Giuseppe “the Clutch Hand” Morello. He was the first boss of the Morello Gang which is the predecessor of the Genovese crime family, the oldest of the Five Families in New York City. He had a deformed right hand with only one finger, resembling a claw. 1902. [900×622]

The Morello family would frequently employ the notorious barrel murder system, dumping dismembered corpses into large wood barrels. The barrels would then be thrown into the sea, left on a random street corner, abandoned in a back alley or shipped to nonexistent addresses in another city.