
Oscar Morone was a Maranzano crime family mobster.
Biography[]
Oscar Morone was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and he emigrated to the US city of New York City to join the growing Italian community there. He became a lieutenant of Salvatore Maranzano in the American Mafia, and he helped him during the Castellammarese War. In 1931, he was the seventh man to cut his hand and give Lucky Luciano a handshake, initiating him into the Maranzano crime family after the murder of Joe Masseria.