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Introduction:
Joseph Valachi, a turncoat Mafioso, provided federal investigators with detailed information on his criminal activities and former colleagues. His information was shared with Congress, the press and the public. Many of his recollections were discussed in The Valachi Papers (1968) by Peter Maas and presented in a 1972 motion picture with the same name.
Valachi was born September 22, 1903 (some sources report 1904), to Neapolitan-American parents in the East Harlem section of New York City. During childhood, he was drawn into street gangs. He became an accomplished burglar and getaway car driver. Organized crime rivalries eventually pulled him into the Mafia. Through his underworld career, Valachi was at various times member of the Reina/Lucchese, Maranzano/Bonanno and Luciano/Genovese crime families of New York. He was an active participant in the Castellammarese War of 1930-1931. He became involved in narcotics trafficking in the late 1950s and was convicted and sentenced to long prison terms in 1960 and 1961.
Crime boss Vito Genovese received a similar sentence for narcotics and became convinced that Valachi had betrayed him. Valachi learned of his boss's suspicion and feared for his life. In the summer of 1962, Valachi beat to death another inmate who he mistakenly believed was attacking him. That resulted in a Valachi life sentence for second-degree murder. Valachi subsequently began cooperating with agents of the FBI.
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In the autumn of 1963, he testified before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field (McClellan Committee). He then wrote this autobiographical manuscript, "The Real Thing," while in federal custody in 1964. It was reportedly used as source material by Maas in the writing of The Valachi Papers. The original manuscript has been preserved at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum.
Valachi spent the rest of his days in federal custody under heavy guard. He was held for a time in the "death house" of a prison in Washington, D.C. He was transfered on March 22, 1966, to federal prison at Milan, Michigan, and on Sept. 14, 1968, to a combined pair of cells (later known as "the Valachi suite") at the medium security federal prison at La Tuna, Texas. He died of an apparent heart attack, April 3, 1971, at the age of sixty-seven.
Following his death, federal officials went in search of a family member to claim the remains and provide for burial. His wife Mildred and his son Donald refused. An April 6 announcement indicated that the remains had been claimed and moved to a burial location but did not identify the claimant or the location. A month later, news reports stated that Valachi's burial spot was in the St. Matthew Section of Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Lewiston, New York, near Niagara Falls. Arrangements were made not by a family member but by a local woman, identified as Marie Jackson, who corresponded with Valachi while he was in prison. The reports were later confirmed by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
Our intent is to provide online a complete and searchable edition of Valachi's unpublished work. This has turned out to be an enormous project. In formatting these pages for the web, we have tried to remain true to the original. Page numbering and the author's misspellings have been preserved. We initially attempted to preserve the original length of typed lines, but that caused readability problems for some mobile devices. Due to the length of the document, it has been broken up into four parts. Some footnotes have been added to the pages for clarification.
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Part 1 Pages
There are 313 total pages in this part, numbered (with some numbers being used more than once, as in "6a," "6b," etc.) 1 through 299. In these pages, Valachi discusses his home life, friendships, career as a burglar, early incarcerations and first interactions with Mafia organizations in East Harlem and the Bronx.
Part 2 Pages
There are 307 total pages in this part, numbered (with some numbers being used more than once) 300 through 599. In these pages Valachi discusses the Castellammarese War, Salvatore Maranzano, Giuseppe Masseria, Lucky Luciano, the post-Maranzano Mafia, Valachi's experiences in horseracing and the black market in wartime ration stamps.
Part 3 Pages
There are 300 pages in this part. Valachi tells more about his horseracing experiences, describes the brief return of "Sally Shields" from prison, discusses narcotics and counterfeiting rackets and explains the Mob assassination of Guarino "Willie Moore" Moretti.
Part 4 Pages
There are 281 pages in this part. Valachi discusses the murder of Albert Anastasia; the Apalachin NY Mafia convention; the numbers racket; time he spent on the lam in Connecticut, western New York and Canada; his narcotics convictions; deteriorating relationship with Vito Genovese in Atlanta Prison; dealings with agents of the narcotics bureau and the FBI.
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Partial Index
Names of numbered streets are spelled out if less than 100 and written as numerals otherwise. House numbers are always written as numerals.
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1
- 103rd Street, 425,
- 104th Street, 47, 64, 630,
- 104th Street Police Station, 47, 60, 197,
- 105th Street, 34, 113, 117, 239, 517,
- 106th Street, 6F2, 36, 42, 43, 192, 200, 201, 238, 239, 241, 244, 248, 250, 252, 257, 259, 265, 270A, 271, 273, 275, 299, 473, 855, 864,
- 107th Street, 23, 36, 41, 43, 48, 55, 56, 64, 82, 112, 113, 114, 117, 118, 146, 187, 189, 190, 191, 202, 226, 227, 354, 355, 435, 453, 454, 507, 510, 533, 614, 806, 807,
- 108th Street, 6F1, 6F2, 6I, 8, 10, 14, 16, 22, 24, 27, 28, 58, 59, 64, 80, 91, 93, 112, 125, 133, 164, 168, 180, 189, 191, 193, 194, 196, 202, 203, 204, 220, 222, 223, 231, 234, 235, 239, 243, 244, 251, 344, 345, 347, 348, 364, 378, 386, 388, 544, 598, 769, 998, 999,
- 109th Street, 14, 16, 22, 22, 165, 189, 204, 297, 575, 999,
- 110th Street, 65, 165, 166, 171, 172, 209, 216, 218, 233, 244, 245, 246, 248, 297, 341, 344, 348, 354, 357, 358, 359, 363, 364, 368, 381, 464, 477, 509,
- 111th Street, 6L, 16, 679, 805,
- 112th Street, 6I, 125, 348, 350, 678, 804, 805, 806, 807,
- 114th Street, 1, 47, 100, 178, 406, 412, 427, 435, 761, 762, 805, 806, 868, 869, 870,
- 115th Street, 82, 178, 435, 455, 863, 926,
- 116th Street, 2, 81, 82, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 139, 150, 219, 260, 268, 275, 321, 350, 351, 376, 396, 440, 441, 444, 450, 465, 467, 580, 643, 645, 646, 762, 887, 889,
- 117th Street, 171, 762,
- 118th Street, 619,
- 121st Street, 56, 412,
- 123rd Street, 207, 378,
- 124th Street, 28, 34, 260, 426, 440, 925,
- 125th Street, 35, 40, 41, 57, 58, 83, 84a, 113, 176, 271, 308,
- 125th Street Ferry, 614,
- 126th Street, 34, 92, 93, 308, 309, 649,
- 129th Street, 387,
- 133rd Street, 429,
- 136th Street, 48,
- 138th Street, 309,
- 139th Street, 309,
- 143rd Street, 40,
- 144th Street, 862,
- 163rd Street, 79, 110,
- 174th Street, 98, 99, 103, 437,
- 177th Street, 61,
- 180th Street, 589, 611, 651,
- 181 Club, 427, 479,
- 183rd Street, 607,
- 187th Street, 316, 317, 318, 322, 323, 330, 770, 853, 975,
- 1908 year, 6M,
- 1912 year, 998,
- 1916 year, 33,
- 1917 year, 7,
- 1918 year, 6K, 7, 131,
- 1919 year, 6M,
- 1920 year, 21, 345,
- 1920s decade, 951,
- 1921 year, 97, 104, 110, 234,
- 1922 year, 50, 234,
- 1923 year, 12, 39, 58, 67, 68, 104,
- 1924 year, 163, 164, 192, 210, 230, 266, 267, 308, 351,
- 1925 year, 101,
- 1928 year, 42, 173, 174, 384,
- 1929 year, 42, 190, 196, 222, 234, 249,
- 1930 year, 173, 333C, 333F, 494, 603, 883, 886, 887, 888, 936, 938, 1013, 1027, 1028,
- 1930s decade, 877,
- 1931 year, 344, 618, 658, 795, 846, 886, 910,
- 1932 year, 384, 417, 1016,
- 1933 year, 389, 394, 398, 509,
- 1934 year, 398, 414,
- 1935 year, 931,
- 1936 year, 509,
- 1937 year, 161, 509,
- 1938 year, 510, 532, 957, 1129,
- 1941 year, 580,
- 1945 year, 79,
- 1946 year, 657, 660, 685,
- 1947 year, 685, 692, 693,
- 1948 year, 832,
- 1949 year, 1048,
- 1950 year, 13, 333B, 1048,
- 1952 year, 798, 893,
- 1953 year, 842, 855,
- 1954 year, 855,
- 1956 year, 892, 893, 899, 985, 1111,
- 1957 year, 307, 874, 920,
- 1958 year, 307, 333B, 640, 645,
- 1959 year, 862, 939,
- 1960 year, 839, 988, 996,
- 1961 year, 1143,
- 1962 year, 333C, 1143,
- 1963 year, 445,
- 1964 year, 568,
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2
- 228th Street, 367,
- 246th Street, 301,
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3
- 312 East 108th Street, 10,
- 318 East 108th Street, 347,
- 335 East 108th Street, 544,
- 327 East 109th Street, 15,
- 3G cloth, 47, 122,
- 3X killer, 278,
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6
- 60 West Sixtieth Street, 396
- 624 Madison Avenue, 445,
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8
- 80 South Street, 18
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9
- 90 Elizabeth Street gambling house, 451-453, 470,
- "99," see Callace, Frank "Chic 99."
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A
- Abbies clothing store, 109-110,
- Abruzzo, Judge Matthew T., 400, 956, 978,
- Abruzzo, Tom, 138-139,
- Accardi, Settimo "Sam," 328,
- Adonis, Joe, see Doto, Giuseppe "Joe Adonis."
- Agueci, Vito, 481, 1029, 1030, 1037, 1038, 1041, 1042, 1051, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1060, 1065, 1066, 1075, 1079, 1080, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1102, 1103, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1119, 1120, 1129, 1145, 1146, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1161, 1163, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1174,
- Aid Society, 4,
- Aiello, Joseph, 291,
- Al, 52,
- Albero, Charles "Charlie Bullets," 115,
- alcohol abuse, 8,
- Alamo cabaret, 84a, 86,
- Albany, New York, 69, 96,
- Alex, see Vollero, Allessandro.
- Allentown, Pennsylvania, 125, 130, 131, 132, 174,
- Alliemove, 40,
- Amato, Angelo,
- Amato, Frank "Big Dick," 82, 112, 115, 119, 230, 308, 350, 351, 496,
- - murder of, 350,
- Amechi, Danny, see Iamascia, Danny.
- Americanized vs Italian-born organized criminals, 6n,
- Anastasia, Albert, 372, 658, 665, 692, 744, 772, 798, 855, 865, 873, 912, 913, 915, 920, 929, 1165,
- Anastasio, Anthony "Tough Tony," 492,
- - murder of, 372,
- Anderson, Williams H., 158,
- Apalachin, New York, Mafia convention of 1957, 920,
- Apple Brothers clothing store, 122,
- Aranillo, Joe, see Aiello, Joseph.
- Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, 393, 394,
- Armagnac, racehorse, 504, 506, 507,
- armed robbery, 87-88, 118, 242, 245,
- arson, 260,
- Arthur Avenue, 88, 89, 316,
- artichokes, 6m, 241,
- Artichoke King, see Terranova, Ciro.
- assault, 107,
- Atlanta Federal Prison, 404, 480,
- attorney general, 492,
- Auburn automobile, 206, 240, 248, 253, 344, 354,
- Auburn Correctional Facility, 76,
- automobile theft, 414,
- Avenue J, Brooklyn, 366,
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B
- Badami, Stefano "Don Steve," 328, 343, 363,
- Bagianoia, Johnnie, 392, 393, 395,
- Baker, Joe, see Catania, Joseph "Joe Baker."
- "Baldy" from Sing Sing, 159-160, 161,
- Baraze, Mike, 414, 416, 417, 418,
- - disappearance, 417-419,
- - girlfriend Joan, 416, 418-420,
- - girlfriend's sister Flo, 416,
- - murder of, 419,
- - wanted for murder, 417,
- Barceloni, Charles,
- Barrett, Red, 85,
- Barthelmess, Richard, 160,
- baseball, 6a, 6b, 155,
- basketball, 6b,
- Bathgate Police Station, 68,
- Beck, Joe, see DiPalermo, Thomas "Joe Beck."
- Bel Monte Motor, see Viserti, Joseph / Zoo cabaret.
- Bell, Tom, 328,
- Ben Martin restaurant, 238,
- Bender, Tony, see Strollo, Anthony "Tony Bender."
- Bennett (bookmaker), 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 497,
- Biaggi, NYPD Detective Lieutenant Mario, 491-493,
- "Big Dick," see Amato, Frank "Big Dick."
- "Big Frenchy," see DeMange, George "Big Frenchy."
- "Big Rocks," 459, 460,
- "Big Six," 82-83,
- Black Cat nightclub, 491,
- "black hand," 386-387, 388, 389,
- blackmail, 6m, 386,
- block parties, 6f2, 192,
- Block, Moe, 432, 433, 434, 435, 468,
- Bloomingdales, 37,
- Bobby Doyle, see Santuccio, Girolamo "Bobby Doyle."
- Boiardo, Ruggiero "Richie," 328,
- Bonanno, Joe, 305, 343,
- bookmaking, 436, 476, 486, 487, 488, 489,
- bootlegging, 317, 428, 447, 448, 451, 471,
- boss of all bosses, 282, 342,
- bosses, 333F, 333G, 342, 409, 420, 422, 427-428, 433, 441, 458, 479,
- Boston Post Road, 317, 320, 324,
- Boston Road, 229,
- bribery of authorities, 424, 425, 426, 489, 937,
- Bright Gallant (horse), 488, 489, 490,
- Briguglia, Vincenzo, see Rannelli, Stefano "Steve."
- Broadway, 48, 64, 65, 71, 85, 179, 181, 186, 208, 213, 214, 215, 258, 259, 335, 357, 378, 390, 410, 427, 447, 456, 457, 470, 508,
- Broadway, Long Island, 270B,
- Broderick, Detective, 65,
- Bronx, New York, 9, 11, 27, 43, 67-69, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 103, 110, 134, 142, 154, 185, 186, 225, 227, 228, 232, 240, 245, 248, 257, 258, 260, 265, 270A, 297, 298, 299, 311, 315, 316, 318, 322, 338, 341, 354, 367, 389, 397, 422, 429, 431, 432, 436, 437, 441, 448, 449, 454, 483,
- Bronx County Jail, 79, 169, 398,
- Bronx Mafia Convention of 1931, 341-342,
- Bronx Park, 283,
- Bronx River Parkway, 308,
- Brooklyn, New York, 80, 160, 253, 255, 333, 335, 350, 363, 366, 368, 369, 373, 385, 398, 400, 405, 428, 468, 470,
- Brother Mac, 76, 77, 78,
- Brown, Al, see Schillaci, Giovanni "Al Brown."
- Brown, Tommie, see Lucchese, Thomas.
- Browning machine gun, 495,
- Buchalter, Louis "Lepke," 85,
- Buck, see Jones, Buck.
- Buffalo, Charlie, see DiBenedetto, Calogero "Charlie Buffalo."
- Buffalo, New York, 204, 355, 359,
- Buick automobile, 209, 216, 259,
- Bull, 217-218, 219, 220-221, 222, 230, 259,
- Bullets, Charlie, see Albero, Charles "Charlie Bullets."
- burglary, 1-2, 6g, 6h, 6i, 6j, 18, 21-22, 30, 33, 34, 43, 46, 47, 51, 56, 61, 80, 84a, 88, 89, 90, 95, 97, 107, 122, 123, 126, 165, 168, 174, 175, 178, 181, 182, 203, 205, 208, 213, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 229, 232, 236, 240, 250, 254, 258, 270A, 274, 287, 331, 335, 337, 358,
- Burn Brothers Coal Yard, 59,
- Buster, see Domingo, Sebastiano "Buster."
- Byers, Jake, 506,
- Byers, Frank, 483, 506, 507,
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C
- Cadillac automobile, 61, 63, 65, 82, 88, 109, 110, 231, 232, 233, 241,
- Calabria, Italy, 387,
- California, 423,
- Callace, Frank "Chic 99," 168, 297, 298, 304, 614,
- Camorra, 146,
- Canarsie, 236,
- Capobianco, Edward "Eddie Starr," 454, 458-459,
- Capone, Al, 158, 163, 269, 291, 333C, 355, 362, 372, 384,
- caporegime, 371,
- Caputo, Nick, 118, 119, 141, 141,
- Caputo, Patsy, 117, 118,
- Capuzzi, Nick, 285, 305,
- Carberry, police official, 427,
- Carfano, Anthony "Little Augie Pisano," 85, 700, 701, 703, 709, 911, 912, 942, 943, 955, 988, 989,
- - murder of, 942, 943, 955,
- Cargo, Joe, 3,
- "carpet," see Mafia, dispute resolution, and Mafia, trials before New York underworld council.
- Caruso, Angelo, 343-344, 362,
- Caruso, Frank,
- casino gambling, 333G,
- Castaldo, Joseph "Muskie," 241,
- Castellammarese War, 280-338, 342, 477, 494,
- Castellammaresi, 285, 288, 321, 342,
- Catania, Joseph "Joe Baker," 85, 88, 89, 316, 317, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328,
- Caupoto, 59,
- Central Park, 6f2,
- Charlie (Coppola's man), 438, 439,
- Charlie (possibly Albero, Charles "Charlie Bullets"), 31, 33-35, 41, 49, 52, 94, 97, 98, 104, 118, 167,
- Charlie Jones Restaurant, 363,
- "Cheese" party in Sing Sing, 73, 74, 154,
- Chic 99, see Callace, Frank "Chic 99."
- Chicago, 287, 291, 321, 329, 333A, 333C, 333E, 371, 372, 408, 505, 527, 528, 597, 670, 671, 920, 921,
- Chicago Mafia convention of fall 1931, 371, 372,
- "Chin," see Gigante, Vincent "Chin."
- Chinaman, see Masseria, Giuseppe "Joe the Boss."
- Christmas, 1, 112, 181, 409, 443, 461, 463, 580, 723, 725, 861, 954, 956, 1044,
- Chuck, 6F1, 234, 236, 237, 238, 243-244, 247, 251, 259, 261, 297, 344-348, 455, 464,
- Cincinnati, Ohio, 408,
- City Dump, 7,
- Clementi, Carmine "Dolly Dimples," 145, 146-147, 148, 150, 152, 153, 154, 159, 161, 192,
- Clementi, "Coney Island," 145,
- Clutching Hand, see Morello, Giuseppe.
- Coco, Ettore "Eddie," 365, 366,
- "Cockeye Nick," see Ratteni, Nicholas "Cockeye Nick."
- Coffee Pot, 216, 245, 246, 437, 438,
- Cohen, Mickey, 1162,
- Coll, Eddie, 351,
- Coll, Vincent, 348, 349, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355,
- - baby shot, 355,
- - and Fat McCarthy, 349, 351, 352,
- - kidnapping, 352, 353,
- - Mad Dog, 351,
- - murder of, 352,
- Commonwealth Avenue, 354,
- compare ("goombah"), 387, 388,
- Coney Island, New York, 253, 337, 355, 360, 377,
- Conklin, Inspector, 108,
- Conti, Joe, 465,
- Copacabana, 397,
- Coppola, Michael "Trigger Mike," 82, 357, 362, 421, 422, 437, 438, 455, 456, 468,
- - numbers racket, 421, 468,
- - and Salerno, 455,
- - and Terranova, 422,
- Cornish Arms Hotel, 354, 370,
- Cosa Nostra, 6n, 85, 173, 305, 389, 460, 491,
- Costello, Frank, 17, 167, 362, 374, 376, 397, 443, 479,
- - attempted murder of, 479,
- - boss of Lucania Family, 443,
- - and Copacabana, 397,
- - political connections, 397,
- Cotton Club, 40, 84, 379, 508,
- Courtly, Police Inspector, 60,
- crap games, 113, 238, 333E, 364, 396, 425, 451, 452, 477, 500-502, 594, 739, 775, 778, 804, 807, 808, 809, 810, 842, 862, 1089,
- Crazy Chuck, see Chuck.
- Crescent Avenue, 323,
- Curley, 81,
- "Curly Top," 475-476,
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D
- Daley, Frankie, 87,
- dance halls, 178, 224, 225,
- Dannemora (Clinton Correctional Facility), 76, 141, 142, 149, 154, 161, 172, 174, 296, 301,
- Danny, 330, 331, 332, 336, 341,
- Daugherty, 59,
- DeMange, George "Big Frenchy," 353,
- Detroit, Michigan, 355,
- Dewey, Thomas, 410, 411, 429, 443, 454,
- Diamond Brothers, 154,
- Diamond, Eddie, 83,
- Diamond, Jack "Legs," 83,
- DiBenedetto, Calogero "Charlie Buffalo," 305, 352-353, 359, 363, 364,
- Dinty Moore Restaurant, 357,
- Dioguardi brothers, 431,
- Dioguardi, John "Johnny Dio,"
- Dioguardi, Thomas,
- DiPalermo, Thomas "Joe Beck,"
- DiQuarto, Dominick "Dom the Sailor," 479,
- Dobbs Ferry, New York, 76,
- Doc, see Stretched, Doc.
- Doc from White Plains, 424, 425, 426,
- dog racing, 400, 401,
- Dolan, Jimmy, 424, 425, 426,
- Dolly, see Clementi, Carmine "Dolly Dimples."
- Dolly Sisters, police officers, 213, 232, 259,
- "Dom the Sailor," see DiQuarto, Dominick "Dom the Sailor."
- Domingo, Sebastiano "Buster," 285, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 294, 295, 304, 305, 314, 315, 316, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 328, 329, 330, 333A, 333C, 333D, 333E, 333F, 336, 337, 340, 343, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361,
- - background, 288, 333c,
- - murder, 333E,
- Dominick from Sing Sing, 138-140,
- Don Alfonso, 492,
- Don Antonio, 342,
- Don Steve, see Badami, Stefano "Don Steve."
- Doto, Giuseppe "Joe Adonis," 291, 362, 392, 402, 468, 744,
- Dottie, 178, 277, 229,
- "downtown," 65, 84A, 85, 172, 208, 213, 214, 226, 273, 280, 282, 374, 381, 382, 383, 385, 392, 397, 431, 439, 442, 444, 449, 453, 460, 464, 469, 470, 543, 544, 545, 567, 604, 610, 629, 630, 706, 740, 741, 742, 743, 754, 771, 780, 808, 809, 813, 814, 820, 848, 857, 858, 859, 864, 881, 887, 892, 895, 898, 911, 912, 926, 927, 933, 938, 956, 962, 964, 965, 977, 986, 987, 1001, 1013, 1014, 1031, 1049, 1068, 1074,
- Doyle, Bobby, see Santuccio, Girolamo "Bobby Doyle."
- Doyle, Jimmy, see Plumeri, James "Jimmy Doyle."
- Dream Land dance hall, 41, 83, 97, 98, 103, 104, 109, 110, 112, 115,
- Duffy, Bill, 364,
- Duke's Restaurant, 338, 471, 489, 494,
- Duncan, Dr., 378, 379,
- Dusenberg automobile, 394,
- "Dutchman" of Irish Mob, 81, 111, 114, 115, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 140-141, 143, 144, 150, 163,
- Dyckman Street, 181, 186, 189, 213,
- Dyke, Leo, 380,
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E
- East Harlem, 6f, 275,
- East New York, 363,
- East River, 6g, 23, 59, 71, 440,
- East Side, 85, 333E, 397,
- Easton, Pennsylvania, 130, 134,
- Eboli, Pasquale "Patsy Ryan," 479,
- Eboli, Thomas "Tom Ryan," 416, 455, 458, 459, 462, 463, 465, 479,
- - wife Mary, 416,
- Eddie, 256, 270A, 270B, 271, 341,
- Eddie, owner of Paradise Restaurant, 509, 510,
- Edgecomb Avenue, 65, 249,
- Eighth Avenue, 41, 65, 84a, 179, 181, 352, 357, 390, 410, 509,
- Eighth Avenue El, elevated train, 65,
- Eighty-fourth Street, 214, 215,
- Eighty-sixth Street, 31, 32, 41,
- electric chair, 88, 145, 147, 154,
- Eleventh Street, 427,
- Elizabeth Street, 451-453, 470,
- Ellenville, New York, 414,
- Emery, racehorse, 505,
- England, 482,
- Enright, Detective Tommy, 60,
- Enright, Police Commissioner, 60,
- epsom salts, 378-379,
- extortion, 6m, 198, 386, 412-413,
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F
- Fair Grounds racetrack, New Orleans, 408,
- Fairy soap, 1-2,
- Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, 163,
- "Fat Butch," 397, 425,
- "Fat Tony," see Salerno, Anthony "Fat Tony."
- Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 333B, 1162,
- - Mafia book, 1162,
- fencing stolen merchandise, 29,
- Ferguson, 72,
- Ferrigno, Steve, 295, 298,
- Ferrigono, Steve, see Ferrigno, Steve.
- Fifth Avenue, 51, 52,
- Fiftieth Street, 85,
- Fifty-first Street, 180, 231, 232, 233, 259, 260, 470,
- Fifty-ninth Street, 37,
- Fifty-ninth Street Bridge (Queensboro Bridge), 121,
- Fifty-second Street, 232, 447,
- Fifty-seventh Street, 50, 51, 97,
- Fiore, Joe, 42, 191, 193, 194, 195, 198, 202,
- First Avenue, 6f, 6f1, 6g, 6i, 6L, 8, 14, 15, 16, 22, 34, 35, 59, 60, 64, 81, 91, 93, 103, 111, 113, 191, 192, 193, 200, 202, 207, 219, 231, 241, 260, 344, 345, 348, 351, 378, 426, 427, 453, 458, 473, 507,
- fish game, 6L,
- Florence (girlfriend), 24, 25, 26, 178,
- Florida, 398, 401, 402, 440, 507, 508,
- Foley, Steve, 81, 85, 114,
- Ford automobile, 254, 317, 318, 323, 329,
- Fordham, 283, 316, 323, 366,
- Fordham Road, 11, 168,
- Fordham Mob, 85, 88,
- Fort Lee, New Jersey, 253, 338, 362, 409, 443, 461, 470, 494, 582, 629, 660, 740, 795, 832,
- Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 6K,
- Fourteenth Street, 363, 369, 500, 503,
- Fortieth Street, 85, 463,
- Forty-eighth Street, 456,
- Forty-second Street, 40, 116, 181, 134, 179, 180, 181,
- Forty-sixth Street, 223, 348, 349, 352, 355, 357, 359, 393, 410, 457,
- Forty-third Street, 179,
- Fox Clothes Shop, 203,
- Francis, Steve, 427, 479,
- Frank, 177, 228, 230, 252, 253, 257, 266, 267, 268, 270A, 275,
- Frank (numbers racket finance), 406, 407, 467,
- Frank's Cloth Shop, 47,
- Frank's restaurant, 84a,
- Freddie's Restaurant, 357, 410, 457,
- Frenchy, watchman, 375,
- friend of ours, 307,
- Fritz, truck driver, 207,
- Froman, Bert, 481,
- Fuller, attorney, 158,
- Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 89,
- Funzi, 105, 106, 108,
-
G
- "Gaf" (handicapper), 483, 484, 487, 497, 498, 499, 500, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508,
- Gagliano, Joseph "Pip the Blind," 88-89, 104, 105, 398, 412, 439,
- - hanging, 398,
- Gagliano, Tom, 276, 304, 305, 321, 322, 337, 338, 339, 341, 343, 350, 362, 366, 367, 369, 397, 422, 427, 471, 472, 473, 474,
- - political connections, 397,
- Gagliano farm, 276, 204,
- Gallo brothers, 333G,
- Gallucci, Giosue, 17,
- Gambino, Carlo, 322,
- Gambino, Paolo, 319, 320, 322,
- gambling, 333E, 333G,
- gang fights, 6f2,
- Gap, The, see Petrelli, Dominick "the Gap."
- garbage scows, 18,
- Garden Inn, see also Viserti, Joseph / Zoo cabaret, 84, 90, 109, 110,
- garment district, 430,
- Genovese, Anna Petillo Vernotico, 418, 479, 480, 481,
- Genovese, Vito, 291, 307, 329, 333F, 333G, 343, 349, 350, 359, 362, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 382, 383, 384, 385, 389, 391, 398, 400, 403, 404, 409, 418, 421, 422, 427, 428, 440, 441, 444, 451, 453, 465, 467, 468, 477, 478, 480, 481, 482, 493-494,
- - and Castellammarese War, 477,
- - and Costello, 479,
- - fled to Italy, 451, 453, 482,
- - junk shop - 374,
- - marriage/wives, 418, 479, 480-481,
- - and Strollo, 428,
- - treachery, 368, 441, 478,
- - and Wayo, 479-480,
- Gentile, Nicola, 492,
- Germans, 333B,
- Giannini, Eugene, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 481, 482, 483,
- Gibbs, Judge, 109, 413,
- Gigante, Vincent "Chin," 479,
- "goombah," see compare ("goombah").
- Gordon, Waxey, see Wexler, Irving "Waxey Gordon."
- Grand Concourse, 64,
- Grand Pal (horse), 488, 489, 490,
- Granville, New York, 414,
- "greaseball," 6n, 112, 239, 271, 280, 312, 595, 602, 609, 631, 864, 887, 1026, 1034, 1036, 1091, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1171,
- Green, Harold, 433, 441,
- Green, Max, 377,
- Greenbaum, Gus, 408,
- - murder of, 422,
- Greenberg, Max, 422,
- Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 333,
- Greenwich Village, 50, 222, 422, 428, 447, 481,
- Groal, Judge, 91,
- Gross, Harry, 398,
- Gross, Magistrate Anna, 412,
- Gullieo, Al, 150, 156,
-
H
- Hackensack, New Jersey, 582, 591,
- Hamilton Avenue Fur Company, 125,
- Hamm, Jimmy, 242, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 250,
- handball, 6a, 6b,
- "Handsome," 31, 32
- Hardy Club, 392, 393,
- Harlem, Manhattan, 52, 84a, 85, 137, 141, 185, 186, 220, 248, 275, 295, 297, 301, 357, 358, 364, 370, 380, 383, 393, 397, 417, 418, 434, 444, 451, 464, 471, 472, 473,
- Harlem Hospital, 263,
- Harlem Market, 375, 376,
- Harlow, Jean, 424,
- Harvard Square (horse), 485, 488,
- Hassel, Max, 422,
- haunted house, 310, 312, 314, 315, 328,
- Hawthorne Race Course, Chicago, 408,
- Haynes automobile, 125,
- Helen, 176, 177, 178, 228, 229,
- Hells Kitchen mob, 85,
- Herman, Pete, 465,
- Hestler (also written Halssler and Helssler), Pete, 81, 114, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145,
- Higgins, Vannie, 428,
- - murder of, 428,
- hijacking, 317, 356, 367,
- Hill, Police Lieutenant Thomas E., 249,
- Hill, Virginia, 424,
- Hines, Jimmy, 397, 410,
- Hirch, Joe (pinball union), 396,
- Hirsch, Max (horseracing), 483, 485,
- Hirsh (garment jobber), 430,
- Hogan, Danny, 365,
- Hollander baths, 57,
- Hollywood Restaurant, 470, 471, 475, 476, 481, 482, 491,
- Homes protection, 231,
- homicide, 11, 12, 16, 17, 91, 146-147, 275, 280, 321, 327, 337, 355,
- "Honey," 466,
- "hop" racket (heroin?), 473-474,
- horse racing, 398, 399, 408, 426, 476, 481, 483, 484, 485, 486, 490, 497, 498, 499, 500, 504, 505, 506,
- - fixed, 408, 483-484, 485,
- - odds, 486, 498, 504,
- horse room, 412, 424, 426, 470,
- horse trainer, 483,
- horseback riding, 393-394, 395,
- Hot Springs, Arkansas, 391, 393, 394, 395, 398, 442, 509,
- House of Detention, 199,
- Hubbard, Warren, 397,
- Hubert, Warran, see Hubbard, Warren.
- Hudson automobile, 65, 243,
- Hudson Bay Fur Company, 89,
- human trafficking, 6m,
- Hupmobile automobile, 169,
-
I
- Iamascia, Danny, 352,
- "ice," see bribery of authorities
- ice business, 403, 404,
- informants, 333B, 398,
- Inside News, 445, 447,
- Irish mob, 40, 76, 77, 81, 83, 109, 110, 112, 114, 118, 119, 121, 136, 141, 150, 192, 230, 267, 308, 353, 428,
- Irving Place, 213,
- Italians, 333A,
-
J
- Jackie, 452, 453,
- "Jazz Baby," 24,
- Jerome, Jimmy, 372,
- Jersey City, 21, 234,
- Jewish Mob, 83, 85 372, 421,
- Jim, see Hamm, Jimmy.
- Jimmy Kelly's, 50,
- Joe from Sing Sing, 145, 192,
- Joe the Boss, see Masseria, Giuseppe "Joe the Boss."
- Joe, Harlem grocer, 386, 387,
- Joe's Restaurant, 81,
- Joe's Yankee Restaurant, 87,
- Johnnie D., 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 222, 229, 231, 232, 233, 240, 246, 256, 331, 333, 341, 344, 358, 365, 368, 370, 373, 455, 458, 463, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505,
- "Johnnie the Boy" (friend of Giannini), 475,
- "Johnnie the Bug," see Stoppelli, Innocenzo "Johnnie the Bug."
- Joie, 501-503,
- Jones, Buck, 92, 93, 94,
- Jones, Buck (second), 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 337, 341, 365, 368, 370, 373,
- Jones, Charlie, 363-364, 369,
- Jones, Joe, 195, 226,
- Josie, 178,
- joy-riding, 12,
- junk, see narcotics.
- junk business, 3,
-
K
- Kid Thomas, 117-118,
- King, Dot, 91,
- Kronfield, Phil (clothing), 482,
-
L
- La Guardia, Mayor Fiorello, 389, 396, 397,
- Lanzetta, James, 396,
- Lansky, Meyer, 423,
- LaPlaca, Peter,
- LaPuma, Frank, 81, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 121, 122, 124, 140, 141, 142, 143,
- LaSalles, 391,
- Las Vegas, Nevada, 333G,
- LaTempa, Peter, 148, 398,
- - poisoned, 398,
- Laurie, 354,
- Lawes, Warden Lewis E., 72, 78, 160,
- Leibowitz, Samuel, 355,
- lemonade business, 15, 239, 251,
- Leno, Pete "Muggin," 365, 368, 370, 373, 417, 418,
- Lenox Avenue, 82, 83, 84a, 113,
- Leon and Eddie's, 447,
- LePore, Vincenzo "Jimmy Marino," 343, 366, 886,
- - murder of, 366,
- Leviwitz, Marvin, 396,
- Lexington Avenue, 31, 32, 33, 41, 84a, 122, 165, 176, 209, 211, 216, 220, 233, 242, 244, 245, 246, 247, 274, 275, 297, 341, 344, 348, 350, 354, 358, 359, 363, 364, 368, 370, 373, 381, 396, 412, 425, 455, 458, 464, 477, 500, 645, 701, 707,
- license plates, 38, 51, 82, 215, 216, 218, 232, 236, 237, 950
- Lichtman, Charles, 390, 391, 396,
- lieutenants of Mafia family, 342,
- Lincoln automobile, 104, 318, 319,
- Lindy, 348-349, 354,
- Lindy's Restaurant, 85,
- "Little Augie," see Carfano, Anthony "Little Augie Pisano."
- "Little Eddie," 140,
- "Little Frenchy," 508,
- Little Italy 109th Street, 16,
- Livingston Manor, New York, 277,
- Livingston Manor Country Club, 277, 278,
- Livorsi, Frank, 275, 496,
- loansharking, 14, 430, 449-451, 475, 491, 501, 503, 519, 521, 547, 548, 552, 563, 575, 610, 667, 668, 721, 722, 799, 831, 910, 940, 1090,
- Locomobile automobile, 190,
- Lofts Candy, 10,
- Lombardo, Philip "Benny Squint," 440,
- London, 221, 259,
- Long Island, New York, 10, 120, 124-125, 141, 158, 163, 213, 215, 217, 235, 236, 245, 247, 270B, 271, 289, 311, 315, 328, 331, 332, 333, 335, 337, 358, 380, 405,
- Lottie, 116, 351,
- Louie from Pennsylvania, 130, 132, 133,
- Louie the Baker, 14,
- Louie the Shoemaker, see Paretti, Tony "the Shoemaker."
- Luby, Richie, 98, 104,
- Lucchese, Thomas "Tommy Brown," 224, 227, 239, 250, 305, 332, 333, 334, 337, 340, 341, 343, 367, 455, 456, 457, 460, 461, 463,
- - marriage / wife Kitty, 456, 461,
- Luciano, Charlie "Lucky," (real name Salvatore Lucania), 113, 291, 329, 343, 349, 350, 352, 353, 355, 357, 359, 360, 362, 364, 369, 373, 374, 382, 391, 397, 405, 406, 407, 410, 421, 422, 427, 437, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 453, 467, 468, 493,
- - and Coll, 353,
- - compulsory prostitution conviction, 443,
- - deported, 443,
- - father's death, 405,
- - and Gagliano, 427,
- - Hot Springs, Arkansas, 442-443,
- - and Madden, 353,
- - Mafia Commission, 493,
- - political connections, 397,
- - resignation from boss role, 443,
- - and Schultz, 410, 421,
- Luciano, Frank,
- Lucky, Charlie, see Luciano, Charlie "Lucky."
-
M
- MacDougal Street, 482,
- machine gun, 495,
- Macy Place, 206,
- Mad Dog, see Coll, Vincent.
- Madden, Owen, 353, 394, 508, 509,
- Madison Avenue, 119, 178, 217, 218, 220, 230, 232, 259, 440, 445,
- Mafia in Sicily, 443,
- Mafia in U.S., 231,
- - dispute resolution, 338, 467, 497,
- - existence denied, 492,
- - family organization, 342, 371,
- - induction, 224, 305-306,
- - informants, 492, 493,
- - introductions, 307,
- - kiss greeting, 337,
- - narcotics, 333B,
- - relationship to Sicilian Mafia, 443,
- - retirement, 333G,
- - rules, 306, 333b,
- - trials before New York underworld council, 427-428, 445-447, 460-461, 462-463, 470, 472-473, 479,
- Magaddino, Stefano "Steve," 353, 355, 359,
- Mancuso, Francis X., 215,
- Mangano, Vincent, 362, 399, 400, 402, 403,
- Maranzano, Salvatore "the old man," 289, 290, 299, 304, 305, 310, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 328, 329, 333C, 333D, 333E, 333F, 334, 335, 336, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 344, 348, 349, 350, 355, 356, 358, 359, 361, 362, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 372, 373, 393, 399, 440, 495, 496,
- - careless, 361,
- - Coney Island banquet, 350, 355,
- - daughter, 353,
- - fan of Julius Caesar, 371,
- - greed, 355, 356, 361,
- - murder of, 366, 368, 369, 372-373,
- - order against guns in office, 360, 362,
- - Park Avenue office, 348, 349, 350, 352, 360, 399,
- - plans second war, 361, 362, 367, 369, 371, 496,
- - reorganizes Mafia, 342, 371,
- - secret peace talks with Luciano and Genovese, 329,
- - spies in Masseria camp, 318, 320, 328,
- Marcantonio, Vito, 397,
- Marinelli, Al, 397,
- Marino, 88,
- Marino, Jimmy, see LePore, Vincenzo "Jimmy Marino."
- Marks, Murray, 423,
- - murder of, 423,
- Marmon automobile, 317, 318,
- marriage, 25, 26, 27,
- Mason Simon store, 50, 97,
- Masseria, Giuseppe "Joe the Boss," 280, 282, 283, 285, 287, 291, 292, 293, 295, 298, 305, 321, 329, 330, 333C, 333E, 333F,337, 340, 342, 360, 364, 400, 495,
- - "Chinaman" nickname, 337,
- - death sentence against Castellammaresi, 285, 321, 342,
- - greed, 287,
- - murder of, 337, 360,
- Mastromeine, 140,
- Matty, 430, 431,
- May, 178, 207, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 238, 252, 253, 265, 276, 277, 285, 294, 296, 311, 312, 331, 332, 334,
- Mazzie, Rocco,
- McCarthy, Fat, 348, 349, 351, 352,
- McClellan Committee of U.S. Senate, 249,
- McGee, attorney, 158,
- McKee, Mayor Joseph V., 389,
- Medole, Sam, 351,
- Mickey (Coppola's man), 439, 440,
- - murder of, 439,
- - and Schultz, 440,
- Midtown, 445, 459,
- Mike of Irish mob, 113, 115, 124, 125,
- Milone (Coppola lieutenant in numbers racket), 468,
- Mineo, Al "Manfredi," 295, 298,
- Minutemen,
- Miranda, Mike, 357, 460, 461,
- Mitchell, Lingie, 84a,
- Moe (see also Block, Moe), 57,
- Mohawk Trail, Arkansas, 393,
- Monaco, Sam, 328, 343, 366,
- - murder of, 366,
- Monk, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 222, 231, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 243, 244, 245, 246, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 270A, 270B, 273, 274, 331, 333, 335, 337, 358,
- Monmouth, New Jersey, 1179,
- Montana, John, 359,
- Moore, Willie, see Moretti, Guarino "Willie."
- Morello, Ciro, see Terranova, Ciro.
- Morello, Giuseppe, 275, 280, 282, 321, 340, 400,
- Morello, Nick, see Terranova, Nicholas.
- Morello, Peter, see Morello, Giuseppe.
- Moretti, Guarino "Willie," 17, 113, 119, 291, 362, 391, 407, 409, 443, 450, 471, 472, 494, 495, 496,
- - acting boss of Lucania Family, 443,
- - attempted murder of (1930), 495,
- Morris Park, Bronx, New York, 66,
- Morris Park Avenue, 232, 233,
- Motto, Patsy, 96, 97,
- Mount Vernon, New York, 240,
- Muggin, Pete, see Leno, Pete "Muggin."
- murder, 6L, 11, 12, 16-17, 42, 76, 80, 88, 91, 117, 140, 142, 145, 146, 147, 152, 196, 198, 229, 235, 275, 280, 287, 295, 298, 302, 321, 333B, 333D, 365-366, 373, 384, 417-418, 419, 422, 428, 440, 473, 493,
- murder stable (108th Street between First and Second Avenues), 6f1, 8, 10, 11, 16,
- Muskie, see Castaldo, Joseph "Muskie."
- Mustangs gang, 16, 418,
- Mutual Welfare League, 72-73, 161,
-
N
- Naples, 146, 285,
- narcotics, 333B,
- narcotics agents, 333E,
- Navy Street Gang, 146,
- Neapolitan vs. Sicilian gang conflict, 146-147,
- New Orleans, Louisiana, 408,
- New Jersey, 18, 166, 170, 238, 248, 279, 328, 362, 366, 391, 407, 409, 421, 422, 440, 443, 461, 471, 474, 486, 494, 582, 583, 591, 591, 600, 604, 629, 660, 700, 740, 795, 813, 832, 1013, 1179,
- New York Catholic Protectory, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6n, 53, 369,
- New York City garbage strike of 1911, 14,
- New York Daily Mirror, 397,
- New York Journal, 248,
- New York Police Department, 251, 256, 333F, 333G, 364, 374, 412, 413,
- - commissioner's confidential squad, 427,
- - corruption, 374, 380, 491-493,
- - extortion, 413,
- New York Yankees, 655,
- Newark, New Jersey, 166, 248, 328, 343, 363, 366, 582, 583, 591, 592, 600, 604, 700, 1013,
- "Nick the Burglar," 81,
- Nick (numbers partner), 405,
- Nickie (Possibly Capuzzi or Padovano), 165, 166, 168, 170, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 182, 184, 185, 188, 193, 194, 195, 196, 200, 201, 205, 208, 209, 212, 213, 214, 218, 219, 222, 224, 226, 227, 231, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240, 242, 243, 245, 246, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 265, 269, 270A, 270B, 273, 274, 275, 276, 280, 295, 300, 301, 302, 304, 309-311, 313, 314, 315, 323, 325, 327, 337, 339, 365, 366, 367,
- Nineteenth Hole nightclub, 481, 491,
- Ninety-seventh Street, 456, 458, 462,
- Ninety-sixth Street, 6F1,
- North Carolina, 403,
- numbers gambling racket, 391, 397, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 420, 421, 426, 429, 431, 432, 435, 436, 441, 444, 449, 453-454, 465, 467-468, 469, 490, 503,
- - consolidation, 421,
- - decentralized, 454,
- - fixed, 406, 407, 420, 421, 426, 431, 468,
-
O
- O'Brien Brothers, 18,
- O'Brien, Mayor John P., 389,
- O'Dwyer, William, 397, 398,
- O'Hara, Tim, 151,
- Oldsmobile, 90,
- Oriental rugs, 48,
- Ormento, John,
- Otto, 351,
-
P
- Paar, Jack, 491,
- Padovano, Nick, 305,
- Packard automobile, 49, 58, 60, 66, 97, 104, 110, 120, 127, 129, 131, 134, 135, 279,
- Pagano, Joe, 307,
- Palisades, Joe, see Rosato, Joseph "Joe Palisades."
- Paradise Restaurant, 509, 510,
- Parc Publishing Co., 445,
- Paretti, Tony "the Shoemaker," 147,
- Park Avenue, 1, 2, 103, 119, 223, 240, 246, 297, 348, 349, 352, 365, 378, 412,
- parole, 482, 483,
- Passaic River, New Jersey, 366,
- Paterra, Joe "Swede," 365,
- Paterson, New Jersey, 174,
- Patriarca, Raymond,
- Pattano, Anthony, 154,
- Paul, nephew of Moretti, 450,
- Pavilion Royal, 332,
- Pearl Street, 422, 424,
- "Peggie." 416,
- Pelham Health Inn, 84,
- Pelham Manor, New York, 454,
- Pelham Parkway, 84, 283, 284, 287, 291, 292, 298, 300, 301, 304, 306, 330, 418, 508,
- Pellegrino, George (possibly Pellegrino Morano), 147,
- Pep, Diamond Joe, see Viserti, Joseph
- Pep, Joseph (horse trainer), 550, 551,
- Pepp, Willie, 902,
- Pete, 256, 341,
- Pete from Sing Sing, 137,
- Pete the Greek, 152,
- peterman (safecracker), 57,
- petit larceny, 172,
- Petrelli, Dominick "the Gap," 42, 43, 64, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 103, 104, 109, 110, 149-150, 167, 191-192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 224, 239, 242, 253, 260, 261, 262, 264, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270A, 271, 272, 273, 276, 279, 281, 282, 283, 305, 331, 332, 345, 348, 349, 363, 364, 366, 368, 369, 373, 374, 377, 378, 381, 398, 400, 401, 402, 403, 447,
- - auto accident, 91, 403,
- - murder charge, 91,
- Pierce-Arrow automobile, 308,
- pimp, 459,
- pinball machines, 389, 390, 391, 408, 475, 491,
- pinball union, 390, 396,
- Pingola, Joe, see Pinzolo, Bonaventura "Joe."
- Pinken Avenue (perhaps Pitkin), Brooklyn, 254,
- pinochle, 392,
- Pinzolo, Bonaventura "Joe," 271-273, 280, 282, 343,
- Pip the Blind, see Gagliano, Joseph "Pip the Blind."
- Pipie, 98.
- Plantation Revue, 71,
- Pleasant Avenue, 100, 115, 207, 219, 406, 427, 435, 455,
- Pledge, Joe, see Polizio, Emetia "Joe Pledge."
- Plumeri, James "Jimmy Doyle," 431,
- - relationship to Dioguardis, 431,
- poker, 165-166, 171, 210, 245,
- police car radios, 251, 256,
- police cooperation with Mafia, 333F, 333G, 424, 426, 492,
- "Policy Pete," 397,
- Polizio, Emetia "Joe Pledge," 398,
- Pompeii Restaurant, 113, 114, 119, 141, 308,
- Ponzi, 21,
- Ponza, George, 396,
- Pordanor, 328,
- Port Jervis, New York, 279,
- Prohibition, 80,
- Profaci, Giuseppe "Joe", 285, 287, 305, 314, 324, 333C, 343,
- Profaci-Gallo War, 333G,
- Prospect Avenue, 206, 207, 208, 246,
- protection racket, 6L, 436,
- public baths, 23,
- Public School 172, 4,
- Public School 83, 6n,
- purge of murdered boss's followers, 370,
- pushcart peddling, 6L, 15,
-
Q
- Quain, Billy, 197, 201, 202,
- Queensboro Bridge, see Fifty-ninth Street Bridge (Queensboro Bridge).
-
R
- Rainbow Gardens, 176, 182, 194, 195, 203, 206, 207, 208, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 224, 226, 227, 228, 231, 238, 239, 248, 252, 262, 264, 266, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 282, 283, 285,
- Rannelli, Stefano "Steve," 239, 250, 252, 258, 265, 275-276, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 305, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 328, 333A, 340,
- Rao, Joe, 81, 85, 86, 97, 98, 100, 103, 104, 109, 110, 111, 116, 117, 150, 308, 309, 351, 354, 434, 435, 436, 440, 441,
- Rao, Vincent (of 107th Street), 112, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 226, 339, 340, 454, 456,
- - and Wackie Brothers, 454, 456,
- Rao, Vincent (second), 435, 441,
- rape, 11, 386,
- "rats," 479, 481,
- Ratteni, Nicholas "Cockeye Nick," 397,
- Raymond Street Jail, 398,
- real estate, 508,
- "Red," 96, 473, 474,
- Reina, Gaetano, 280, 339-340, 446,
- - murder of, 446,
- Reinas, 446-447,
- Reles, Abe, 333A, 398, 451, 452,
- - death, 398,
- - suspects arrested, 452,
- Reo truck, 187,
- Riccis restaurant, 84a,
- Riccobono, Joseph,
- Rich, Bernie, 497, 499, 505,
- Richie, see Boiardo, Ruggiero "Richie."
- Richie's restaurant, 257,
- Riley, Police Officer "Monkey," 142-143, 145,
- Rinaldo, Salvatore, 333B, 333C,
- Ritz, 40, 84a, 86,
- River Downs race track, Cincinnati, 408,
- Rivers, Joe, see Silesi, Joseph "Joe Rivers."
- Roberts, Johnny, see Robilotto, John "Johnny Roberts."
- Robilotto, John "Johnny Roberts," 447, 448, 449, 451, 452, 453, 471, 475, 476, 481, 482, 491,
- - nightclubs, 491,
- Roceo, Frank, 174,
- Rochester, New York, 201, 204, 359,
- Rogers, Bum, 76,
- Roosevelt Avenue, 235,
- Rosato, Joseph "Joe Palisades," 239, 288, 289, 299, 305, 315, 458, 459, 503,
- Rothstein, Arnold, 364,
- Rudy's Restaurant, 182, 206, 214, 258, 262, 273, 274, 283,
- Runie, Nurse, 379, 381,
- Russo, 404,
- Ryan, Jerry, 392, 393, 395, 464, 465, 466, 468,
- Rye, Patty, see Eboli, Pasquale "Patsy Ryan."
- Rye, Tommy, see Eboli, Thomas "Tom Ryan".
-
S
- Sadie Chinks, 58,
- Salerno, Anthony "Fat Tony," 455, 458, 462,
- Sally, watchman, 202,
- Sandie, 460, 464, 465, 466, 471, 497,
- - death of, 466,
- sanitation work, 7, 14,
- Santora, Salvatore,
- Santuccio, Girolamo "Bobby Doyle," 224, 227, 238, 242, 250, 257, 258, 266, 268, 269, 270A, 282, 283, 284, 305, 314, 315, 316, 321, 326, 340, 341, 342, 348, 349, 350, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 362, 366, 367, 368, 371, 372, 373, 374, 379, 381, 383, 387, 388, 389, 391, 396, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 410, 411, 414, 415, 421, 422, 424, 425, 426, 427, 429, 432, 433, 434, 435, 437, 439, 440, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 451, 453, 454, 457, 458, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 471, 477, 480, 504,
- - and Lucchese, 460,
- - and Rao, 434,
- - robbed in Bronx, 432,
- - treachery, 368,
- - wife "Lena," 415, 445, 457, 458,
- Saupp, Joseph,
- Savaggie, Frank, see Selvaggi, Frank.
- Scalise, Charlie, 359,
- Scalise, Frank, 322, 323, 343, 350, 355, 359, 362,
- Scalise, Joseph, 359,
- Schillaci, Giovanni "Al Brown," 112,
- Schultz, Dutch (Arthur Flegenheimer), 113, 291, 348, 352, 357, 362, 377, 391, 397, 408, 409, 410, 411, 421, 422, 440, 441, 442, 468,
- - Bronx brewery, 352,
- - and Dewey, 411,
- - discipline of underlings, 377,
- - murder of, 421, 441-442, 931,
- - numbers racket, 408, 409, 421, 441, 468,
- - political connections, 397, 410,
- - and Terranova, 348-349, 377, 391, 421-422, 441,
- - and Weinberg, 411, 442,
- Schultz-Coll War, 348, 349, 351, 354,
- Scoop, Charlie, see Scoperto, Charlie "Scoops."
- Scoperto, Charlie "Scoops," 315, 350,
- Second Avenue, 6f1, 6i, 6j, 8, 14, 22, 23, 35, 47, 58, 59, 93, 112, 202, 203, 204, 247, 260, 262, 275, 344, 346, 348, 473,
- Segal, Harry "Champ," 478,
- Selvaggi, Frank, 333C,
- Seven Eleven Club, 447,
- Seventieth Street, 378,
- Seventh Avenue, 40, 83, 84a, 113, 271, 308, 447, 508,
- Seventy-fifth Street, 15, 378,
- Seventy-third Street, 119,
- Shade, Abe, 504,
- Shapes, Mickey, 365,
- Shapiro (numbers controller), 433, 440,
- Shapiro, Jacob "Gurrah," 85,
- Sharky, see Zaccaro, Tony "Sharky."
- Sheehy, Sing Sing Principal Keeper, 151,
- Sherman Square Hospital, 378,
- Shields, Sally or Solly, see Shillitani, Salvatore "Sally Shields."
- Shillitani, Salvatore "Sally Shields," 288, 289, 299, 304, 305, 308, 309, 315, 320, 322, 323, 326, 327, 341, 365, 366,
- Shim from Sing Sing, 382, 383,
- shylocking, see loansharking.
- Sicilians, 146, 147, 251, 285,
- Sicily, 285,
- Siegel, Benjamin "Bugsy," 423, 424,
- - appearance, 424,
- - murder of, 423,
- Silesi, Joseph "Joe Rivers,"
- Simone, Sam, 383, 385,
- Sing Sing Prison, 12, 17, 71-75, 77-79, 80, 82, 87, 88, 101, 114, 135, 136, 141, 146, 155, 157, 161, 162, 166, 167, 169, 196, 210, 249, 251, 339, 382, 383, 384, 413, 428,
- Sixth Avenue, 50, 97, 447,
- Sixtieth Street, 390, 396,
- Slack, 351,
- Slone League, 158,
- slot machines, 166, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 380, 381, 389,
- Smith, police officer, 196, 201,
- Sol (Valachi in-law), 466,
- soldiers of Mafia family, 342, 427-428, 478,
- Solly from Sing Sing, 166, 168, 175, 176, 186, 188, 193, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201, 204, 208, 209, 212, 213, 214, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 239, 240, 242, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 252, 255, 258, 262, 264, 269, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 280, 300, 301, 304,
- South Street, 18,
- Southern Boulevard, 110, 432,
- special prosecutor, 408, 429,
- "speed boys" (horse racing), 488, 490, 632, 633, 637, 716, 717,
- Spike, 165, 166, 168, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 188, 189, 190, 203, 206,
- Spinella, Pasquarella, 10, 11,
- - daughter, 11,
- sports, 6a, 6b,
- Squint, Benny, see Lombardo, Philip "Benny Squint."
- St. Anne Avenue, 309, 365,
- St. Louis, Missouri, 137,
- St. Nicholas Avenue, 57, 98, 103,
- stableboys, 483, 485,
- Star Theatre, 23, 118,
- Starlight Park Swimming Pool, 153, 192,
- Starr, Eddie, see Capobianco, Edward "Eddie Starr."
- Staten Island, New York, 242, 245, 280, 281, 282,
- stealing, 6f, 6f1, 6f3, 18,
- Stein, Harry, 440,
- Steinway Street, 213, 246, 335,
- Steve, see Rannelli, Stefano "Steve."
- stickup, see armed robbery.
- Stoppelli, Innocenzo "Johnnie the Bug," 465, 475,
- strangling, 418,
- streetcars, 16,
- Stretched, Doc, 285, 304, 305, 308, 314, 315, 322, 323, 337, 343, 356,
- Strollo, Anthony "Tony Bender," 338, 370, 374, 378, 379, 382, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 409, 410, 416, 417, 419, 421, 427, 428, 437, 442, 443, 444, 446, 447, 448, 452, 453, 455, 456, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 481, 482, 484, 485, 486, 489, 490, 494, 496, 497, 504,
- - Fort Lee, New Jersey, home, 461, 494,
- - horse gambling, 497,
- - and Moretti, 494,
- - Thomas Street headquarters, 453,
- Strollo, Edna, 392, 395,
- Studies restaurant, 394, 395,
- Stutter, Captain, 62, 68,
- subway, 6f, 123,
- Sullivan, Jerry, 157,
- Summons, Detective, 124,
- Sutter Avenue, 253,
- Sutton, Willie, 75, 151, 152,
- Swede, Joe, see Paterra, Joe "Swede."
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T
- "T.," 503,
- Tammany Hall, 389,
- "Tammany Hall" party in Sing Sing, 73, 150,
- Tangle Land dance hall, 31, 41,
- Taptan (horse), 488, 489, 490,
- Tasso restaurant, 84a,
- television, 491, 493,
- Tenth Avenue, 85,
- Terranova, Ciro, 81, 82, 85, 113, 141, 146, 147, 230, 241, 275, 291, 316, 321, 328, 348-349, 351, 360, 362, 377, 384, 391, 397, 421-422, 440, 441, 454,
- - death of, 454,
- - and Dutch Schultz, 348-349, 377, 391, 421-422, 440, 441,
- - lost his nerve, 360,
- - political connections, 397,
- Terranova, Nicholas, 147
- Tess, 347,
- Third Avenue, 6i, 29, 32, 34, 36, 55, 56, 63, 79, 112, 118, 171, 238, 239, 246, 250, 273, 275, 299, 318, 350, 354, 412, 437, 456, 458, 462, 473, 500,
- Third Avenue El, elevated train, 118,
- Third Street, 392,
- Thomas Street, 453,
- Thompson, Sadie, 481,
- Thompson Street, 370, 374, 382, 393, 417, 418, 460, 463, 465, 480,
- Tom, owner of farm, 276,
- Tombs Prison, 91, 95, 172, 173,
- Tommy, 239, 250, 265, 271,
- Tonno (cousin of Joseph Viserti), 11, 12,
- Tony from Sing Sing, 152, 153, 154,
- Tony the Bum, 141, 142, 439,
- Top Hat restaurant, 253,
- torture, 333F,
- Tracy, Police Officer, 413,
- Trainer, Joe, 78,
- Trainer, Johnnie, 497,
- Tramunti, Carmine,
- Tremont Avenue, 61, 62, 63, 257, 270A, 432, 434, 437, 449,
- Triborough Bridge, 271,
- trolley, 16,
- "truce man,"" 334-335,
- Turkish baths, 57, 89, 92, 214,
- Twenty-third Street, 4, 352, 354,
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U
- underboss, 342, 343, 371, 427, 855,
- unions, 166, 390, 396, 403,
- Utica, New York, 593, 594, 595, 611,
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V
- Valachi, Joseph,
- - admiration for organized criminals, 6L, 12, 17,
- - Armagnac racehorse, 505, 506,
- - arrest in Bronx, NY, c1918, 9, 67, 107,
- - arrest in Jersey City 1920, 19, 21,
- - automobiles, 33,
- - block parties, 6f2,
- - blindness, 101,
- - bookmaking, 487,
- - brother, 1, 169, 170, 171, 172, 296, 364,
- - Buffalo, New York, 359,
- - burglary conviction, 135,
- - bus driving, 9,
- - and Buster, 333d, 333e, 356, 358,
- - candy factory worker, 10,
- - cardgames, 6f3,
- - Charles Gerbano alias, 197,
- - chauffeur license, 9,
- - childhood, 1, 8, 10, 15, 22,
- - Christmas, 1, 112, 181, 409, 443, 461, 463, 580, 723, 725, 861, 954, 956, 1044,
- - clothing, 482,
- - and Coppola, 438-439,
- - dating, 6f2, 6f3, 6k, 8, 24, 25,
- - death of grandmother, 20,
- - dog race gambling, 400, 401, 402,
- - and Domingo, 356,
- - driver, 35-36, 40, 46-47, 79, 87, 288-289, 317-318, 335-336,
- - extortion charge, 412-413,
- - fan mail, 451,
- - father, 1, 6L, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 92, 154, 239, 251, 260, 261, 262-264m 375,
- - father's alcoholism, 8, 262, 263,
- - father's death, 264,
- - father-in-law, 445,
- - first burglary, 1-2,
- - fur factory worker, 9,
- - furniture delivery, 9,
- - and Gagliano, 427,
- - and Genovese, 389, 453,
- - and Giannini, 470, 472,
- - horse race gambling, 398, 399, 400, 402, 426, 476, 481, 483, 484,
- - horseback riding, 393-394, 395,
- - imprisonment, 12, 87, 146,
- - Joe Cargo (Cago) nickname, 2, 144,
- - and La Guardia, 396,
- - learns about racketeering, 6L, 12,
- - lemonade business, 239, 251,
- - life saved by Jones, 369,
- - life saved by Petrelli, 363, 366, 368, 369,
- - loansharking, 430-431,
- - and Lucchese, 456, 457, 460, 461,
- - and Luciano, 382-383, 405, 406, 410, 427, 443,
- - Mafia induction, 286, 305-306,
- - and Mangano, 399, 400,
- - and Maranzano, 304, 305, 337, 340, 343, 361, 371,
- - marriage / wife, 27, 375, 381, 389, 398, 401, 402, 414, 445, 446, 456, 457,
- - and Masseria, 292-293,
- - and Moretti, 494-496,
- - mother, 1, 8, 41, 102, 261, 344, 346,
- - music, 63,
- - narcotics conviction, 333B, 333C,
- - Paradise Restaurant, 509, 510,
- - parents, 1, 8, 14, 41,
- - paroled from Sing Sing, 79,
- - policy arrest, 427,
- - poverty, 1, 22, 23, 24, 25,
- - preference for female companionship, 163,
- - Reina's murder, 445-446,
- - release from Sing Sing, 173,
- - religion, 5, 6c,
- - residences, 8, 15, 16, 22, 189, 232-233, 260-261, 292, 310, 312, 364, 544, 998,
- - rheumatism, 378-379,
- - and Robilotto, 475, 483,
- - sanitation work, 7, 8,
- - and Santuccio, 448, 463, 464, 467, 468, 480,
- - school, 3, 4, 6f, 155, 161,
- - and Schultz, 410,
- - scow worker, 18-19, 92,
- - shot by police, 63, 97, 99-100,
- - shyness, 32, 53,
- - siblings, 6f3,
- - and Siegel, 424,
- - sincerity, 162,
- - sister, 4, 6k, 105, 135, 344, 346,
- - sister-in-law Rose, 415, 463, 464, 466,
- - stabbed at Sing Sing, 148,
- - and Strollo, 370, 463,
- - television, 333A,
- - "Toots," 62,
- - uncle, 19, 20,
- - unions, 390,
- - and Vollero, 146, 383, 385,
- - Waxey Gordon war, 422,
- - weight, 379,
- - women companions, 467, 482-483, 496-497,
- Valley Stream, New York, 332,
- Van Nest, Bronx, New York, 227, 280, 283,
- Van Nest Avenue, 227, 228, 232, 233, 238, 244, 247, 248, 257, 273, 275, 283, 496,
- Vascuvia Restaurant, see Vesuvio Restaurant.
- vending machines, 396,
- Venero, Alexander, see Vollero, Alessandro.
- Vernotico, Gerard, 418,
- - murder of, 418,
- Vesuvio Restaurant, 456,
- Vienna Restaurant and bowling alley, 82, 83,
- Village Inn, 447, 448, 476, 482, 483, 491,
- Vine, Billy, 481,
- Vinnie (friend of Giannini), 475, 476, 482, 483,
- Viserti, Joseph, 11, 12-14, 72, 84,
- - Zoo cabaret, 11, 13, 84,
- Vollero, Alessandro, 146, 149, 158, 163, 251, 383, 385, 386,
- - death of, 386,
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W
- Wackie Brothers, 454, 455, 458, 459, 460, 462, 463,
- - attacked Capobianco, 459,
- Wagner, horse trainer, 621, 623, 624,
- Wagner, Ralph, 478, 481, 908, 910, 923, 942, 947, 950, 956, 957, 958, 970, 971, 972, 978, 979, 980, 1032, 1041, 1051, 1058, 1060, 1070, 1072, 1073, 1075, 1085, 1092, 1096, 1097, 1103, 1112, 1113, 1133, 1150, 1151, 1172, 1174,
- Walker, Mayor James J., 397,
- Warner, Bill, 364,
- Washington Avenue, Bronx, New York, 341,
- Washington Heights, 208, 213,
- Washington Market, 447,
- Wayo, Tony, 466, 477, 479, 480,
- Webb, see Weber, Lou.
- Weber, Lou, 421,
- wedding presents, 503,
- Weinberg, Abraham "Bo," 410, 411, 442,
- Weinberg, George, 411,
- - murder of, 411,
- West, Fat, 168, 181, 185-186, 190, 204, 207, 217, 222, 223, 232, 235, 237, 240, 247, 258, 270B, 271, 274, 331, 358,
- West, Frankie, 377, 378, 381, 389, 390, 391,
- West Farms, Bronx, New York, 223, 611, 651,
- West Side, 6k, 447, 509,
- West Side docks mob, 84a-85,
- West Side cabarets, 40,
- West Sixtieth Street, 396,
- West Third Street, 392,
- Westchester Avenue, 94, 95, 206, 207, 208, 801,
- Westchester County, New York, 397, 454, 757, 901, 1039, 1175, 1177,
- Westchester County Jail, 333B, 1056, 1103, 1105, 1109, 1146, 1147, 1151, 1152, 1155, 1161, 1172, 1179,
- Wexler, Irving "Waxey Gordon," 422, 423,
- - mob war, 422-423,
- White Plains, New York, 76, 77, 424, 425, 426, 429, 468, 521, 757, 760,
- White Plains Road, 773,
- Whitey, 144,
- Widner, George D. Jr., 483, 485,
- Wild, Peggy, 442,
- Wise, Spunky, 85,
- World War I, 3, 6f2, 6k, 6L,
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X
-
-
Y
- Yankee, Danny, 614, 644,
- Yankee, Joe, 87, 88,
- - restaurant, 87,
- Yap from Sing Sing, 148, 429, 430,
- Yonkers, New York, 310, 313, 314, 315, 317, 318, 323, 327, 328, 331, 334, 335, 336, 337, 567, 625, 677, 710, 758, 761, 837, 844, 847, 861, 893, 894, 963, 1089, 1174, 1175,
- Yorkville, Manhattan, 83, 85,
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Z
- Zaccaro, Tony "Sharky," 6L, 15, 16, 17, 998, 999,
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