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Boxing and the Mob

2019

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6 The Big Fix S. 99-118

„… go,and LaMotta still wanted to be hook free.The mob-connected boxing promoters assured LaMotta that he …” „… of the mob.Midway through the first round, each boxer was aggressively pouringit on, punching and …” „… , he attracted the attention of anumber of guys connected with the mob. Those were the guys whohung out …”

9 Why Give Up a Good Thing? S. 165-180

„… instrumental in pros-ecuting mobsters, said he hoped the mob would no longer be involvedin boxing. One can only …” „… 1659WHY GIVE UP A GOOD THING?The mob is attracted to money as sharks are attracted to blood in …” „… thewater. It’s why the mob was involved in boxing for decades; however, itseemed as if the world of boxing …”

Preface

„… PRAISE FOR BOXING AND THE MOB“Jeffery Sussman has written a riveting book that captures the …” „… entangle-ment of boxing and the mob. The sport of boxing is made for the mob asmuch as it is for the kids …” „… of Jeffrey Sussman’s exciting and engaging book Boxing and theMob. Boxing, without a central …”

Index S. 189-196

„… , Salvatore “Sammy the Bull”,171; Gotti and, 172, 173; on mob, 172,174; payoffs and, 173, 174–176; inwitness …” „… , 55;mob and, 138Basilio, Carmen: on boxer, 119; boxingmatches for, 124, 126–127, 129, 133,135–136 …” „… Big Bankroll, 9, 15The Big Con: The Story of the ConfidenceMan (Maurer), xviBlack Muslims, 159Black …”

Notes S. 181-186

„… MACHIAVELLI OF PROMOTERS1. Kevin Mitchell, Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties (NewYork: Pegasus …” „… : The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties (NewYork: Pegasus, 2010), 96–97.6. Jack Roth, “Carbo Released on …” „… . Kevin Mitchell, Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties (NewYork: Pegasus, 2010), 94.5. Chris …”

8 Sonny Liston’s Blues S. 141-164

„… accommodation.How to soften Liston’s reputation? How to remove the image ofListon as a mob-owned fighter? Liston and …” „… outsidercredentials as an ex-con, a former strong-arm collector for the mob.America frequently has love affairs with …” „… movement. The Kennedys did not want a thug torepresent the heavyweight division, and D’Amato hated the mob …”

7 Up from the Mucklands S. 119-140

„… he wasn’t going tosign for a third fight. He refused to be bossed around by the mob. Evenif DeJohn …” „… had remained a hero to his fans,but he was more than an annoyance to the mob, for people …” „… , Kid Gavilan? The mob hated that kind of talk. They and theirenablers were always attempting to provide …”

5 The Gray Czar of Boxing S. 73-98

„… and glam-our boy of the mob Bugsy Siegel; and Siegel’s brother-in-law, WhiteyKrakower. Together, they …” „… him. Heshould have known better; when the mob wants to kill you, they oftensend one of your friends to …” „… called to testify. His end came asno surprise to the mob. According to the five cops who were …”

Bibliography S. 187-188

„… SoulThe BoxerBoxing and the MafiaCarmen Basilio: Fighting the MobHands of StoneThe Harder They FallRaging …” „… York: Simon and Schuster, 2014.Mitchell, Kevin. Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties. New …” „… .Allen, Merl L.Welcome to the Stork Club. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1980.Anderson, Chris, and …”

3 Owney Madden and Fixing the Heavyweight Championship S. 35-58

„… the lack of legitimate upward economic mobility.Crime would be his means of escaping poverty. Years …” „… mobster.While Owney met Mae West when they were both on the road tosuccess, Owney’s relationship with George …” „… longer being managed by the mob and so was notbeing cheated out of his earnings. He was able to bank a …”

2 From Boxer to Bagman to Gambler S. 23-34

„… hisself-image. Did mob guys laugh at the fierce Little Hebrew down on hisknees, or sitting on a bench, pressing …” „… othertimes a nearly translucent one that runs through the many-colored fab-ric of the history of much of …” „… a thumb on the scales of many fixed fights.Although Abe Attell is primarily remembered as the man …”

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Garden State Gangland

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9 Bruno and the Down Neck Mob S. 115-122

„… 115Chapter NineBruno and the Down Neck MobIn the city of Newark is a neighborhood that stands out …” „… the Down Neck mob.Joseph “Scoops” Licata was another younger member of Caponigro’screw who started in …” „… and bettors. One of the card games that was a popular mob-runracket in Down Neck was monte. As …”

Notes S. 185-196

„… /archives/accused-mobsters-still-silent-catena-practices-golf-the-silent-nine.html.14. Guy Sterling, “Arrest Ends Long Search for Suspect in Mob Killing,” (Newark, NJ)Star-Ledger …” „… , http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bidder-mob-house-article-1.493826.2. Various sources give numbers between fifty-eight and sixty-two detained. The official …” „… , "The Mob and Ocean County: FBI Takes Show Penetration," AsburyPark (NJ) Press, February 2, 1970.17. The …”

Bibliography S. 197-208

„… .———. "The Mob and Ocean County: FBI Tapes Show Penetration." February 2, 1970.———. “Two Men Slain in Jersey …” „… Press, August 21, 2001. http://www.nypress.com/the-jesus-de-galindez-case/.Buccino, Bob. New Jersey Mob …” „… : Fawcett, 1973.———. “The People v. The Mob; Or, Who Rules New Jersey?” New York Times, February 1,1970 …”

16 The Receding Tide S. 179-184

„… defendantswere part of a mob-backed cocaine-trafficking operation.Sources say that a new crew of the …” „… underside of the state—and a rare sight-ing of a mob boss. His name was Francesco “Frank” Guarraci, and he …” „… Colella were charged with attemptingto murder a rival mob member in New Jersey. The remaining …”

15 On the Docks S. 173-178

„… to steer a lucra-tive contracts to a mob-run pharmaceutical company.At the time of the trial, in the …” „… numbers to prostitutes. They drank at mob-owned bars and taverns where loan sharks preyed on the …” „… and mail fraud in a scheme to keep the topleadership of the union in the hands of the mob …”

10 The Genovese Family S. 123-130

„… one of the mob’smore lucrative ventures was the handling and disposal of chemicals and othertoxic …” „… that waste companies under the mob’sownership controlled the marketplace, a meeting took place in the …” „… respect paid to thefallen mob boss may have hinted at one of the reasons for his demise. Tosome on the …”

6 The DeCavalcantes S. 57-70

„… mob.The reasons for the meeting at Barbara’s Apalachin retreat were not madeclear to police or …” „… trafficking was a major issue at that time in the mob’sThe DeCavalcantes 59history; increased involvement by …” „… business ventures, the FBI started to shift priorities and resourcestoward fighting the mob, adopting the …”

7 On the Wire S. 71-80

„… mob figures in the Miami area, including capoPeter LaPlaca and a New Jersey mobster named Danny …” „… localauthorities with regard to understanding the extent of the mob’s influence oncrime and legitimate businesses …” „… criminal enterprises—among those narcotics trafficking, which is whatfirst brought the mob to the attention …”

12 The Big Bets S. 141-152

„… mobstershad set up operations there. Russo even outed fellow Genovese mobstersTony Provenzano and Matty the …” „… was truly a mob town. When the casinobecame the Jolly Trolley in 1977, the new owners from New Jersey …” „… had ahidden partner in the mob. And for the next five years the mob attempted toskim away as much of …”

11 The State Commission of Investigation S. 131-140

„… in-depthpenetration of the mob into labor unions, the garbage industry, and otherlegitimate industries. But when Life …” „… corruption and mob influence. These were theDivision of Criminal Justice and the State Commission of …” „… Countyempaneled to investigate ties between the mob and local government. He toldthe journalists of Sigma Delta …”

14 The Eagle and Video Gambling S. 161-172

„… young capo for a biggerrole. By 1969, John Riggi appeared on the FBI’s org charts of mob familiesas a …” „… qua-si-legitimate racket for the mob across the country, especially in the Chicago-land area.In New Jersey, Bisaccia …” „… talking—maybe you got a hundred machines there.”14One of the mob’s biggest suppliers of machines in the New …”

5 The Moretti Hit S. 47-56

„… com-menced his mob crackdown, he boasted that he would “dive the bums out oftown.” Later he warned, “Let the …” „… questionsabout mob involvement in the Riviera.The Moretti Hit 49The nightly trips across the GW Bridge to places …” „… type of influence with politicalfigures was essential for the mob in Bergen, and elsewhere, to maintain …”

13 South Jersey War S. 153-160

„… that a number of high-level mob-Chapter 13156sters chose to defect to the government. While Scarfo and …” „… Bananas likely ex-pected to be inducted as new boss of the Philly mob. But that didn’t happen.Some say it …” „… 1991. Ray Esposito lived in South Jer-sey. He was a Stanfa loyalist and hit man for the mob. Ralph …”

8 Bayonne Joe S. 81-114

„… Investigation.Bayonne Joe 113Figure 8.26. Myron Sugerman giving a talk on the history of the Jewish mob.Source: Myron …” „… dismissed. Zicarelli was rising in the ranks of the mob, withfew convictions to his name. And he looked to …” „… Mafia and a bigearner. That caught the eye of various mob families who were always on thelookout for …”

1 The Newark Family S. 1-10

„… 1Chapter OneThe Newark FamilyTo trace the start of traditional organized crime (the mob, the …” „… mob’s hierarchy of criminal rackets fordecades to come.Some of the gangs were led by future …” „… it is one of the oldest operating mob families in thecountry, but its formative years are murky, as …”

Preface

„… Garden State GanglandGarden State GanglandThe Rise of the Mob in New JerseyScott M. DeitcheROWMAN …” „… : Garden state gangland : the rise of the mob in New Jersey / Scott M. Deitche.Description: Lanham : Rowman …” „… Mob 11510 The Genovese Family 12311 The State Commission of Investigation 13112 The Big Bets 14113 …”

4 Dutch, Longy, Jerry, and the Boot S. 33-46

„… 1935 and started taking potshots against the prosecutor. In abreach of mob protocol, Schultz sent out …” „… Schultz killing. Stassi said that the mob called for Schultz’s death inpart because of his vow to …” „… mob” saw asan out-of-date way of doing business. The cowboy days of Prohibition wereover, and the new …”

3 Zwillman S. 21-32

„… literally set thecourse for the expansion of the mob in New Jersey and across the UnitedStates, touching …” „… years leading up to World War II.Zwillman moved effortlessly between the mob he controlled in Newark,the …” „… athotels for the mob in pre-Castro Cuba. Before he died, Stassi told one of theauthors that he knew Hassel …”

Index S. 209-214

„… , 7, 8, 9Barbara, Joseph Sr., 57, 58, 59Barone, George, 173, 174Barraco, Charles, 6Basto, Frank (“The …” „… Lounge, 25, 35, 37, 89Boiardo, Anthony (“Tony Boy”), 46, 53,63Boiardo, Ruggerio (“Richie the Boot …” „… ofInvestigation, 136Caprio, Peter (“The Crumb”), 171Caruso, Angelo, 86Carteret, New Jersey, 75Casablanca club, 37 …”

2 Dry Years in Jersey S. 11-20

„… Prohibi-tion (mob boss Vito Genovese would later call the Highlands his home).Larger vessels would park …” „… influential mobsters in the Garden State. …” „… 11Chapter TwoDry Years in JerseyThe Jersey Shore is deceptive in size, seemingly insignificant, but …”

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Lynching in American Literature and Journalism

2022

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The “Girl Reporter” Confronts the Lynch Mob S. 5-20

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Jukebox Empire

2023

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Preface

„… Jukebox EmpireJukebox EmpireThe Mob and the Dark Side of the American DreamDavid RabinovitchROWMAN …” „… David, author. Title: Jukebox empire : the mob and the dark side of the American dream / David …” „… involve-ment with the Mob. A legal search produced a court judgment denying Wolfe’s appeal of his conviction …”

Chapter Four. Crime Busters S. 49-56

„… seizes the opportunity is New York hoodlum Meyer Lansky. Known as the mob’s banker, Lansky strategizes …” „… forces, Wolfe is caught between the Mob and the feds. The documents uncovered reveal in detail Wolfe’s …” „… committee will use its investigative and subpoena powers to reveal evidence of a mob-sponsored plot …”

Chapter Three. Coin Men S. 29-48

„… coin-operated music industry, ironic since he has his own ties to the Mob.Capehart has a personal stake in the …” „… jukeboxes on display, then flee the showroom.Opposing the mob’s dominance over coin machine revenues results …” „… Pennsylvania attorney general turned Mob lawyer.Wolfe works the phones, damage control with the distributors …”

Conclusion S. 179-184

„… said, “The mob could kill me for this.”Dollye: I never went to any trial, son. I didn’t know what he …” „… Marshall when the Court learned that eavesdropping devices were used to obtain the mob lawyer’s conviction …” „… 179ConclusionafterWorDIn the course of my research, I sought to interview partici-pants and …”

Index S. 204-220

„… The Automatic Phonograph Corporation, 40Bank of Commerce, Montreal, 69Basilica of Saints Peter and …” „… , 108–10; Rosden relation to, 96, 107; Ryan relation to, 97Ben “The Butcher” Stein (fictional character …” „… , 123; Rothman, N., relation to, 58–59The Blue Angel (movie), 11Blye, Willie, 36BNI. See Bureau of …”

Bibliography S. 199-203

„… Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba . . . and Then Lost It to the Revolution. New York: HarperCollins, 2008 …” „… manuscript, typescript.Greene, Bob. “Juke Box: Mobsters Play the Tune.” Newsday, June 6, 1955.Gruber, Hermann …” „… . www.jukeboxhistory.info/filben/history/batavia_metal_products.pdf. ———. “The History of Coin-Operated Phonographs.” Unpublished manuscript, November 8, 2010 …”

Chapter Five. Biggest Bank Robbery in the World S. 57-80

„… . The $2 million-a-year craps and barbout (dice) layout is run by the Mannarino mob.This little Las …” „… . Television antennas sprout on the rooftops. The mob lives in its own mondo condo. The families of the …” „… foot soldier, unaware of the grand scheme to be financed with bonds from Brockville.MANNARINO MOB FLIES …”

About the Author S. 221-222

„… the pueblo magico of Todos Santos, Mexico. Jukebox Empire: The Mob and the Dark Side of the American …” „… 221About the AuthorDavid Rabinovitch is an Emmy, Peabody, and Gemini Award–winning filmmaker …” „… . Notable productions include The Sultan’s Women, a docudrama revealing the true stories of an Ottoman …”

Notes S. 187-198

„… Mob Owned Cuba . . . and Then Lost It to the Revolution (New York: HarperCollins, 2008), 305. 9 …” „… Box: Mobsters Play the Tune,” Newsday, June 6, 1955.2. Amy A. Kisil, “Tommy James Sinito AKA The …” „… 187NotesCast of CharaCters1. U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Narcotics, Mafia: The …”

Chapter Ten. Wheels of Justice S. 133-144

„… expropriates the resorts and shutters the gambling operations. The mob is out hundreds of millions of dollars …” „… the bonds from the Cuban agent Garcia, Joe Green drops the case. Wolfe turns to Richard Gorman …” „… , forty-six, square-shouldered and square-jawed, looks like a cop, which he had been. Gorman worked the beat …”

Chapter Seven. Air Chase S. 93-104

„… . Inside the car, Wolfe drives, keeps his head down. Rothman draws his gun.The rampaging mob surges into …” „… equal denominations and distributed among the mobsters.”9New York City, January 2, 1959Snow falls …” „… clinging to a chain-link fence identifies the Ken Iron and Steel Company. The scrap-metal yard is a …”

Chapter Twelve. Shoot the Moon S. 159-178

„… that get him into the New Kensington Mob?Mannarino: If I had wanted to, I could have put him in the …” „… 159Chapter TwelveShoot the MoonPreCiPiCeChicago, February 15, 1962Reporters encounter Wolfe …” „… , disheveled, in the Federal Building corridor. His room at the Edison has been robbed.Wolfe: The place was …”

Chapter Nine. Biggest Burglary Solved S. 119-132

„… . Cotroni won’t talk, and the mobster from Montreal won’t be coming around to collect for the bonds he …” „… , Eddie Smith, nice guy, runs errands across the border for him. Encounters him one night at the Club …” „… us.Cotroni: You ever deal in junk?Pep Cotroni and his brothers Vic and Frank are the biggest heroin dealers …”

Chapter Eight. Front Page S. 105-118

„… continues his interrogation of the mobster.Kennedy: The guns that were being flown to Cuba recently, guns …” „… close associate of Sam Mannarino; is that right?The mobster stares at his manicured nails, as though …” „… flashes a badge. FBI. Her heart pounds.tangLeD WeBWashington, D.C., February 12, 1959The FBI mobilizes its …”

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Sin City Gangsters

2023

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8: The Ant, Lefty, and Genius S. 119-136

„… down on the mob. But, that was a major misreading of his attributes.To create the appearance of …” „… . . . is that Tony Spilotro is supposed to be in Las Vegas watching after the mob’s interests.”1 The …” „… . Next in line was Frank Balistrieri, the mob boss of Milwaukee. Glick would get as much as $62 mil-lion …”

9: The Outfit Crapped Out S. 137-154

„… spies and ignore the mob.Kennedy, however, was like a guided missile. He could not be deterred from his …” „… Chicago disagrees with the statement that there is no mob—or that it is washed up.“Are they out there …” „… Angelini, an enforcer with the charm of a professional diplomat. He was not the kind of mob-ster who would …”

2: Moe Sedway and Gus Greenbaum S. 17-28

„… responsibilities as if nothing had changed.Sedway and Greenbaum were treated by the mob as if they were a pair of …” „… betting, they were paying prostitutes who operated as if they had taxi meters on their thighs.For the mob …” „… chance of winning. Sedway was sent to the burgeoning gambling mecca and invested mob money in vari-ous …”

3: Meyer Lansky S. 29-40

„… town: there were no territories that were the exclusive domain of any one mob organization. Mobsters …” „… out the mob, was by comparison an ideal location for Lansky’s mob- run casinos, for gambling had been …” „… flags in Vegas.At the time the mob arrived, Vegas was a visual smorgasbord of different style casinos …”

Index S. 187-198

„… , 105–6; Hoffa murder and, 69, 77; Hoover mobster and communist hunt for, 96, 137–38; Kennedy, R., mob …” „… , 38, 39amusement parks, 116–17, 159–60Anastasia, Albert (“the Mad Hatter”), 1, 5Anderson, Toni and …” „… , 144, 149Chicago Outfit (“the Outfit”): Accardo leadership in, xiii, 14, 24; Angelini as front man for …”

4: Moe Dalitz S. 41-60

„… such tactic included hiring mob thugs, including members of the infamous Jewish Purple Gang, to beat up …” „… . During this time, Dalitz befriended Jimmy Hoffa, future mob- supported boss of the Teamsters Union, and …” „… mobsters—ventured into the bootlegging business. He became a seasoned sailor, transporting liquor from Canada into …”

1: Don’t Ever Call Him Bugsy S. 1-16

„… educated, she was wise in the ways of the mob, having been a bag woman and mistress for various mobsters …” „… 11DON’T EVER CALL HIM BUGSYLife for the mob in New York was getting too hot. Prosecutors were …” „… only mob boss to be fried in Old Sparky) and Albert (the Mad Hatter) Anastasia, also known as the Lord …”

5: Jimmy Hoffa S. 61-0

„… bring opponents to the negotiating tables. So he made a pact with the J I M M Y H O F F A 6 5mob: he …” „… not only used mob muscle to combat the strikebreakers, but he also used the mob’s goons to intimidate …” „… main contact with the Detroit mob and was later thought to have set up Hoffa to be murdered. (Why was …”

Preface

„… S I N C I T Y G A N G S T E R SS I N C I T Y G A N G S T E R SThe Rise and Decline of the Mob in …” „… Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Sussman, Jeffrey, author. Title: Sin City gangsters : the rise and decline of the mob …” „… bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Sin City Gangsters is an exciting page-turner about how the mob …”

6: The Man Who Bought Las Vegas S. 79-92

„… transformed Las Vegas, not by ridding it of the mob-sters who built the city, but by making it respectable for …” „… as surprising to the mob as if Bobby Kennedy had decided 8 0 C H A p T E R 6to join the Mafia. When …” „… fixer and an emissary of the Chicago Outfit, who made sure that the mob got its share of the Vegas skim …”

Bibliography S. 183-186

„… , Steve. When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem, and Murder. Las Vegas: Berkline Press, 2005 …” „… .Fischer, Steve. When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem, and Murder. New York: MJF Books, 2007 …” „… , Gary. Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How the FBI Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos …”

About the Author S. 199-200

„… two other books that deal with the mob: Big Apple Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in New …” „… York and Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science. He lives in New York City. …” „… 1 9 9ABOUT THE AUTHORJeffrey Sussman is the author of sixteen nonfiction books, six of which have …”

7: The Entertainment Capital of the World S. 93-118

„… flown out. For sex and gambling and the skim, the Lodge was a bank and playland for the mob.Sinatra was …” „… Cal- Neva. According to a member of the mobster’s family, only the intercession of East Coast [mob …” „… groomed to run for the presidency, the mob wanted to solidify its relationship with the future president …”

10: New Faces of Vegas S. 155-182

„… 1 5 510NEW FACES OF VEGASSarno, Kerkorian, Wynn, and AdelsonThe era of mob control of Vegas was …” „… fading into history. Replacing the mob were risk- taking entrepreneurs, men of vision, who not only …” „… would have gotten the loan. Historian Ovid Demaris declared that Caesars was mob controlled from the day …”

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