in New York City's Little Italy just before midnight on August 7, 1934 when he heard a number of shots. Drawing his gun, he ran about block and came upon the body of Anthony Martino. Supposedly Martino was walking when a sedan pulled up and a number of men leaned out and opened fire. Six shots hit Martino and dropped to the sidewalk dead.

A fingerprint search revealed that Martino was in fact notorious Philadelphia gangster Anthony "Musky" Zanghi. The dead man was said to have been the king of crime in Philly's tenderloin district. He survived an attempt in 1927 that resulted in his brother's death along with another confederate. Another attempt was made in 1932 while he was driving his car.

In the prior eighteen months he was supposedly going straight, having got married and opened a fruit business. It was ascertained why he was in New York City but the assumption was that he was hiding out from Philadelphia gangsters who still wanted him dead.

Anthony Musky Zanghi