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| - Giuseppe "Joseph" Joe Geloso was Born April 30, 1898 In San Giuseppe Jato, Palermo, Italy to Salvatore and Anna Maria (Garrasi) Geloso, He came to America Feb 6 1916 from San Giuseppe Jato, Palermo, Italy and went to his brother Iganzio's in Frankfort, Herkimer, New York. Then went to Madison, Wisconsin around 1920-1921 and married Rose Labarro, with whom he had three children Anne Elizabeth Geloso-Powell, Samuel Timothy and Frankie (died in 1929).. He also had a sister Providenza Geloso who first married Anthony Sgroi, and she then married George Marino. for more information on my great grandmother and her brother please contact me at Lucky_Lady98223@yahoo.com.
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| - Giuseppe "Joseph" Joe Geloso was Born April 30, 1898 In San Giuseppe Jato, Palermo, Italy to Salvatore and Anna Maria (Garrasi) Geloso, He came to America Feb 6 1916 from San Giuseppe Jato, Palermo, Italy and went to his brother Iganzio's in Frankfort, Herkimer, New York. Then went to Madison, Wisconsin around 1920-1921 and married Rose Labarro, with whom he had three children Anne Elizabeth Geloso-Powell, Samuel Timothy and Frankie (died in 1929).. He also had a sister Providenza Geloso who first married Anthony Sgroi, and she then married George Marino. for more information on my great grandmother and her brother please contact me at Lucky_Lady98223@yahoo.com. Geloso started off in the bootlegging business as a member of a gang led by Carl "Joseph Justo" Di Gilorome. On November 22, 1922, police raided Geloso's home and caught him pouring a jug of alcohol down a drain. On January 20, 1923, police discovered a still under Geloso's garage linked to his basement by a concrete tunnel, and a galvanized storage tank behind a false wall in a closet. In March of 1925, Geloso was arrested and sentenced to sixty days in jail. In April of the same year, Geloso was also held responsible for the death of a drunken driver who got liquor from Geloso. On April 3, 1926, a moon-shining charge against Geloso was dismissed. Geloso was also allegedly an associate of Al Capone in nearby Chicago. His most controversial arrest came in October 1926, when police found 15 gallons of moonshine, several barrels of mash, and a fifty-gallon still in a raid on Geloso's residence. He jumped out a window and escaped. Caught a month later, he was fined $500 and sentenced to three months in the Dane County Jail by Judge Ole Stolen. Stolen granted Gelosio work release privileges, which created an uproar and ultimately lead to Stolen's disbarment. In 1924, Andrew Lo Presti became the boss of the Madison, Wisconsin rackets and found himself being challenged by a splinter group led by Joe Gelosi. Gelosi was a longtime Regent street bootlegger with ties to organized crime since the early 1920s. Gelosi's gang primarily consisted of his father-in-law Frank Labarro and an assortment of other friends and relatives. Overtime Gelosi formed strong ties to liquor sources in New York and began cutting in on Lo Presti's profits, which deeply angered Lo Presti who in turn ordered Gelosi's murder.
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