 On December 5, 1928, a high-level American Mafia meeting was held at the Statler Hotel in Cleveland.Joseph Porrello, with the help of one of his top lieutenants Sam Tilocco, hosted the event in hopes that the top Mafia bosses from across the United States would declare him the official Mafia boss of Cleveland.The attendees of the Cleveland meeting became participants to one of the first known La Cosa Nostra summits in American history.