![]() ![]() Instead, Luciano established the Commission to lead the Mafia, with a goal of quietly maintaining his own power over all the families, while preventing future gang wars the bosses approved the idea of the Commission. Although there would have been few objections had Luciano declared himself capo di tutti i capi, he abolished the title, believing the position created trouble between the families and made himself a target for another ambitious challenger. This provoked a rebellious reaction which led to him being murdered in September 1931, on the orders of Lucky Luciano. When Maranzano won the Castellammarese War, he set himself up as boss of all bosses, created the Five Families and ordered every Mafia family to pay him tribute. ![]() Bosses Joe Masseria (1928–1931) and Salvatore Maranzano (1931) used the title as part of their efforts to centralize control of the Mafia under themselves. The title was applied by mobsters to Giuseppe Morello around 1900, according to Nick Gentile. Frank Costello testifying before the Kefauver Committee. ![]()
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