La Torre was born in 1886, he entered the United States in May 1903 and in 1906 paid for Mafia boss passage to Pennsylvania.
La Torre was born on March 12, 1886, in Montedoro, Sicily, to Giuseppe La Torre and Maria Marranca. He entered the United States in May 1903, settling in Pittston, Pennsylvania. La Torre paid for the passage of Mafia boss Santo Volpe to Pennsylvania in 1906. 
