Albert Anastasia  Umberto "Albert" Anastasia (; ; "né" Anastasio; ; September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was an Italian-American mobster, hitman and crime lord. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia and the founder and boss of Murder, Inc., Anastasia was boss of what became the modern Gambino crime family. He was also in control of the New York waterfront for most of his criminal career, including the dockworker unions. He was murdered on October 25, 1957, on the orders of Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino; Gambino subsequently became boss of the family. Anastasia was one of the most ruthless and feared organized crime figures in American history; his reputation earned him the nicknames "The One-Man Army", "Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner". Anastasia was born Umberto Anastasio on September 26, 1902, in Parghelia, Calabria, Italy to Bartolomeo Anastasio and Marianna Polistena. Anastasia's father was a railway worker who died after World War I, leaving behind nine children. Albert had seven brothers, Raffaele, Frank, Anthony, Joseph, Gerardo, Luigi; who immigrated in Australia, and Salvatore Anastasio, and a sister; Maria. In 1919, Anastasia with his brothers Joseph, Anthony, and Gerardo arrived in New York City, working on a freighter. Deserting the ship, the brothers illegally entered the United States. The boys soon started working as longshoremen on the Brooklyn waterfront. His family name was "Anastasio", but Albert started using "Anastasia" in 1921. On March 17, 1921, Anastasia was convicted of murdering longshoreman George Turino as the result of a quarrel. He was sentenced to death and sent to Sing Sing State Prison in Ossining, New York to await execution. Due to a legal technicality, however, Anastasia won a retrial in 1922. Because four of the original prosecution witnesses had disappeared in the meantime, Anastasia was released from custody. The following year, on June 6, 1923, Anastasia was convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years in city prison. In 1937, Anastasia married Elsa Bargnesi and they had two sons, Umberto and Richard; and two daughters, Joyana and Gloriana.