Joseph Todaro Sr Was called lead pipe because when he did hits for the mob in the 1940s and 1950s he would shoot them and then slam a lead pipe up they’re ass. Todaro was also the nephew of the former boss before him Sammy Frangimore
To one of the comments above there’s guys in the life that are decent people that just do bad things for a living and then there’s guys in the life that are just evil bad people