Sidney "the Fat Man" Pen (1898 - 20 February 1945) was a corrupt New York City businessman and an associate of Mafia boss Alberto Clemente. After multiple attempts on his life, Pen was ultimately murdered in his distillery in 1945 by Clemente's men Vito Scaletta, Joe Barbaro and Henry Tomasino for refusing to cut Clemente into his business.
Biography[]
Sindey Pen was born in Harlem, New York City in 1898 to a family of English descent, Sidney Pen became a wealthy and notorious businessman and entrepreneur, owning a considerable share of a large number of companies. He was a family man with a wife and one child. During the late 1920s, he began to partner up with various New York City mafiosi, including Clemente crime family Don Alberto Clemente, who bought a stake of Pen's cab company which he used to launder his illegal money. Their relationship lasted onto 1939, when Pen opened up a distillery business in Harlem and refused to give Clemente a cut, assuming the evidence he collected of Clemente's activities over the years would keep him safe. Clemente then sent two hitmen to murder Pen, but they were caught and killed by his security detail. As Pen continued avoiding assassination attempts, he stepped up his personal security in order to guarantee his safety, but Clemente hoped to get rid of him once and for all in 1945 after enlisting the help of his soldato Henry Tomasino and new recruits Vito Scaletta and Joe Barbaro, who were sent to his distillery to kill him.
Death[]
Pen after being shot to death
On 20 February 1945, Scaletta, Barbaro and Tomasino ambushed Pen and his gang outside the distillery with a machine gun, making Pen flee inside. After making their way through his entourage, the three cornered Pen at the top floor of the distillery, who dropped to his knees and lay against a wall, begging for his life. Tomasino ignored his pleas, shoving his gun in Pen's mouth about to pull the trigger, when Pen pulled out his revolver and shot him in the leg, making him fall to the ground. Pen attempted to get up, but Scaletta and Barbaro then shot him repeatedly about 30 times in the chest, killing him instantly.