He was long identified as the “representative” of deported capo Giuseppe (Joe Adonis) Doto, an intimate of capo Gaetano (Toddo) Marino.

Joseph (Joe Shep) Schipani was born in 1912. He was raised and active in the Brooklyn area, specifically the Bay Ridge and Red Hook sections and the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He also owned a waterside summer home at 94 Brookline Street in Atlantic Beach.
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