The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano: The Mafia Story in His Own Words (72 page)

Lucanía, Salvatore (cousin of LL),
364

Lucchese, Tommy “Three Fingers Brown,”
viii
,
6
,
77–78
,
95
,
115
,
125
,
127
,
129
,
135
,
138
,
150
,
154
,
182
,
183
,
241
,
242
,
268
,
271
,
311
,
356
,
383
,
430
; and Masseria-Maranzano feud,
101
; break with Masseria,
124
; and loansharking in garment district,
124
,
170
; and Maranzano’s murder,
142–143
; and debts,
155
; advice on Buchalter,
241

Luciano, “Lucky” (Charlie “Lucky”; Salvatore Lucanía):

        
ARRESTS:
for theft,
10
; minor,
51
,
178
,
189
; for carrying gun,
52
; for narcotics possession,
52–54
,
217–218
; for robbery,
103
,
109
; on suspicion,
137–138
; on prostitution syndicate charge,
193–223
; for deportation,
325
; on suspicion in Siegel murder,
330
,
331
; for suspicion of narcotics dealing,
343–346
on suspicion of murder,
361
,
362

        
ATTITUDES AND IDEAS:
on public image,
v
,
vii
; toward education,
5–8
,
21
,
35
; toward labor unions,
6–7
,
9–10
; on ethnic prejudice,
6
,
7
,
12
,
13
,
24
,
145
,
184
,
386
; toward Jews,
6
,
7
,
12
,
13
,
24
,
184
,
386
; toward marriage,
20
,
151–152
,
337
,
380–381
; on religion,
24
,
158
; toward military service,
26
; on honesty,
37
; on narcotics,
71
,
120
,
122
,
174
,
188–189
,
234
,
314–315
,
358–359
;
regrets about criminal activities,
76–77
,
272
; on politics,
82–83
; on Mafia feuds and old Dons,
100
,
101
,
145
,
170–171
,
314
; on Italian-Sicilian nature,
101–102
,
144–145
,
282–283
,
286
; on autocratic leadership,
144
; on prostitution,
151
,
189
,
200
,
428
; on FDR and presidency,
162
,
166–167
; on Dewey,
224–225
,
230
,
258–259
; reaction to prison,
230
,
231
,
238
; patriotism,
231–232
,
262
; toward violence,
239
; toward McCook,
257–258
; toward WW II,
271
; on family relationships,
286
; pride in heritage,
296
; toward Communism,
329
; toward having children,
337
; toward killing,
352
; toward NY City,
353–354
; toward own death,
421
; toward U.S.,
449

        
AS “BUSINESS EXECUTIVE”:
69–70
,
94–95
,
100
,
146
; rules and regulations,
70
; strict discipline,
111
; for Adonis,
111
; for Masseria,
111
; Claridge Hotel offices,
153
; problems in controlling business,
188–189
; corporate model,
190

        
CHARACTER AND HABITS:
language,
4
; pursuit of money, “class” and respectability,
7
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
17
,
34
,
41
,
49
,
50
,
55
,
69
,
124
,
152
,
159
; warmth and charm,
12
; toughness,
12
,
24
; tastes in food,
13
,
33
,
34
,
266
,
340
; love of motion pictures,
18
,
153
,
299
,
354
; leadership,
19
,
25
,
44
,
69
,
92–95
,
230
; sexual,
20
,
27
,
49–50
,
72–73
,
151–152
,
215
,
288–290
,
418
,
420
,
421
; shrewdness,
24
; cool, analytic nature,
25
; love of ice cream and candy,
33
,
340
; views on honesty,
37
; manners,
41
; dress,
41
,
50
,
57–58
,
68
,
69
,
152
; and golf,
49
,
350
; belief in own invincibility,
51
,
52
,
55
; greed,
52
; lust for power,
58
; violence,
69
; love of cars and motors,
69
,
379–380
,
392
; love of gambling,
74
,
190
; newspapers read,
83
,
123
,
243
; love of horseracing,
83
,
190
,
351
,
353
,
420
; perfectionism,
111
; generosity,
123
,
293
,
299
,
329
,
366
,
376–377
,
422
,
436
; sympathy,
155
; love of boxing,
225
; handwriting,
232
; humanitarian acts and charities,
334–335
,
366–367
,
375
,
420
,
422
,
436
,
437–438
, interest in reading,
381

        
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES:
boyhood introduction to theft, extortion and drug pushing,
9–12
,
14–15
,
19
,
20–21
,
22–23
; narcotics,
15–16
,
47
,
52–54
; robbery,
20–21
,
28
,
102–103
; gambling,
28–29
,
37
,
71–73
,
74–76
,
95
,
123
,
163–164
,
168
,
353
; bootlegging,
31–108
passim,
121–122
; involvement in murder,
51
,
126–132
,
138–143
,
186–188
; loansharking,
76–78
,
122–123
,
222
; European black market,
302
,
303–304
,
328
,
332
,
339
,
360
,
367
; political fixing and bribery. See
“greasing”
; LL,
POLITICAL INFLUENCE

        
CRIMINAL ALLIANCES:
with Lansky, Siegel, and Costello,
24–25
; with Adonis,
14–15
,
37
,
38
; with Masseria,
87–94
; with Annenberg,
123–124
; with Maranzano,
134–144
; with Zwillman,
150
; with Weinberg,
182

        
ENVIRONMENT AND LIFESTYLE:
boyhood in Sicily,
3–4
; boyhood in NY,
4–5
; school,
5–8
; in mid-1920’s on East Side,
69
; at Barbizon Plaza,
109–110
; at Waldorf Towers,
148–154
; in Sicily during exile,
292–293
,
295–296
,
297
; in Naples during exile,
303
,
374
; in Havana during exile,
306–307

        
EXILE
: proposed movie of life,
v–vii
,
427–432
,
439
,
441
; longing for Jewish deli foods,
13
; Dewey’s role in exile,
268
; last view of NY City,
277–278
,
287–288
; departure for Italy,
281–287
; arrangements for departure,
282–285
,
286
; crossing to Italy,
288–291
; arrival in Genoa,
291
; arrival and period in Lercara Friddi, Sicily,
292–299
,
345
; life in Palermo,
300–301
; move to Naples,
303
,
349–350
; life in Rome,
304
,
331–333
; attitude of Italian police,
304–305
,
351
,
352–353
,
354–355
,
372–373
,
374
,
376
,
422
; sojourn in Havana, Cuba,
304–326
; social life,
322–323
,
326
,
338
,
339
,
376
,
380
,
393
,
400
,
418
,
420
; arrest and incarceration in Cuba,
325–326
; forced return to Italy,
326–328
; continued leadership of underworld,
332–333
,
347
; crackdown on clothes hijacking,
334–335
; and Igea,
335–339
,
342
,
345–346
,
347
,
350
,
366
,
374
,
375
,
377
,
380
; plagued by opportunists,
332
,
339–342
; legitimate business enterprises,
341–342
,
364–366
,
374
,
377–378
,
420
; harassment by authorities on suspicion of narcotics,
342–346
,
348–349
,
355–358
,
359–363
,
370
,
426
,
436–437
,
441
,
444–446
; arrest on suspicion of narcotics,
343–346
; present from Costello,
350
; present from Lansky,
350–351
; travels through Europe,
352–354
; “falling out” with Adonis,
368
,
369
,
370
,
375
,
419–420
; acceptance of Italy as home,
373–374
; treatment by press,
373
,
423
; as tourist attraction,
380
; approval of “hit” on Genovese,
391; attempt on life by Genovese,
392–394
; plan to put Genovese in prison,
402–406
,
417
; Italian inquiry into LL’s activities,
408–410
,
413
; bitterness and revenge on former underworld associates,
431
,
432–433
; cohabitation with Adriana Rizzo,
419
,
420
,
426
,
439
,
443
,
444–445
; decline in old age,
420–421
,
423
,
435
,
436
,
438
,
443
,
444–446
; retirement from Unione Siciliano,
420–423
,
431
; and underworld power struggle,
423–424
,
417
; Gosch chosen as repository of life secrets,
431
; and involvement in narcotics traffic,
432–436
; death,
447–448
; funeral and burial,
448
,
449
,
450
; humanitarian and charitable acts,
see
LL,
CHARACTER AND HABITS

        
FINANCES:
budget for “greasing,”
79–81
; weekly payoffs,
154
; declared income,
176
; legal costs,
282
; assets,
282
; living expenses in Italy,
422
,
423

        
AS GANGLAND LEADER:
28
,
32
,
37
,
44–46
,
50–51
,
91–93
; initiation,
9–11
; rules of outfit,
70
,
144–148
; under Masseria,
92–130
; at Atlantic City convention,
103–108
; insistence on rigid discipline,
111
; under Maranzano,
134–140
; offices,
153–154
; beginning of decline,
190
; in exile,
332–333

        
INCARCERATIONS:
in Brooklyn Truant School,
7–8
; at Hampton Farms Penitentiary,
16–19
; in Sing Sing on prostitution racket conviction,
224–225
; in Marassi Prison,
327
; in Fiscoria Immigration Camp,
325–326
; in Regina Coeli,
344
.
See also
LL,
PRISON YEARS

        
LEGITIMATE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES:
12–13
,
170–172
;
367
.
See also
LL,
EXILE

        
NAMES, NICKNAMES, ALIASES:
changes first name,
17
,
19
; origin of Lucanía change,
109
; origin of “Lucky,”
119
; press’s use of “The Boss,”
148
; use of alias “Mr. Charles Ross,”
149