The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano: The Mafia Story in His Own Words (71 page)

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Authors: Martin A. Gosch,Richard Hammer

Tags: #Biographies & Memoirs, #Leaders & Notable People, #Rich & Famous, #True Crime, #Organized Crime

Gentile, Nick,
87
,
89

George White’s Scandals,
50
,
64

Giancana, Sam,
399
,
404

Giannini, Eugenio,
356

Gigante, Vincent “The Chin,”
388
,
389
,
404

Gimbel, Ben,
56

Goldstein, Martin “Buggsy,”
246
,
247

Gompers, Samuel,
6

Goodman, Max,
12–22
passim,
230

Gordon, “Waxey” (Irving Wexler),
33
,
67
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
104
,
140
,
177
,
209

Gosch, Martin,
v-viii
,
427–429
,
431
,
440–448

Granlund, Niles T. (NTG),
110

Grant, Cary,
429

Grasso, Arthur,
396

“greasing” (buying police and political officials),
29
,
34–35
,
49
,
53
,
72
,
74
,
78–83
,
97–99
,
103
,
154
,
156–167
,
169
,
251–252

Great Depression,
121–124
,
156

Greenbaum, Gus,
330

Greenberg, Harry “Big Greenie,”
248–249

Grimes, Charles,
191

Gurfein, Murray,
191
,
263
,
264

Guzik, Jake “Greasy Thumb,”
104
,
163

Haffenden, Lt. Cmdr. Charles R.,
263
,
264
,
266–267
,
269–270
,
276–277

Halley, Rudolph,
372

Halpern, Irving W.,
222

Hardy, J. David,
211

Harlow, Jean,
40

Harris, Peter,
191
,
193

Harrison Act,
14

Havana conference,
304–322

Hearst, William Randolph,
156

Hearst newspapers,
107

Helfand, Julius,
276

Herrera, Benito,
323–324
,
325

Hill, Charles “Chick,”
330

Hill, Virginia,
286
,
316
,
317
,
330
,
331
,
372

Hillman, Sidney,
78

Hines, Jimmy,
58
,
83
,
159
,
161
; political demise,
167
; and numbers racket,
177
; on Dodge,
185

Hitler, Adolf,
235
,
271

Hoff, Max “Boo-Boo,”
33
,
104

Hogan, Frank S.,
263
,
282

Hoover, Herbert Clark,
156

Hoover, J. Edgar,
177
,
240–244
,
300
; on Buchalter,
240

horse parlors,
72–73

Hutton (stockbroker),
73

ice racket,
126

industry, mob control of,
122–123

International Longshoreman’s Association,
261

Ison, “Big” Joe,
175

Jacobs, Jesse,
191
,
194
,
223

Jessel, George,
319

Johnson, Enoch “Nucky,”
63
,
94
,
96
,
103
,
168
; personal characteristics,
105–106

Karp, Abraham (Abe),
191
,
203

Kastel, Phil “Dandy Phil,”
163
,
164
,
168
,
171–172
,
239
,
311
,
317
,
384

Kefauver, Estes,
348
,
358
,
368
,
371
; on LL and drug ring,
348–349

Kefauver hearings,
330
,
347
,
348
,
370
,
371–373
,
382
,
388

Kelly, Helen (alias Nancy Miller),
203

Korean War,
349

labor unions,
77

Laemmle, Carl, Jr.,
329

Lagaipa, Charley “Big Nose Charley,”
52–53

La Guardia, Fiorello,
166
,
177–179
,
185
,
189
,
243
,
245
,
250
; on LL,
179

Lahey, Bill,
58

Landau, Abe,
187

Lansky, Anna Citron (Mrs. Meyer Lansky),
104
; religiousness,
108
,
125
; pregnancy and birth of crippled child,
120
,
125

Lansky, Bernard,
125

Lansky, Jake “The Hunchback,”
140
,
384

Lansky, Meyer (Maier Suchowljansky; “The Little Man,” “The Genius”),
37
,
38
,
39
,
48
,
49
,
55
,
56
,
61
,
67
,
68
,
69
,
73
,
74
,
87
,
92
,
94
,
95
,
105
,
129
,
130
,
135
,
136
,
150
,
159
,
182
,
183
,
186
,
198
,
242
,
282
,
284
,
286
,
290
,
304
,
305
,
306
,
307
,
311
,
315
,
340
,
368
,
372
,
385
,
386
,
390
,
391
,
398
,
404
,
428
,
430
; objection to movie on LL,
vii
; family,
23
; toughness,
23
,
24
; mathematical and financial genius,
23
,
72
,
229
,
260
; book-wormishness,
23
,
231
; appearance,
24
; shrewdness, intelligence and insight,
24
,
35
,
55
,
75
,
82
,
114–115
,
120
,
121
,
145
,
146–147
,
162
,
187
,
190
; love of money,
27
,
405
; as financial manager and treasurer,
72
,
229
,
232
,
283
,
307
,
353
,
367
,
369–370
,
384
,
421
,
422
,
425
; as originator of numbers racket,
75–76
; desire for respectability,
103
,
104
;
naturalization of,
103–104
; personal characteristics,
103–104
,
120
,
172–173
; honeymoon with Anna,
104
,
106
,
108
; hunger for power,
108
,
172
,
431
,
446
; first marriage,
120
,
125
; child of,
125
; arrests,
137
; role in Maranzano murder,
139
,
141
; as LL’s adviser and confidant,
139
,
145
,
402
; enmity with Gordon,
140
; political scheming and politicians,
162
,
163
,
164
,
378–379
; and gambling interests,
168–169
,
239
,
283
,
330
,
353
,
417–418
,
419
,
425
, and independent bootlegging,
172–173
; and Schultz’s conviction,
179
; role during LL’s prison term,
229
,
232
,
233
,
236
,
259
,
260
,
261
,
265–268
,
270
; and Batista,
233–234
,
239
,
449
; attitude toward violence,
239
; taste in women,
283
; and Siegel,
172
,
291
,
315–318
; second marriage and honeymoon,
347
; visits LL in Sicily,
347–348
; present to LL in Italy,
350–351
; characterized by LL,
381
; at LL’s death,
449

QUOTED:
on name “Lucky” Luciano,
119
; on murders of Masseria and Maranzano,
120–121
; on naming national organized crime,
146
; on proposed murder of Schultz,
187

Lansky, Thelma “Teddy” (Mrs. Meyer Lansky),
347
,
348

Lansky’s Law,
35–36
,
55
,
302
,
433

Lanza, Joseph “Sock,” “Joe Zox,”
263–264
,
270

Las Vegas gambling empire,
316–319
,
330
,
388
,
417–418

La Tempa, Peter,
275
,
276

Lazia, John,
105

Lehman, Herbert H.,
185
,
190

Leone, Giovanni,
422

Levine, “Red,”
35
,
87
,
89
,
102–103
,
109
,
143
; religiousness of,
139
; and Maranzano murder,
139–140

Levy, George Morton,
199
,
204
,
205
,
208
,
210
,
211
,
214
,
215
,
219
,
220
,
221
,
223
,
231
,
235
,
267

Liguori, Ralph “The Pimp,”
189
,
191
,
192
,
194
,
203
,
209
,
210
,
212
,
223
,
343
,
344
,
345

liquor industry: underworld involvement in,
106–107
,
121
,
171–172

Lissoni, Giovanni,
412

Lissoni, Igea,
362–363
; family background,
335
,
336
,
339
,
363
,
412
; interest in ballet and dancing career,
335–336
,
354
; as mistress of LL,
337–339
,
342
,
350–354
,
358
,
366
,
373
,
374
,
377
,
380
,
381
,
384
,
390
,
393
,
394–395
,
400–401
; desire for respectability,
340–341
,
346
,
359
,
364
,
365–366
,
374
,
376
; faithfulness and devotion to LL,
344
,
345
, personal characteristics,
351
,
352
,
353
,
366
; illness and death,
400–401
,
406–413
,
418
,
424
; funeral,
412