Boardwalk Gangster (31 page)
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Authors: Tim Newark
IATSE.
See
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
ICPC.
See
International Criminal Police Commission
illegal immigrants
immigration
income tax evasion
informing
interest rates
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC)
International Longshoremen’s Association
Irish immigrants
Irish North Siders
Isgro, Joe
Italian immigrants
Italian Lottery
Italy
See
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
ICPC.
See
International Criminal Police Commission
illegal immigrants
immigration
income tax evasion
informing
interest rates
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC)
International Longshoremen’s Association
Irish immigrants
Irish North Siders
Isgro, Joe
Italian immigrants
Italian Lottery
Italy
deportation to
drug trafficking and
emigration from
invasion of Sicily and
post-World War II,
Iwo Jimadrug trafficking and
emigration from
invasion of Sicily and
post-World War II,
Jackson, “Humpty,”
Jacobs, Jesse
James Street Gang
Japan
Jean, Dago
Jewish immigrants
Joe the Boss (Joe Masseria)
Joesten, Joachim
Jordan, Thelma
junkies
Jacobs, Jesse
James Street Gang
Japan
Jean, Dago
Jewish immigrants
Joe the Boss (Joe Masseria)
killing of
Salvatore Maranzano and
Thomas Dewey and
Umberto Valenti and
Vito Genovese and
working for
Joe’s Elbow Room RestaurantSalvatore Maranzano and
Thomas Dewey and
Umberto Valenti and
Vito Genovese and
working for
Joesten, Joachim
Jordan, Thelma
junkies
Kane, Patrick
Katcher, Leo
Kefauver, Estes
Kefauver Committee hearings
Kelly, Paul
Kennedy, Philip
kidnapping
Kilgallen, Dorothy
Ko-Ka-Mo Joe
Ku Klux Klan
Kuhn, Fritz
Katcher, Leo
Kefauver, Estes
Kefauver Committee hearings
Frank Costello and
George White testimony during
overview of
Rome and
Kelly, PatsyGeorge White testimony during
overview of
Rome and
Kelly, Paul
Kennedy, Philip
kidnapping
Kilgallen, Dorothy
Ko-Ka-Mo Joe
Ku Klux Klan
Kuhn, Fritz
La Gaipa, Charles
La Guardia, Fiorello
La Mantia, Vito
La Marr, Barbara
La Tempa, Peter
Lacey, Robert
Lagana, Mike
Lane, Charles (alias)
Lansky, Meyer
Lanza, Colleen
Lanza, Joe “Socks,”
Lanza, Mario
Lasky, Jesse
“The Last Days of Lucky Luciano” (Anderson)
The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano
(Hammer)
(ship)
League of Nations
Leary, Jim
Legion of Merit
Lepke, Louis
Letz, Albert
Levine, Samuel “Red”
Levy, George Morton
Lewis, Norman
Li Causi, Girolamo
libel
Liguori, Ralph
liquor.
See also
Prohibition
Lissoni, Igea
Little, Brown & Co.
“Little Augie the Wop.”
See
Del Grazio, August
Little Man
(Lacey)
Lucchese, Tommy
Luciana, Antonio (father)
Luciana, Francesca (sister)
Luciana, Giuseppe (brother)
Luciana, Rosalie (mother)
Luciana, Salvatore, as birth name
The Luciano Project
(Campbell)
The Luciano Story
(Feder and Joesten)
Luciano’s Luck
(Higgins)
Lucks, Al (alias of Albert Letz)
Lucky Luciano
(Rosi)
Lumia, Luigi
Lupino, Stanley
Lupo, Ignazio “the Wolf,”
Lyons, John
La Guardia, Fiorello
La Mantia, Vito
La Marr, Barbara
La Tempa, Peter
Lacey, Robert
Lagana, Mike
Lane, Charles (alias)
Lansky, Meyer
Arnold Rothstein and
beating of Luciano and
Big Six and
birth name of
Bugsy Siegel and
Cuba and
defense of as child
exile of Luciano and
gambling and
Germany and
Gosch movie and
Kefauver Committee inquiry and
as leading associate
Maranzano killing and
Morello killing and
Normandie
and
Rome and
syndication and
teenage gang and
Vito Genovese and
Waxey Gordon and
World War II and
Lansky Food Companybeating of Luciano and
Big Six and
birth name of
Bugsy Siegel and
Cuba and
defense of as child
exile of Luciano and
gambling and
Germany and
Gosch movie and
Kefauver Committee inquiry and
as leading associate
Maranzano killing and
Morello killing and
Normandie
and
Rome and
syndication and
teenage gang and
Vito Genovese and
Waxey Gordon and
World War II and
Lanza, Colleen
Lanza, Joe “Socks,”
Lanza, Mario
Lasky, Jesse
“The Last Days of Lucky Luciano” (Anderson)
The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano
(Hammer)
controversy over
gang war and
Germany and
Morello killing and
Operation Underworld and
Laura Keenegang war and
Germany and
Morello killing and
Operation Underworld and
(ship)
League of Nations
Leary, Jim
Legion of Merit
Lepke, Louis
in hiding
Prohibition and
racketeering and
syndication and
Lescari, MikeProhibition and
racketeering and
syndication and
Letz, Albert
Levine, Samuel “Red”
Levy, George Morton
Lewis, Norman
Li Causi, Girolamo
libel
Liguori, Ralph
conviction of
indictment of
prostitution trial and
retrial and
sentence of
Lipski, Hermanindictment of
prostitution trial and
retrial and
sentence of
liquor.
See also
Prohibition
Lissoni, Igea
Little, Brown & Co.
“Little Augie the Wop.”
See
Del Grazio, August
Little Man
(Lacey)
Lucchese, Tommy
Luciana, Antonio (father)
disapproval of
gun incident and
as immigrant
move of
Luciana, Bartolo (brother)gun incident and
as immigrant
move of
Luciana, Francesca (sister)
Luciana, Giuseppe (brother)
Luciana, Rosalie (mother)
Luciana, Salvatore, as birth name
The Luciano Project
(Campbell)
The Luciano Story
(Feder and Joesten)
Luciano’s Luck
(Higgins)
Lucks, Al (alias of Albert Letz)
Lucky Luciano
(Rosi)
Lumia, Luigi
Lupino, Stanley
Lupo, Ignazio “the Wolf,”
Lyons, John
Maas, Peter
MacFall, Roscoe C.
MacManus, Jack “Eat-’em-up,”
Madges
Mafia
(Reid)
Magaddino, Stefano
Majestic
(ship)
Mancino, Rosario
Mancuso, Bill
Maneri, Salvatore
Manfredi, John
Mangano, Vincent
Marinelli, Albert
Marked Woman
(movie)
Marsloe, Anthony J.
Il Martello
(newspaper)
Martinez, Jose
Masseria, Joe “the Boss”
La mazzetta
McClellan Committee
McCook, Philip J.
McCue, John
Medalie, George Z.
Merlin, Lina
Mexico
Milano, Ciccio
Milazzo, Gaspar
Miller, David
Miller, Glenn
Miller, Robert V. (Count Duval)
Miranda, Carlos “the Goat,”
Miro, Henry
Missing Witnesses
(movie)
Mitchell, Nathan H.
Mobsters
(movie)
Mogul of the Mob
(Lansky)
Momo (bodyguard)
Montana, Nick
Monte Cammarata
Monzelli, Luke
Morcos, Giorgio
Morello, Ciro “Artichoke King,”
Morello, Peter “the Clutch,”
Morello gang
Moretti, Salvatore
Moretti, Willie
Morris, Mary
Mortimer, Lee
Moses, Afghan
Mott Street Mob
movies
Mr. Big.
See
Rothstein, Arnold
Murder, Inc.
Murder, Inc.
(movie)
Mussolini, Benito
MacFall, Roscoe C.
MacManus, Jack “Eat-’em-up,”
Madges
Mafia
(Reid)
Magaddino, Stefano
Majestic
(ship)
Mancino, Rosario
Mancuso, Bill
Maneri, Salvatore
Manfredi, John
Mangano, Vincent
Castellammarese War and
murder of
role of
Maranzano, Salvatoremurder of
role of
Castellammarese War and
kidnapping of Luciano and
killing of
as refugee in America
Margo, Williamkidnapping of Luciano and
killing of
as refugee in America
Marinelli, Albert
Marked Woman
(movie)
Marsloe, Anthony J.
Il Martello
(newspaper)
Martinez, Jose
Masseria, Joe “the Boss”
killing of
Salvatore Maranzano and
Thomas Dewey and
Umberto Valenti and
Vito Genovese and
working for
Mauro, VincentSalvatore Maranzano and
Thomas Dewey and
Umberto Valenti and
Vito Genovese and
working for
La mazzetta
McClellan Committee
McCook, Philip J.
McCue, John
Medalie, George Z.
Merlin, Lina
Mexico
Milano, Ciccio
Milazzo, Gaspar
Miller, David
Miller, Glenn
Miller, Robert V. (Count Duval)
Miranda, Carlos “the Goat,”
Miro, Henry
Missing Witnesses
(movie)
Mitchell, Nathan H.
Mobsters
(movie)
Mogul of the Mob
(Lansky)
Momo (bodyguard)
Montana, Nick
Monte Cammarata
Monzelli, Luke
Morcos, Giorgio
Morello, Ciro “Artichoke King,”
Morello, Peter “the Clutch,”
Morello gang
Moretti, Salvatore
Moretti, Willie
bootlegging and
drugs and
murder of
as undesirable
visit by
Mori, Cesaredrugs and
murder of
as undesirable
visit by
Morris, Mary
Mortimer, Lee
Moses, Afghan
Mott Street Mob
movies
Mr. Big.
See
Rothstein, Arnold
Murder, Inc.
Murder, Inc.
(movie)
Mussolini, Benito
Napoletano, Carmine
Narcotics Bureau
Narcotics Control Act of 1956,
Narcotics Division
narcotics trafficking
See also
World War II
Nelson, Bat
New Hampton Farms Reformatory
Nigger Mike’s bar
The Night of the Sicilian Vespers
Nitti, Frank
Normandie
(ship)
Narcotics Bureau
Narcotics Control Act of 1956,
Narcotics Division
narcotics trafficking
after World War II,
Arnold Rothstein and
arrest for
Cuba and
Germany and
Hollywood and
lack of power in
rumor of efforts to disrupt
NavyArnold Rothstein and
arrest for
Cuba and
Germany and
Hollywood and
lack of power in
rumor of efforts to disrupt
assistance of mobsters and
invasion of Sicily and
Normandie
sinking and
Nazi party.invasion of Sicily and
Normandie
sinking and
See also
World War II
Nelson, Bat
New Hampton Farms Reformatory
Nigger Mike’s bar
The Night of the Sicilian Vespers
Nitti, Frank
Normandie
(ship)
O’Banion, Dion
O’Dwyer, William
Office of Strategic Services (OSS).
See also
CIA
Oliver Twist
(Dickens)
omerta
On the Waterfront
(movie)
Operation Husky
Operation Underworld
opium.
See also
Drug trafficking
Oriental Park Racetrack
Orlova, Gay
OSS.
See
Office of Strategic Services
O’Dwyer, William
Office of Strategic Services (OSS).
See also
CIA
Oliver Twist
(Dickens)
omerta
On the Waterfront
(movie)
Operation Husky
Operation Underworld
opium.
See also
Drug trafficking
Oriental Park Racetrack
Orlova, Gay
OSS.
See
Office of Strategic Services
Palace Chophouse
Pantaleone, Michele
Paradiso, Charles
Parigi, Luigi
Paruth Realty Corporation
Pasha, T. W. Russell
Pearl Harbor
Pennochio, Tommy “the Bull”
magazine
Perlman, Nathan
Perrano, Joseph
Pertierra, Indalecio
Pertusi (in Trieste)
Peters, Ernest
Petillo, Anna
Petillo, David “Little Davie”
Pierre Hotel
pinball
Pitt, Brad
poisoning of horses
poisoning rumor
Polakoff, Moses
Pollaro, Gaspar
pool
Porgamin, Yedis
Presser, Nancy
Prince, Arthur
Prince, Benjamin
prison
Prohibition
Prostitution
Purple Heart
Puzo, Mario
Pantaleone, Michele
Paradiso, Charles
Parigi, Luigi
Paruth Realty Corporation
Pasha, T. W. Russell
Pearl Harbor
Pennochio, Tommy “the Bull”
indictment of
prostitution and
prostitution trial and
Penthouseprostitution and
prostitution trial and
magazine
Perlman, Nathan
Perrano, Joseph
Pertierra, Indalecio
Pertusi (in Trieste)
Peters, Ernest
Petillo, Anna
Petillo, David “Little Davie”
conviction of
Dannemora and
indictment of
Pete Balitzer and
prostitution and
Thomas Dewey and
Pici, JoeDannemora and
indictment of
Pete Balitzer and
prostitution and
Thomas Dewey and
Pierre Hotel
pinball
Pitt, Brad
poisoning of horses
poisoning rumor
Polakoff, Moses
berating of for defense of Luciano
Frank Costello and
lack of accuracy of books and
prostitution trial and
World War II and
Poletti, CharlesFrank Costello and
lack of accuracy of books and
prostitution trial and
World War II and
Pollaro, Gaspar
pool
Porgamin, Yedis
Presser, Nancy
Prince, Arthur
Prince, Benjamin
prison
at Dannemora
heroin and
release from
Profaci, Josephheroin and
release from
Prohibition
Prostitution
bonding and
Cockeyed Louis and
the Combination and
continued involvement in
conviction for
indictment for
Jimmy Fredericks and
trial for
protection racketsCockeyed Louis and
the Combination and
continued involvement in
conviction for
indictment for
Jimmy Fredericks and
trial for
Purple Heart
Puzo, Mario
Quinn, Anthony
racketeering
Ragen, James M.
Rago, Lorenzo
Raimondo, Joe “Cock-Eyed,”
Red gangsters
Reed, Charles (alias)
Reid, Charles (alias)
Reid, Ed
Rennell (Lord).
See
Rodd, Francis Rennell
Resko, John
Resta, Cesare
retrial
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
(movie)
Rivas, José Suarez
Rizzo, Adriana
Roach, Hal
Roberts, Kiki
Rocco (Saint), feast day of
Rodd, Francis Rennell
Romano, Giovanni
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roselli, Johnny
Rosen, A.
Rosi, Franceso
Ross, Charles (alias)
Ross, Peter
Roth, Tim
Rothstein, Arnold
Ruark, Robert C.
Rubino, Henry and Theresa
Russo, Giuseppe Genco
Ragen, James M.
Rago, Lorenzo
Raimondo, Joe “Cock-Eyed,”
Red gangsters
Reed, Charles (alias)
Reid, Charles (alias)
Reid, Ed
Rennell (Lord).
See
Rodd, Francis Rennell
Resko, John
Resta, Cesare
retrial
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
(movie)
Rivas, José Suarez
Rizzo, Adriana
Roach, Hal
Roberts, Kiki
Rocco (Saint), feast day of
Rodd, Francis Rennell
Romano, Giovanni
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roselli, Johnny
Rosen, A.
Rosi, Franceso
Ross, Charles (alias)
Ross, Peter
Roth, Tim
Rothstein, Arnold
Ruark, Robert C.
Rubino, Henry and Theresa
Russo, Giuseppe Genco
sabotage
St. John’s Cemetery
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Salter, “Nigger Mike,”
Salvatore (nephew)
Salvatore Giuliano
(movie)
Sanchez, Jorge
Savalas, Telly
Scaduto, Tony
Scalise, Anthony
Scarface
(movie)
Schiapparelli case
Schiffert, Edward
Schley, Gustave
Schultz, Dutch
Scibilia, Francesco
Scimone, Francesco
Scudato, Tony
separatism
sex business
ships
Shylock business
Sicily
Siegel, Benny “Bugsy”
Sinatra, Frank
Sing Sing
Siragusa, Charles
SIS.
See
Special Intelligence Service
Slater, Christian
slot machines
Smashing the Rackets
(movie)
Smith, Al
Snake Pit nightclub
Socarris, Francisco Prio
Socialists
Sondern, Frederic
speakeasies
Special Intelligence Service (SIS)
Special Military Plan for Psychological Warfare
(Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Spiller, Benny
spying, Japan and
Stacher, Joseph “Doc,”
stolen goods
street cleaners
strikebreakers
strikes
submarines
Suchowlkansky, Maier.
See also
Lansky, Meyer
Sufrin, Solomon
sugar
syndication
St. John’s Cemetery
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Salter, “Nigger Mike,”
Salvatore (nephew)
Salvatore Giuliano
(movie)
Sanchez, Jorge
Savalas, Telly
Scaduto, Tony
Scalise, Anthony
Scarface
(movie)
Schiapparelli case
Schiffert, Edward
Schley, Gustave
Schultz, Dutch
Arnold Rothstein and
Diamond brothers and
Prohibition and
Thomas Dewey and
as undesirable
Schuster, ArnoldDiamond brothers and
Prohibition and
Thomas Dewey and
as undesirable
Scibilia, Francesco
Scimone, Francesco
Scudato, Tony
separatism
sex business
bonding and
Cockeyed Louis and
the Combination and
continued involvement in
conviction for involvement in
indictment for involvement in
Jimmy Fredericks and
trial for
Shapiro, Jacob “Gurrah”Cockeyed Louis and
the Combination and
continued involvement in
conviction for involvement in
indictment for involvement in
Jimmy Fredericks and
trial for
ships
Bakir
Baltic
Bastia
Laura Keene
Majestic
Normandie
shootingsBaltic
Bastia
Laura Keene
Majestic
Normandie
Shylock business
Sicily
drug trafficking and
invasion of
post-World War II,
Sidewalk Caféinvasion of
post-World War II,
Siegel, Benny “Bugsy”
Big Six and
business and
Cuba and
exile of Luciano and
James Ragen and
Joe “the Boss” Masseria and
killing of
Meyer Lansky and
Prohibition and
Thomas Dewey and
Vincent Coll and
Simms, Charlesbusiness and
Cuba and
exile of Luciano and
James Ragen and
Joe “the Boss” Masseria and
killing of
Meyer Lansky and
Prohibition and
Thomas Dewey and
Vincent Coll and
Sinatra, Frank
Sing Sing
Siragusa, Charles
SIS.
See
Special Intelligence Service
Slater, Christian
slot machines
Smashing the Rackets
(movie)
Smith, Al
Snake Pit nightclub
Socarris, Francisco Prio
Socialists
Sondern, Frederic
speakeasies
Special Intelligence Service (SIS)
Special Military Plan for Psychological Warfare
(Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Spiller, Benny
spying, Japan and
Stacher, Joseph “Doc,”
stolen goods
street cleaners
strikebreakers
strikes
submarines
Suchowlkansky, Maier.
See also
Lansky, Meyer
Sufrin, Solomon
sugar
syndication
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