In court when asked who pulled the trigger, Costello replied withĭue to this, the case was dropped and Gigante went free. Costello fell to the floor in a heap, and Gigante fled the scene thinking he had successfully eliminated Costello.įrank Costello was a man of the code, he lived by Omerta, and this was probably the only thing that saved Gigante’s mob career. The bullet rang out of Gigante’s gun and only grazed the side of Costello’s head. 38 caliber gun waited for Costello to return to his 115 Central Park West apartment, located in The Majestic.Īs Costello approached the lobby, Gigante called out to him saying,įrank began to turn, and because of Gigante calling out, Costello’s life was saved. On the evening of May 2 nd, Gigante equipped with his. In 1957, in a power move, Vito Genovese gave Vincent Gigante the contract to take out current mob boss Frank Costello.
He was arrested a total of 7 times but only spent around 60 days in jail which was for an illegal gambling charge.ĭuring this time he was under the wing of his mentor Vito Genovese, who would use Gigante as an enforcer. It’s fair to say during his late teens moving into his mid 20’s, Gigante wasn’t the most low-key mobster out there. A lot of kids in the area were called Vincent or Vincenzo, so his mother would call him in Chen so he knew that he was being referred to.Įventually this nickname turned into Chin. However, many wonder how Gigante got his nickname as Chin, and it dated back to when he was a kid.ĭue to his Mother being Italian, and unable to speak English she would call him by his Italian pronunciation of the name Vincenzo, which emphasized CHEN in the middle. This was to disguise his name in case of wiretaps or any hidden audio. In later years when he was boss of the Genovese Crime Family his soldiers, capos and underboss would always touch their chin when talking about Gigante.
He was born in Manhattan, however his father and mother were both from Naples in Italy.
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Vincent Gigante was a professional boxer in his early years, and almost didn’t make it as a Mafia mob boss after his failed hit on Frank Costello, which we will touch on more later.
Crime Family Association: Genovese Crime Family
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