This is Part 1 of the story of Raffaele Cascone, the “King of Mulberry Street”—an Italian immigrant determined to make his mark in early 20th-century New York City amidst murder charges, death row, and a world of vendettas.

Through family accounts from Cascone’s great-granddaughter, we uncover the ambitions that shaped his world, and the dangerous path he forged in a city rife with crime and opportunity.