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Apalachin meeting, 74
death of, 222
Italian lottery, 18
Maranzano’s aide, 205
on national commission, 10, 209
organization,
see
Profaci organization
Profaci, Josephine, 139–140, 142, 305–316, 367
marriage of, 394–399
Profaci, Rosalie,
see
Bonanno, Rosalie
Profaci, Salvatore, 18, 127, 399
Profaci, Mrs. Salvatore, 83–85, 87–91, 126, 140, 305–316, 395–399
Profaci organization, 14, 18, 31, 83, 87, 149, 226, 399, 494
Colombo in command, 97, 378, 494
decline of, 222
Gallo brothers revolt, 18, 93–94, 222, 357, 494
Magliocco in command, 18
Prohibition, 77, 199–201, 506
Prostitution, 7, 76, 146, 210
“Protection” services, 5, 191
Puerto Rican syndicate, 148, 149
Puzo, Mario, 309

R

Rastelli, Philip, 320
Romulus Club, Phoenix, 81, 361
Rothstein, Arnold, 200
Russo, Anthony, 390

S

Salamone, Richard W., 498
Salerno, Ralph, 296–297
San Jose, California, 276–278, 291–294, 391–399, 503–510
Sandler, Leonard, 414–417, 419, 430, 438, 445, 449–464, 469–474
Sands, Jeanne, 421–422
Schlitten, Samuel and Moishe, 149
Schultz, Dutch, 200
Sciacca, Paul, 154, 164, 222, 279, 320, 323, 493
successor to Di Gregorio, 318
Serna, Don, 457–458
Sferra, Joe, 376
Shapiro, Jake, 200
Sicily, 59–60, 82
amici
, 188–189, 191
Bonanno family in, 15–17, 40
history of, 187–190, 193–199
mafiosi in, 49–50, 147
origins of Mafia, 186–199
visit by Bill and Rosalie Bonanno, 12–16
visit by Joseph Bonanno, 73
See also
Castellammare immigrants
Siegel, Bugsy, 200, 207
Simari, Carl, 229–231, 253, 256, 272, 279, 479
Sinatra, Frank, 108, 500
Smuggling, 7
Soble, Joseph, 444, 460
Solomon, Charles (King), 200
Sparaco, Angelo, 278
Stanton, Tim, 305–308, 312, 395–399
Staten Island
Advance
, 499
Stevens, Paul Mills, 400–404, 407
Strollo, Anthony, 221

T

Tartamella, John, 222
Telephone calls, code system, 5, 7–8, 53–56, 63–64, 115
Telleri, Frank, 267
Tenney, Charles H., 110, 115, 118, 137
Theft of the Nation
(Cressey), 367–368
Tisci, Anthony, 404
Tocco families, Detroit, 83
Torrio, Johnny, 201
Torrillo, Don A., 270–272, 275, 287–288, 408–409, 416–418, 421–423
credit card case, 425–441, 445–449, 459–466
mortgage on East Meadow property, 424, 428
securities violations, 470–474, 489
Trafficante, Santo, Jr., 218, 244
Tramunti, Carmine, 108
Tresca, Carlo, 214
Troutman Street shooting, 153–159, 160–164, 186, 240, 245–246, 273–274, 288, 294, 325, 357, 493
Tucson, Arizona, 29–30, 38, 47, 99–104, 278–288, 354–373
anti-Mafia campaign, 78, 80, 284–285
bombings, 279–288, 394–409;
see also
Arizona bombings
Bonannos residents of, 73, 78–85, 103–104, 177, 246–247, 357
Tucson
Daily Citizen
, 247–249, 283–284

U

Udall, Morris K., 284
University of Arizona, 10, 47, 282–283
“Untouchables, The” (TV series), 52, 109

V

Valachi, Joseph, 97, 310
sponsored by Joseph Bonanno, 97, 248
testimony of, 17, 221–222
Videen, Garven W., 443–444, 460

W

Walpin, Gerald, 109–110
Walsh, Ed, 169
World War II, role of Mafia, 211–215

Z

Zerilli, Joseph, 12, 83, 94, 226, 323, 374, 378
organization, 83
Zicarelli, Joseph, 377, 378–384, 386–389
Zummo, Thomas, 295
Zwillman, Abner (Longy), 200
About the Author

G
AY
T
ALESE
is a bestselling author who has written eleven books and has contributed to the
New York Times, Esquire, The New Yorker
, and
Harper’s
, among other national publications. He lives in New York City.

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Books by Gay Talese

A WRITER’S LIFE (2006)

THE GAY TALESE READER (2003)

THE BRIDGE
(
REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION
, 2003)

THE LITERATURE OF REALITY
(
WITH
B
ARBARA
L
OUNSBERRY
, 1996)

UNTO THE SONS (1992)

THY NEIGHBOR’S WIFE (1980)

HONOR THY FATHER (1971)

FAME AND OBSCURITY (1970)

THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER (1969)

THE OVERREACHERS (1965)

THE BRIDGE (1964)

NEW YORK—A SEREN DIPITER’S JOURNEY (1961)

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