Premise: Thomas "Tommy" Lucchese (pronounced ] ; born Gaetano Lucchese, December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967) was a Sicilian-born American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the "Cosa Nostra" in Sicily. From 1951 until 1967, he was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the Five Families that dominates organized crime in New York City.
Hypothesis: Thomas "Tommy" Lucchese was a founding member of the Mafia in the California.