"Sings in the night" is a translation of a close misspelling of his last name (from the Italian "caNta la notte").
[8] In his immigration records, he reports having black hair and blue eyes and he was 5 foot 3 inches, weighing 142 pounds.
[8] According to his naturalization records in September 1927, Sam and Frances had two children, daughters, Virginia Betsy Catalanotte Palazzolo 1921-2013 and Rose “Rosalia” Barresi 1922-2020.
[11] Joseph “Giuseppe / Cockeyed Joe” Catalanotte - BIRTH: 8 Mar 1900 - Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicilia, Italy - DEATH: unknown / BURIAL: Burial Details Unknown - FindAGrave MEMORIAL ID: 249208243 - Joe was last known to have been deported by the U.S. Federal Government to Cuba, and later from Cuba back to his home town Alcamo, Provincia di Trapani, Sicilia, Italy.
[12] At the same time, Alcamo was plagued by phylloxera—a bug that infects and destroys grape crops—and two banks went bankrupt, leaving many residents in poor financial standing.
[16] After this gang war, Catalanotte assumed a leadership position within the Detroit mafia and was generally viewed as an Italian-American community leader.
with establishing a level of peace between the different gangs of Detroit, lasting through his time as chief leader of the underworld and ended at his death.
[17] Catalanotte was also a director of Detroit Italian bakeries, which the public assumed much of his wealth came from, and was also a member of the organization Cuello D’Alamo.
[7][3] Catalanotte’s death led to a vacancy in the leadership structure of the underworld sparking a power struggle between the predominant Mafia gangs in Detroit consisting mainly of the Eastside and Westside mobs.