As trouble between Joe Masseria and the Brooklyn Castellamarese Mafia began in 1930, Reina's organization was divided. Reina outwardly sided with Masseria but his sympathies were with the Castellamarese. Reina's Feb. 26, 1930, assassination, probably by Masseria men, caused Gagliano, Lucchese and much of their organization to side with the Castellamarese.
Gagliano and Lucchese appear to have cooperated on the 1930 assassination of Joe Pinzolo, a Masseria puppet installed as Family leader after Reina's death.
Gagliano was officially made boss of the old Reina group after the war ended in 1931. Lucchese served as his underboss until Gagliano died of natural causes in 1951. (The date of Gagliano's death is not certain.)
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