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INDEX
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Adonis, Joe
Cuba and
exile of Luciano and
funeral of Luciano and
as killer
Murder, Inc. and
prejudice against
visits in prison by
wealth of
William O’Dwyer and
World War II and
Agano hippodrome incident
Aiello, Joe
Akers, Herbert
Al Capone (movie)
Alascia, James
alcohol. See also Prohibition
Alfieri, Paul
aliases
alliance, transatlantic
Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory (AMGOT)
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
AMGOT. See Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory
amidone
Anastasia, Albert
Al Mineo crime family and
Cuba and
drugs and
as enforcer
exile of Luciano and
as killer
Murder, Inc. and
murder of
Normandie and
Thomas Dewey and
World War II and
Anastasio, Tony
Anderson, Jack
Anslinger, Harry J.
book by
China and
Cuba and
investigation of Luciano by
Kefauver Committee inquiry and
Antanori slayings
Apalachin gathering
Arias, Antonio
Aricidiaco
arrests
beating of Luciano and
Cuba and
drugs and
felonious assault and
payroll robbery and
summary of
of Vito Genovese
Attell, Abe
Baesell, Norman F.
bail
Bailey, Carl E.
Bakir (SS) (ship)
Balitzer, Mildred. See also Curtis, Mildred
Balitzer, Pete
Balsam, Louis
Baltic (ship)
bank employees, murder of
Barbara, Joseph
Barbizon-Plaza Hotel
Bastia (ship)
Batista, Fulgencio
beatings
Beatty, Warren
Bender, Tony
Bendix, Joe
Benny, Dopey
Berger, Meyer
Berkman, Meher The Big Bankroll. See Rothstein, Arnold
The Big Heat (movie)
Big Six
billiards
Billy Bathgate (movie)
Biondo, Joe
birth of Lucky Luciano
Black Hand
Blumenthal, Louis
Boccia, Ferdinand
Bogart, Humphrey
bombs
Bonanno, Joseph
Apalachin gathering and
Castellammarese War and
Cuba and
Prohibition and
Salvatore Maranzano and
Sicily and
World War II and
bonding
Bonventre, John
bookers. See also Prostitution
bootlegging
The Brain. See Rothstein, Arnold
Brando, Marlon
Breitel, Charles
Brewster, Sidney W.
Bridges, Harry
Brocolli, Albert “Cubby”
Brooks, Danny
Brotherhood of Evil (Sondern)
Brown, “Cokie” Flo
Browne, George
Buchalter, Louis “Lepke”
in hiding
Prohibition and
racketeering and
syndication and
Bugsy (movie)
Bund, German American
Burr, Pauline
Buscetta, Tommaso
Buster from Chicago
butchers, strikes and
Cadillacs
Caesar, Julius
Calandro, Antonio
Calandro, Sylvestro
Calderone, Antonio
Callace, Frank
Campbell, Rodney
Canada
The Canary That Sang: The Valachi Papers (Maas)
Cantellops, Nelson
Capone, Al “Scarface”
Castellammarese War and
flamboyance of
history of
movies and
“peace conference” and
tax evasion and
Capone, Ralph
cards
Carisi, Joseph
Carmen, Jewel
Carter, Eunice H.
Caruso, Frank
Casablanca Club
Casablanca Conference
casinos
Castellammarese War
Castro, Fidel
Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau
Cerra, Mike (alias of Sal Vizzini)
Chibas, Eduardo
Chicago Club
Chicago Mob
China
Christian Democrat party
Churchill, Winston
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
Ciannelli, Eduardo
CIC. See Counterintelligence Corps
Clinton Correctional Facility
Clooney, George
clothes
clothing industry
cocaine
Cockeyed Louis. See Weiner, “Cockeyed” Louis
Cohn, Harry
Cokie Flo. See Brown, “Cokie” Flo
Cold War
Cole, Henry
Coll, Vincent “Mad Dog”
Colosimo, “Big Jim”
The Combination
The Commission
Communists. See also Cold War
Conroy, E. E.
Corbo, Joseph
Corleone, Michael
corruption
Costello, Frank
Arnold Rothstein and
beating of Luciano and
business and
clothes and
Cuba and
decline in power of
discretion of
drugs and
exile of Luciano and
history of
Kefauver Committee inquiry and
support from while in Italy
Thomas Dewey and
as undesirable
World War II and
The Cotton Club (movie)
Count Duval. See Miller, Robert V.
Counterintelligence Corps (CIC)
cr
aps games
Crieg Spector & Citron
Croswell, Edward
Cuba
curfews
Curtis, Mildred. See also Balitzer, Mildred
cyanide rumor
Dallesandro, Joe
Damon, Matt
Dannemora
Danton, Ray
Davis, Bette
death of Lucky Luciano
DeBrino, Bob
Del Grazio, August
Deleglise, Laurent
Democratic convention
deportation
Depp, Johnny
Dewey, Thomas E.
commutation of sentence by
efforts of to prosecute mafia
Longy Zwillman on
as nemesis
prostitution trial and
retrial and
war record and
Dewey Law
Di Cicco, Pasquale “Pat,”
Di Giorgio, Joe
Di Marzo, Nick
Diamond, Barlow M.
Diamond, Eddie
Diamond, Jack “Legs”
Arnold Rothstein and
beating of Luciano and
Germany and
movie about
prosecution of
Diamond, Joseph G.
Dickey, Orange C.
distilleries
Domingo, Sebastiano
Don Calo (Vizzini Calogero)
Dorsey, Tommy
Dose, Giuseppe
drug 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
Dufresne (undercover agent)
Dunn, Johnny “Cockeye”
Durante, Jimmy
Duval, Count. See Miller, Robert V.
Dwyer, “Big Bill,”
Eastman, Monk
Eboli, Pat
Eboli, Thomas
Eisenberg, Dennis
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Elaine Produce and Food Company
Ellenstein, Jack
ELVIS (Voluntary Army for Sicilian Independence)
Emby Distributing Company
Enratta. See also Green, Charles
extortion
Fabrizzo, Tony
Fach, Albert
Fascist League of North America
Fascists
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). See also Special Intelligence Service
Cuba and
death of Luciano and
The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano and
The Luciano Story and
prostitution and
transfer of Luciano and
World War II and
Feder, Sid
Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN)
China and
continued investigation by
Cuba and
formation of
Henry and Theresa Rubino and
Nick Gentile and
Vito Genovese and
Federal Narcotics Control Board
Ferro, Vito Cascio
For a Few Dollars More (movie)
Fischetti brothers
Fishburne, Laurence
A Fistful of Dollars (movie)
Fitts, Burton
Five Points Gang
Flegenheimer, Arthur (Dutch Schultz)
Arnold Rothstein and
Diamond brothers and
Prohibition and
Thomas Dewey and
as undesirable
floating games
Florita, Giovanni
Fogan, Frank
Ford, Henry
Ford, Martha
Fredericks, Jimmy
French, Philip
French Connection
Friddi, Lercara
Fulton Fish Market
funeral
Gable, Clark
Gage, Nicholas
Gagliano, Tom
Galante, Carmine
Gambino, Carlo
gambling
Gambon, Michael
gangs, tenements and
garbage strikes
Garcia, Andy
Gardner, Ava
garment district
Garofalo, Frank
gay prostitution
Genovese, Vito
arrest of
beating of Luciano and
Castellammarese War and
conviction of
Cuba and
Gosch movie and
Joe “the Boss” Masseria and
Lucky Luciano (Rosi) and
power grab by
prostitution and
stolen goods after WWII and
Thomas Dewey and
tomb of
Gentile, Nick
Castellammarese War and
the Commission and
drugs and
killing of Joe “the Boss” Masseria and
Prohibition and
Vito Genovese and
German American Bund
Germany. See also World War II
Giannini, Eugene
Gigante, Vincent “the Chin,”
Gino (nephew)
Giordano, Henry
Girls’ Service League
Giuliano, Salvatore
Glassman, Barnett
The Godfather (Puzo)
The Godfather series (movies)
Goebbels, Joseph
Goering, Hermann
Goodman Hat Company
Gordon, “Waxey”
Arnold Rothstein and
bombing of Lansky and Siegel and
death of men working for
indictment of
Thomas Dewey and
Gosch, Martin
Graham, Bill
Grand Hotel et Des Palmes
grand larceny
Grau San Martín, Ramón
Great Depression
Great Meadow Correctional Facility
Green, Charles
Green, William
Guerin, Joseph K.
guns
Gurfein, Murray I.
prostitution investigation and
World War II and
Haffenden, Charles R.
FBI interest in
Frank Costello and
recruitment of mobsters by
Halley, Rudolph
Hammer, Richard
hand ballet
Handbook on Politics and Intelligence Services (SIS)
Hard Tack Social Slub
heart condition
Hecht, Ben
Heller, Abie “the Jew,”
heroin. See also Drug trafficking
Higgins, Jack
Hill, Virginia
Hinkes, Max
Hitler, Adolf
Hollywood
The Honored Society (Lewis)
Hoodlum (movie)
Hoover, J. Edgar
deal with Navy and
gambling and
Kefauver Committee inquiry and
Kilgallen newspaper column and
lack of antagonism for
Louis Lepke and
horses, poisoning of
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hotel Nacional
Howe, George
Hughes, Howard
Hyman, William
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
deportation to
drug trafficking and
emigration from
invasion of Sicily and
post-World War II,
Iwo Jima
Jackson, “Humpty,”
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 Restaurant
Joesten, Joachim
Jordan, Thelma
junkies
Kane, Patrick
Katcher, Leo
Kefauver, Estes
Kefauver Committee hearings
Frank Costello and
George White testimony during
overview of
Rome and
Kelly, Patsy
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
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 Company
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 Keene (ship)
League of Nations
Leary, Jim
Legion of Merit
Lepke, Louis
in hiding
Prohibition and
racketeering and
syndication and
Lescari, Mike