Organized Crime Figure. He was a Mafia Blackhand Leader in New York City whom attempted to extort $15,000 from opera star Enrico Caruso in 1910. Cincotta was arrested when he went to pick up the extortion money at a drop in Brooklyn. He was convicted of extortion and sent to prison until December 1914. Cincotta was shot and killed in front of 23 Union Street, Brooklyn in 1915.
Organized Crime Figure. He was a Mafia Blackhand Leader in New York City whom attempted to extort $15,000 from opera star Enrico Caruso in 1910. Cincotta was arrested when he went to pick up the extortion money at a drop in Brooklyn. He was convicted of extortion and sent to prison until December 1914. Cincotta was shot and killed in front of 23 Union Street, Brooklyn in 1915.
Bio by: Bill Heneage
Inscription
IN MEMORIA DI
ANTONINO CINCOTTA
NATO 27 NOV. 1875
MORTO 15 FEB. 1915
LA MOGLIE INCONSOLABILE
PONE
ROSALIA CINCOTTA
NATA 2 NOV. 1883
MORTA 4 NOV. 1918
RIPOSO IN PACE / A.CINCOTTA
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