The Valachi Papers (35 page)

Genovese Family of Cosa Nostra, 203,217-18,' 223,224,231,245

Giancana, Salvatore (Sam), 235, 257, 258

Giannini, Eugenio: as Narcotics

Bureau informer, 199—200; contract to Valachi for murder of, 198,201—10; heroin smuggling by, 200,207, 218; murder of, 207-9

Gigante, Vincente (The Chin), 223, 225

Giordano, I Icnry L., 11 "Going on the mattress," 88 Gold Key Club, Manhattan, 205 Goldstein, Dave, 46 Gordon, Waxy, 93-94 "Greaseball," 66 Green, Harold, 119, 120-21

Harlem: and numbers racket, 110—11, 121, 122, 125; and heroin traffic, 238-39

Helfand, Julius, 178

Heroin, traffic in, 9-10, 199-200, 207, 216,217,219, 226,260; official "outlawing" in Families, 216, 217-18,219,221,232-33; Valachi's activities, 218-22,238, 241; Valachi gives Narcotics agents details about, 247; wholesale market, and Negro and Puerto Rican underworld, 260.
See also
Narcotics, traffic in

Hessler, Pete, 53

Hijacking of trucks carrying alcohol,

80, 92, 96-97 "IIit,"27n.

Hogcy, Dutch, 53-54,56. Holtzoff, Judge Alexander, xxii Hoover, J. Edgar, 12,18. Hundley, William G., xv, xviii, xix,
11,
12,13-14,21-22,37

Ida, Joseph, 235
// Progresso,
xvi, xvii, xxi Illinois, Cosa Nostra of downstatc, 235

International Longshoremen's Association, 229-30

Irish, and underworld, 38, 61

Irish gang, 50-53,
56, 60,
78

Italian-American Chamber of Commerce in Detroit, xxi

Italian-American League to Combat Defamation, xx

Italian-Americans, "professional," xvi

Italian lottery, 88, 210

Italian underworld; hatred between Sicilians and Neapolitans, 55, 60* 64-65, 98; war in (1930).
See
Castellammarese War

Italians, The
(Barzini), xvi

James boys, 38

Jewish mobsters, 47n., 153-55, Jews, and underworld, 38, 64. Joe the Boss.
See
Masseria, Giuseppe John the Bug (Stoppelli), 105, 221, 222 Johnny D (John DeBellis, Johnny D.

Well), 91, 95, 106, 107, 138 Johnson, Lyndon B., xix Jones, Buck, 95

Jones, Charley, restaurant, 89, 140 Jukeboxes: control in Westchester County, 33; Valachi's route, 189-90, 239, 241-12, 244; Joseph Gallo's strong-arming of racket in, 239; Cosa Nostra routes, 261

Katzenbach, Nicholas dcB., xiii, xv, xviii, xix, xx, xxii

Kefauver, Senator Estes, crime hearings conducted by, 194

Kennedy, Robert E, xi, xviii, xx,
11-12, 18,21,34-35

King's Ransom Scotch, 135

"Kiss of death" given Valachi by Genovese, 4—5, 255

LaGuardia, Fiorcllo IT., 108 Landi, P. Vincent, xvi Lansky, Meyer, 93, 98, 122 Lanza, James, 235 LaPluma, Frank, 53, 56. LaSalle, Stephano, 111 LaSalle, Vito, 111

LaTempa, Peter, 54, 175; death, 178

La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution, Valachi held in, 3In.

Legitimate enterprises, penetration of, by Cosa Nostra, 148, 261-62

Lepke, Louis.
See
Buchalter, Louis (Lepke)

Levine, Red, 94

Lichtman, Charles, 33-35

Lido Restaurant: Valachi as part

owner, 181, 189, 191,206,211, 213, 214; revocation of liquor license, 237

Lieutenants
(caporegimes)
of Cosa Nostra, 15, 85

Liquor hijacking.
See
Alcohol, hijacking trucks of

Liquor wholesale firm, Costello's partnership in, 134-35

Little Apples (Michael Rcggionc), and Valachi's contract to kill, 106-107

Livorsi, Frank, 57, 59, 61-62, 83, 106, 113, 114, 119, 167

Loansharking, 97, 261; operations of Valachi, 26, 126, 141-47,148-52, 155, 167, 189, 238, 239, 242, 244

Long, Huey, 108, 136

Lonzo, Antonio, murder of, 130

Los Angeles Cosa Nostra, 234-35

Lucchese, Thomas (Three-finger

Brown), 5-6, 16-17, 65, 66, 74^.86, 92, 105, 137, 138, 139-40, 149, 209,256,257

Lucchese Family, 199, 201, 205, 207, 212,215,217,260

Luciano, Anthony, 181, 237

Luciano, Charley (Lucky), 5n., 64^ 83, 86, 88, 91, 93, 95,' 97-99,104, 105, 112-13, 121-22, 123, 128-29, 153, 200, 202; as most powerful chieftain Cosa Nostra has known, 97; strategy to make Cosa Nostra supreme in U.S. underworld, 98-99, 121; and formation of overall coalition with outside groups, 122; and liquidation of Dutch Schultz, 122, 123; take-over of Dutch Schultz Harlem numbers bank, 125-26; prison (1936), 127; controversial role in World War II, 127; paroled and deported to Italy, 128; in Havana, 188

Luciano, Frank, 168,170, 172, 181-84, 186-87,237

Luciano Family, 86, 106, 134, 137,193 Lucky, Charley.
See
Luciano, Charley (Lucky)

Mafia, xi, xii,
13, 39

Magaddino, Stefano, 65, 68^230, 234, 245, 249, 257, 259

Magaddino Family, 217,234,245,250, 259,263

Mangano, Philip, murder of, 228

Mangano, Vincent, 86, 105; disappearance, 228

Mangano Family, 86, 184,228

Maranzano, Salvatore, 65, 67, 69, 74-80, 81-82, 83-90, 97, 99, 121; as undisputed chieftain of Italian underworld in America, 83; Valachi on personal guard of, 86, 87-88; Brooklyn banquet in honor of, 87; murder, 90, 91, 93-94, 99; purge of the "faithful" of, 95-96, 98

Marcello, Carlos, 257

Marino, Jimmy, 96

Masseria, Giuseppe

(Joe the Boss), 64^65, 67-68, 70-71, 73, 77-79, 80, 82-83, 91

Mauricllo, Albert, 215

Mauro, Vincent, 184, 189, 213, 221, 227n., 245, 249, 250, 253

May (Valachi's first mistress), 58-59, '
6S, 72,
101

McArdle, Paul F., xv, xx

McClellan, Senator John L., xi, xiv, 23j 34

Memo of Understanding, on editing and publishing of Valachi's copy, xv, xxii

Metropolitan Restaurant and Cafeteria Owners Association, 122

Midtown Vending Inc., 189

Milan federal prison, Valachi held in, 30-33

Minco, Alfred, 71-72

Minish, Joseph G., xviii Minute Men thievery gang, 43-46 Mione, Peter.
See
Muggins,
Petey
Miranda, Michele (Mike), 106, 131, 189 Mob, the, xii

"Mobbed up," advantages of being,

57, 169,227 Moccio, Pasquale (Paddy Mush), 213,

219,220,221,222 Monaco, Sam, 96 Montana, John C, 234 Moore, Willie.
See
Moretti, William Morello, Peter (The Clutching Hand),

Moretti, Salvatore (Sally Moore), 188 Moretti, William (Willie Moore), 64^

88,105,112, 137, 147n., 193-94;

murder of, 194-96,223 Morgenthau, Robert,
1q
Motto, Daniel J., xvii Muggins, Petey (Peter Mione), 91, 95,

106-7, 129-30 Murder Incorporated, 17^ 154 Musmanno, Justice Michael A., xvii Mussolini, Benito, 129,176

Narcotics, traffic in, 97,154,167,212, 213.
See also
Heroin, traffic in

Narcotics Bureau.
See
Bureau of Narcotics

National economy, and Cosa Nostra's illegal profits, 262

Neapolitans and Sicilians, hatred between, in Italian underworld, 55,60^64^98

New Orleans Cosa Nostra, 257

New Orleans waterfront, Sicilian control of (1890s), 38-39

New York Catholic Protectory, 41-42

New York City, structure of Cosa Nostra in, 15-17, 85-86; bosses, 15-17, 85-86; underbosses, 86; councilors
(consiglieri),
98

New York
Daily News,
20_

New York State Liquor Authority, 237 New York state troopers, and

Apalachin conclave, 233—34
Newsweek,
12 Nitti, Frank, 258

No-hands rule of Cosa Nostra, 85, 179-80; Valachi's violation of, 181-87

Non-Italians, Luciano's cooperative ventures with, 98

Numbers racket, 88, 97, 108-22, 124, 125-26, 151, 193,262; Valachi's operations, 109-10, 111-21, 126, 141, 150-51, 166-67, 241,244; fixes at racket-controlled racetracks,
114-15

O'Dwyer, William, 136,155, 177 Office of Price Administration

(OPA), and gas ration stamps,

169,170,171 "On the carpet," 85 107th Street burglary gang, 43-46 116th Street burglary gang, 47, 48, 51,

Order of the Sons of Italy in America, xvi

Organized crime: and "single biggest intelligence breakthrough in combatting of," xi; as big business, 2^ as private government, 2, 36^ and FBI, 11-12; impoitance of Valachi injustice Department's drive against, 37; and ethnic groups, 38; Luciano's drive for total domination, 98-99; in late 1930s, 153; and revelations of Reles, 154—55

Organized Crime in America
(Tyler), xvin

Orgen, Jacob (Little Augie), 47 Ottenberg, Miriam, xiin.

Padovano, Nicky, 73, 76, 91-92

Pagano, Joseph, 203-5, 206, 209, 221,

227n., 242, 262 Pagano, Pasquale (Pat), 203,206, 209,

210, 211-12,218-21,227n. Palisades (Rosato), Joe, 24. Paradise Restaurant, Valachi as part

owner of, 148, 166 Pariano, Giuseppe, 67 Park-Sheraton Hotel, and murder of

Anastasia, 229 Pastore, Senator John, xviii Patriarca, Raymond, 257-58 Pelham, Parkway apartment, 68-73,

74,77 Penny insurance, 109 Persico, Carmine, Jr.,
3ji
Petrilli, Dominick (The Gap), 49, 56,

57-58, 59-60, 61-62, 65, 66, 74^

167,212-14; murder of, 213-14 Petrosino, Joseph, 39 Philadelphia Cosa Nostra, 235, 257 Pinball machines, 109 Pinzolo, Joseph, 65-67 Pisano, Little Augie.
See
Carfano,

Anthony Poles, and underworld,
64
Poletti, Charles, 177 Police graft, and numbers racket, 114,

Policy game.
See
Numbers racket

Prestigiocomo (Presto), Pasquale, 69

Prete, Samuel J., xxi

Profaci, Joseph, 65,
68,
74, 84, 86, 105,235,257

Profaci Family, 239

Prohibition: and racketeering, 63-64; and Dutch Schultz, 110-11, 121-23; rackets at end of, 1 1
i

Prospect Dress and Negligee Company, 148

Prostitution: and organized Italian racketeering, 63,127; Dewey's fight on, 126—27; and Luciano's imprisonment, 127

Racehorses: Valachi as owner of,

155-59, 162-66, 172, 189; playing the horses, 159-62 Racketeering, xi, 57n., 63-64, 97, 126; crusade of Dewey against, 124-25, 126-27, 132, 153 Rao, Joseph, 78, 113, 119-20, 121 Rao, Vincent, 50, 56, 105, 138, 140 Reading, Pennsylvania, corruption in municipal government of, 259-60

Reina, Gaetano, 20,65, 92; murder of,

65; Valachi's marriage to daughter

of, 102-6 Reina, Giacomo (Jack), 218 Reissent, Dominique, 219n., 220 Reles, Abe (Kid Twist): as informer,

154; death of, 155 Restaurant racket, 122, 125 Riccobono, Joseph (Statcn Island Joe),

Rinaldo, Salvatore, 250 Robilotto, John (Johnny Roberts),

144-47, 162, 195,196-98; murder

of, 240-41 Rock, John, 123 Rock, Joseph, 123 Rodino, Peter W., Jr., xviii Rosenthal, Jack, xiii, xiv, xviii, xix Ross, Charles, of Waldorf-Astoria

Hotel, 97.
See also
Luciano,

Charley (Lucky) Runnelli, Steve, 74, 78-79, 86 Runners, in numbers racket, 113-14 Rupolo, Ernest (The Hawk), 131-32,

174-75, 178-79; murder of, 179 Russo, Louis, 96 Rye (Ryan), Tommy.
See
Eboli,

Thomas

Salerno, Fat Tony, 138, 139 San Francisco Cosa Nostra, 239 Sandino (Tony Bender's counselor), 140,221

Santucci, Girolamo.
See
Doyle,

Bobby
Saturday Evening Post,
xii Saupp, John Joseph, & Savannah Club, Greenwich Village,

Scalice, Frank (Don Cheech), murder

of, 226-28, 232 Scalice, Joseph, murder of, 227-28,

Scalish, John, 239, 257 Schultz, Dutch, 88, 98, 110-11,

121-25, 126; beer baron of Prohibition, 110-11, 122, 123; and numbers racket, 110-11,
114,
121, 124, 125; and restaurant racket, 123, 125; indictment, 123; murder of, 125

Schuster, Arnold, murder of, 185

Scoop, Charley, 102

Selvagi, Frank, 10-11,12

Senate investigating subcommittee, xi,

xiv, 23-24,29, 34 Shapiro, Jacob (Gurrah), 47n., 122 Shapiro (numbers controller), 118-20;

murder of, 120 Shillitani, Salvatore (Sally Shields), 73,

74,76, 78, 87,219,220 Shylocking.
See
Loansharking Siano, Fiore (Fury), 203, 206, 211-12,

221, 227n.; disappearance, 209 Sicilians and Neapolitans, hatred

between, in Italian underworld,

55,
60,
64,
98 Siegel, Benjamin (Bugsy), 122 Sing Sing, Valachi in, 47, 52-56;

attempt on Valachi's life, 53-54,

175; completes seventh grade in

prison school, 55 Single action variation of policy game,

110,241 Siragusa, Charles, 200 "Skimming," Cosa Nostra's income

from, 261 Slot machines, 99-101, 108, 134, 136

Soldiers (regular members) of Cosa Nostra,
15*
85, 106; head tax paid by, 218; removal from membership, for inept executions, 232

Squillante, Vincent (Jimmy Jerome), 228

Starr (Capobianco), Eddie, 137 Stein, Harold, 119, 121 Stracci, Joseph (Joe Stretch), 83,113, 119

Stutz (Tortorici), Joe, 180-81 Suburbs, flow of mobsters to, 147n., 190

Sutton, Willie, 185 "Sweet loan," 143 Syndicate, the, xii, 211