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Capone, Louis,
248

Capporelli, Rotollo,
4

Carbo, Frankie,
249
,
250

Carfano, Little Augie,
388
,
389

Carroll, Earl,
58

Carter, Eunice,
190–191

Caruso, Angie,
141

Caruso, Frankie “The Bug,”
436
,
438
,
439
,
442–443

Castellammarese War,
129

Castiglia, Francesca.
See
Costello, Frank

Castro, Fidel,
417
,
419
,
425

Catania, Joe (Giuseppe),
89
,
91
,
92
,
127

Catena, Gerry (Gerardo Rullo),
241
,
406
,
424

Cerra, Mike,
426
,
444

Chapin, Leon,
181

Chrysler, Walter,
278

Ciano, Count,
271
,
273

Cioppa, Willie,
20

Citron, Anna.
See
Lansky, Anna

Citron, Moses,
108

Civello, James,
399

Clark, Bobby,
153

Clayton, Lou,
153

Cohen, Rose (alias Renne Gallo),
202

Cohn, Harry,
95

Cole, Harry,
191

Coletti, James,
399

Coll, Vincent “Mad Dog,”
138–139
,
141
,
143
; murder of,
143
,
176

Colosimo, “Big Jim,”
31
,
45
; murder of,
32

Columbo, Joe,
424

Compton, Betty,
167

Cook, Joe,
153

Cooney, Joe “Joe the Coon,”
80–81

Coppola, Frank,
20–21
,
422
,
423

Corum, Bill,
56

Costello, Frank (Francesco Castiglia),
23
,
29
,
32
,
33
,
37
,
39
,
40
,
45
,
48
,
56
,
59
,
60
,
61
,
67
,
73–75
,
79
,
80
,
82
,
87
,
95
,
96
,
98
,
105
,
112
,
114
,
119
,
125
,
130
,
131
,
138
,
140
,
141
,
143
,
150
,
175
,
178
,
182
,
183
,
239
,
241
,
242
,
243
,
264
,
269
,
270
,
282
,
285
,
286
,
290
,
304
,
311–315
,
318
,
350
,
368
,
398
,
402–405
; physical characteristics,
11
; personal characteristics,
12
,
24
,
25
,
91
,
121
,
265
; arrests and convictions,
14
,
390
; origin of alias,
25
; as master of “greasing,”
29
,
82
,
98
,
103
,
159
,
160–164
; ethnic background,
58
,
59
; as king of slot-machine racket,
70
,
92
,
121
,
123
; passion for gambling,
74
; lifestyle at Waldorf-Astoria,
148–149
; and family,
151
; liquor business interests,
171–172
; and violence,
239
; role during LL’s prison term,
245–246
,
248
,
250–252
,
258
,
259
,
262–268
,
273
,
276
; gambling involvement,
283
,
288
; and Kefauver hearings,
372
,
382
; income tax evasion,
390
; retirement,
382–386
,
387
,
421
; attempt on life by Genovese,
387–388
,
389–390
,
428

        
QUOTED:
on gambling and Al Smith,
99
; on FDR,
159
,
161–162
; on “bluebloods,”
162
; on LL’s reading in prison,
232
; on O’Dwyer’s ambitions,
250

Costello, Lou,
427

Cresswell, Sgt. Edgar,
398

Cresswell, John: role in proposed movie of LL’s life,
428
,
429

Cugat, Xavier,
319

Cummings, Homer,
180
; on acquittal of Schultz,
182

Cuoma, Gino,
376

Curley, John,
164

Cusack, John,
408

D’Accurso, Aurelio,
297
,
345

Dalitz, Moe,
63
,
93
,
104
,
136
,
163
,
286
,
363

D’Angel-Antonio, Cesare,
328

Daugherty, Cardinal,
157–158

Davis, J. Richard “Dixie,”
180
,
182
,
185

De Franciscis, Antonio,
410
,
413

de Gasperi, Alcide,
327

de Gaulle, Charles,
262

Democratic National Convention (1932),
162–165

Dempsey-Firpo fight,
55–59

De Negris, Dora,
377

Dewey, Thomas E.: war on crime,
177–182
,
185
,
189
,
191–225
passim,
236
,
237
,
240
,
245
,
249
,
251
,
255–256
,
263–266
,
270
,
306
,
309
,
428
; as special prosecutor against LL,
201–225
; on Buchalter,
240
; political ambitions,
243
,
245
,
246
,
250
,
258–261
,
267–268
,
307
,
327
,
374
; role in LL’s parole,
265–269
,
276–277
,
372
,
373

Diamond, “Legs” (John T. Nolan),
177

Diamond, Morris “Moishe”: murder of,
251
,
253–254

Dickey, Orange C.,
275–276

Di Giorgio, Joe,
333
,
391
,
400
,
426
,
448

Dillinger, John,
180

Di Martine, Dr.,
420–421

Discianni, Mazzarino,
343

Divvers, Sgt. Elwood,
252
,
253

Dockweiler, John,
250

Dodge, William Copeland,
185
,
190

Dons, old,
8
; influence in Little Italy,
44–45
; involvement in bootlegging,
45
; feuds among,
100–101
,
314

Dorelli, Johnny,
336

Dorsey, Tommy,
312

Dosi, Giuseppe,
351

Doto, Giuseppe Antonio.
See
Adonis, Joe A.

Dowd, Capt. Bernard,
192

Doyle, Bobby (Girolamo Santucci): and Maranzano’s murder,
143

Dragna, Jack,
330

drug traffic.
See
narcotics

Dubinsky, David,
78

Dunn, Capt. Charles L.,
274
,
275

Durante, Jimmy,
152
,
319

Eboli, Pat (Pasquale; alias Pat Ryan),
383
,
384
,
394–395
,
405
,
423–425
,
428
,
430
,
431
,
434
,
439
,
442–450

Eboli, Tommy (alias Tommy Ryan),
v
,
382
,
387
,
390–391
,
395
,
405–406
,
424
,
434

Eighteenth Amendment.
See
Prohibition

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
271
,
374
,
376

Ellenstein, Jack,
193
,
223

Enea, Pasquale,
340–342

Enright, Dick,
58

Enright, John Ray,
404

Epstein, Joe,
331

Erickson, Frank,
95
,
105
,
107
,
388

Fay, Frank,
153

FBI,
240
,
242

Feinstein, Irving “Puggy,”
247
,
248

Ferrigno, Steven,
129

Firpo, Luis Angel,
56

Fischetti, Charlie,
163
,
311
,
318

Fischetti, Rocco,
311

Flegenheimer, Arthur.
See
Schultz, Dutch

Florita, Giovanni,
359
,
360
,
370
,
373
,
390

Franse, Steve,
403

Frederico, Jimmy (James),
191
,
194
,
205
,
207
,
222

Fuld, Stanley,
191

Futtrell, J. Marion,
195
,
196
,
197

Gaffney, George,
404

Gagliano, Tom (Gaetano),
127
,
134

Galante, Carmine,
404

Gallo, Joe “Crazy Joe,”
396

Gallo, Willie,
174

Gambino, Carlo,
38
,
286
,
348
,
352
,
395
,
396
,
398
,
402–403
,
405
,
421
,
430

Gambino, Paul,
391
,
395

gambling,
28–29
,
37
,
67
,
71–73
,
74–76
,
94
,
107
,
123
,
163–164
,
168–169
,
417–418
.
See also
bookmaking
,
numbers racket

garment industry racket,
36–39
,77–78,170

Garner, John Nance,
157
,
164

Garrett, Sam W.,
195

Gelb, Sol,
191
,
222
,
236
,
267

Genaro, Frankie,
33

Genovese, Anna (Mrs. Vito Genovese),
235
,
403
.
See also
Vernotico, Anna Petillo

Genovese, Vito “Don Vitone,”
17
,
61
,
63–64
,
94
,
97
,
111
,
114
,
125
,
138
,
139
,
150
,
182
,
232
,
241
,
300
,
313
,
314
,
356
,
430
; opposition to movie on LL,
v
; bigotry of,
39–40
; personal characteristics,
39–40
,
88
,
141
,
173–174
,
235
,
260
,
285
,
308
,
392
; and narcotics,
52–53
,
71–72
,
122
,
174
,
240
,
272–273
,
304
,
309
,
315
,
359
,
403
; and bookmaking,
71
; area of “operation,”
94–95
; as LL’s underboss,
116
,
122
,
135
,
268
; murders committed or contracted for,
126–127
,
131–132
,
173
,
174
,
234
,
285
,
309
,
345
,
389
; marriage of,
173
,
174
; lust for power,
183
,
272
,
304
,
308–310
,
313–314
,
348
,
368
,
381–389
,
394–399
,
403
,
417
; asks to leave country,
234–235
; European activities,
260
,
272–275
,
302
,
303–304
; arrest, conviction, and jail term,
272
,
275–276
,
285
; and Mussolini,
285
; physical appearance,
308
; attempt on Frank Costello’s life,
387–388
; planned revenge on LL,
392
,
424
,
434
,
439
,
442
,
443
; call for general underworld council,
397–400
; characterized by LL,
399
;
parsimoniousness of,
403
; death,
405
; trial, conviction, and prison term,
405
,
417
,
424
; and LL’s death,
449
; burial site of,
450

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