Bartolomeo (Bart) Guccia, born in 1891 in the picturesque Sicilian town of Castellammare del Golfo, seemed like an unassuming figure. A small, wiry man with thick glasses and a Sicilian accent, he eked out a living as a fishmonger in the quiet village of Endicott, New York. Or so it appeared.
But beneath the humble facade lay a man with a shadowy pasta — a loyal soldier of the Castellammarese Mafia faction, tied to infamous crime boss Joe Barbara. Guccia’s unremarkable demeanor served as the perfect cover for a life steeped in organized crime. From prohibition-era bootlegging to being caught at the notorious Apalachin meeting that exposed the Mafia to the world, Bart Guccia’s story is anything but ordinary.


