Testa and his wife had a son who also became involved in organized crime, Salvatore Testa, and was killed three years after his father. In early police dossiers on Testa, he was identified by law enforcement as not having a legitimate source of income and was solely dependent from winnings as a "common gambler." He later married Alfia Arcidiacono (records show her family owned a farm in Salem County, New Jersey). In South Philadelphia he met and befriended future mob boss Angelo Bruno. Testa was born to Sicilian immigrants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lived in South Philadelphia with his family in his teenage years. The assassination was allegedly ordered by Testa’s own underboss, Peter Casella, as part of the first Philadelphia Mafia War. About a year after Bruno's death, Testa was killed by the blast of a nail bomb at his home in South Philadelphia. Testa's nickname came from his involvement in a poultry business. He became boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the previous boss and his close friend, Angelo Bruno, was murdered by Bruno’s own consigliere, Antonio Caponigro, who, in turn, was ordered killed by The Commission for murdering a boss without permission. Philip Charles Testa (Ap– March 15, 1981), also known as " The Chicken Man", was an Italian-American mobster known for his brief leadership of the Philadelphia crime family of the Italian-American Mafia. "The Chicken Man", "The Julius Caesar of the Philadelphia Mob", "Philly" Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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