Mafia Murders by Frasca, M.A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction Chapter One • The Nineteenth Century: Early Hoods and Street Brawlers

David Hennessy Max “Kid Twist” Zwerbach Joseph Petrosino “Big” Jack Zelig

Chapter Two • Prohibition: Rum Runners and Beer Barons

James “Big Jim” Colosimo Edward “Monk” Eastman Umberto Valenti Nathan “Kid Dropper” Kaplan Charles Dean O’Banion Salvatore “Samoots” Amatuna Hymie Weiss Jacob “Little Augie” Orgen Francesco Ioele (Frankie Yale) Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein St. Valentine’s Day Massacre John Scalise and Albert Anselmi

Chapter Three • The Dirty Thirties: Crime Gets Organized

Alfred “Jake” Lingle Jack Zuta Giuseppe Morello Joe Aiello Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria Salvatore Maranzano The Collingwood Manor Massacre Jack “Legs” Diamond Vincent Coll Charles “Vannie” Higgins Charles “King” Solomon Gus Winkler Vernon Clate Miller John Lazia Ferdinand Boccia Louis Alterie Abraham “Bo” Weinberg Louis “Pretty” Amberg Dutch Schultz “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn Walter Sage Peter Panto Irving “Puggy” Feinstein Edward “Easy Eddie” O’Hare

Chapter Four • The Forties, Fifties and Sixties: Crime Grows Up

Abe “Kid Twist” Reles Carlo Tresca William “Dinty” Colbeck Rocco Perri Lawrence Mangano James Ragen Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel Charles Binaggio Vincent Mangano Anthony Brancato & Anthony Trombino Guarino “Willie” Moretti Albert “The Mad Hatter” Anastasia Gus Greenbaum Abner Zwillman Anthony Carfano Jack Whalen Roger Touhy Alberto Agueci Charles “Lucky” Luciano Ernest “The Hawk” Rupolo James “Buddy” McLean

Chapter Five • The Seventies: Taking Care of Business

Joseph Gallo Donald Killeen Thomas Eboli Sam “Mad Man” DeStefano Richard Cain Alex “Shondor” Birns Sam Giancana Jimmy Hoffa Joe “The Animal” Barboza “Handsome” Johnny Roselli Richard J. Castucci Frank “Bomp” Bompensiero Danny Greene Johnny Mendell Joseph Colombo Thomas “Two-Gun Tommy” DeSimone Harvey “Chris” Rosenberg Carmine “Lilo” Galante

Chapter Six • The Eighties: The Lawfights Back

Angelo Bruno Philip Testa Alphonse Indelicato, Dominick Trinchera, Philip Giaccone Dominick Napolitano Roy DeMeo Jasper Campise & John Gattuso Robert Riccobene Cesare Bonventre Salvatore Testa Paul “Big Paulie” Castellano Frank DeCicco Vladimir Reznikov Anthony Spilotro Michael “The Bat” DeBatt Wilfred “Willie Boy” Johnson

Chapter Seven • The Ninetiesto Today: Modern Times

Mario Riccobene Herbert “Fat Herbie” Blitzstein Gerlando Sciascia Adolfo Bruno Nicolo Rizzuto Salvatore Montagna

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