He was stabbed and garroted by the Ku Klux Klan on May 21, 1870. He was garroted, quartered, and displayed openly on the palisade fortress. Last-minute penitents were garroted to spare the pain of death by burning. In revenge, Abdul Mubin and his followers garroted Sultan Muhammad Ali. On another occasion, Fiumara allegedly garroted a mob associate with a string of piano wire. There 13 men and women were garroted to death and another 94 received lashes. Newer versions of the game omitted the encounters where the players gets garroted. Brasi is garroted to death during his first meeting with Bruno Tattaglia and Sollozzo. May. May had been garroted with an electrical cord cut from a table lamp. Refusing to repent despite pleas from his former colleagues, Lorenzo is garroted. Piangi's garroted body is revealed backstage and the opera house plunges into chaos.