Editing Salvatore Maranzano (section)

=== Castellammarese War ===
To protect the criminal empire that Maranzano had built up, he declared war on his rival [[Joe Masseria]], the [[Capo dei capi|boss of all bosses]], in 1930, starting the [[Castellammarese War]].<ref name=fivefamilies/> In early 1931, [[Lucky Luciano]] decided to eliminate his boss, Masseria. In a secret deal with Maranzano, Luciano agreed to engineer Masseria's death in return for receiving Masseria's [[racket (crime)|racket]]s and becoming Maranzano's second-in-command.<ref name=fivefamilies/> On April 15, Luciano invited Masseria and two other associates to lunch in a [[Coney Island]] restaurant. After finishing their meal, the mobsters decided to play cards. At that point, according to mob legend, Luciano went to the bathroom. Four gunmen – [[Vito Genovese]], [[Albert Anastasia]], [[Joe Adonis]] and [[Bugsy Siegel|Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel]] – then walked into the dining room and shot and killed Masseria.<ref name=MafEnc /> With Maranzano's blessing, Luciano took over Masseria's gang and became Maranzano's lieutenant.<ref name=fivefamilies/>