The 2010 book New York City Gangland offers an eyewitness account of events surrounding Masseria's murder which also involves owner Scarpato, who was allegedly extorting money from a small businessman who unexpectedly arrived by car at the Villa Tammaro on April 15, 1931.
2010年的書籍《New York City Gangland》提供了一名圍繞馬塞里亞被謀殺的目擊者描述，也涉及餐廳老闆Scarpato，據稱他向一名在1931年4月15日意外地駕駛到Villa Tammaro餐廳的小商人勒索金錢。