List of Illustrations

1. The shooting of Chief of Police David Hennessey, 15th of October, 1890: Topfoto (The Granger Collection)

2. Group of men loitering in ‘Bandits’ Roost’, New York City, 1888: Getty Images (Jacob A. Riis)

3. Crowd gathers around gangster Dean ‘Dion’ O’Banion’s flower shop in Chicago, 10th of November 1924: Getty Images (Chicago Tribune)

4. Daily News front page, 5th of November, 1928, reporting the shooting of Arnold Rothstein: Getty Images (New York Daily News Archive)

5. Mika Bizarro, Joe Aiello, Joe Bubine, Nick Manzello and Joe Russio, 1927: Getty Images (Chicago History Museum)

6. Giuseppe ‘Joe The Boss’ Masseria: Getty Images (New York Daily News Archive)

7. Mugshot of Gus Winkler: Chicago Police Department (Berrien County, MI)

8. Shooting of Frank Nash , 1933: Topfoto (Keystone Archives)

9. Daily News front page, 25th of October, 1935, reporting the fatal shooting of Dutch Schultz; and the arrest of the gangster’s widow: Getty Images (New York Daily News Archive)

10. Body of Walter Sage discovered in Swan Lake in the Catskills, 31st of July 1937: Getty Images (Bettmann)

11. Journalists prepare to photograph the body of Carlo Tresca: Corbis Images (Hulton-Deutsch)

12. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel’s dead body lying on a divan in his Beverly Hills home in 1947: Corbis Images (Bettmann)

13. Body of Willie Moretti at “Joe’s Restaurant,” Oct. 4th, 1951: Corbis Images (Bettmann)

14. Charles “Lucky” Luciano and his wife, Igea Lissoni, 1955: Corbis Images (Bettmann)

15. Jimmy Hoffa in his D.C. office: Corbis Images (Fred Ward)

16. John Roselli arrives to testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Getty Images (Bettmann)

17. Joseph Colombo with members of his family and the Italian-American Civil Rights League: Corbis Images (Bettmann)

18. Body of Carmine Galante covered by New York police detectives, 12th of July, 1979: Corbis Images (Bettmann)

19. Paul Castellano: Corbis Images (Bettmann)