Read The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano: The Mafia Story in His Own Words Online

Authors: Martin A. Gosch,Richard Hammer

Tags: #Biographies & Memoirs, #Leaders & Notable People, #Rich & Famous, #True Crime, #Organized Crime

The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano: The Mafia Story in His Own Words (73 page)

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
with mother,
3
,
7
,
12
,
16
,
19
,
20
,
21
,
22
,
51–52
,
124
; with father,
5–6
,
7
,
9
,
10
,
12
,
16
,
19–20
,
21
,
22
,
51
,
52
,
99
,
124
; with Gay Orlova,
110–111
,
152
,
156
,
194–195
,
219
,
229
,
272
,
283
; love of Igea,
335–339
,
342
,
353
,
354
,
358
,
359
,
364
,
365
,
366
,
372–373
,
375
,
380–381
,
407
; with godson,
346–347
; with brother Bart,
386
,
449
(
see also
Lucanía, Bart
); with family,
3
,
19
,
272
,
286
; affair with Adriana Rizzo,
418–419
,
420
,
426
,
436

Enmities: with Genovese,
37–38
,
71–72
,
173–174
,
271
,
272
,
273–274
,
285
,
308
,
310–311
,
381
; with Maranzano,
60
,
62
,
129–130
,
135–141
; with Masseria,
100
,
102
,
111–115

Friendships: with Tommy Lucchese,
viii
,
77
,
101
,
135–136
,
150
,
154
; with Costello,
11–12
; with Goodman,
12–14
,
15–19
,
21–22
; with Siegel,
23
,
62
; with Adonis,
33
,
374–375
,
368–369
,
382
; with Rothstein,
41
,
57
,
69
,
95
,
109
; with Gordon,
42
; with Levine,
87
; with Profaci,
115–116
; with Reina,
126
; with entertainers,
152–153
; with Lansky,
172–173
,
266
,
284
,
381
,
382
; closest friends listed,
286
; with Biondo,
363
; with Pat Eboli,
383
,
446
; with Vitaliti,
374
,
394
,
413
,
421
,
435
; with Albert Anastasia,
395

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
appearance,
18–19
; voice,
69
; scars,
118
,
124
; weight gain in prison,
282
,
290

Health: heart attacks and decline in old age,
v
,
420–421
,
423
,
434–435
,
438
,
443
,
444–446
; bout with “clap,”
26–27
,
50
; back trouble,
418–419
; death,
447–448

POLITICAL INFLUENCE AND INVOLVEMENT:
on 1932 presidential campaign,
97–99
,
156–167
; “buying” of O’Dwyer,
243
,
245–246
,
254–255
,
287–288
; on Dewey’s campaign for governor,
266–270
.
See also
“greasing”

PRISON YEARS:
handling of affairs before,
229
; attitude of other prisoners toward,
230
; attitude of guards toward,
230–231
; remote control of underworld,
232
; growth of interest in reading and learning,
232
; thwarted plans for court appeal,
235–238
,
258–268
; parole,
255
,
260–261
,
276–277
; visit of McCook,
256–258
; interest in WW II,
271
; psychological effects,
271–272
; visits from family,
272

In Great Meadow Prison, Comstock, N.Y.:
270–277
,
427
; prison conditions,
270
,
272
,
282

In Dannemora Prison:
229–269
; prison conditions,
229
,
231
,
265
; treatment by warden,
250

SOCIAL LIFE:
49–50
,
152–153
,
418
,
420
,
439
.
See also
EXILE

Madden, Owney “The Killer,”
193
,
195
,
197
,
218
,
286

Maffetore, Anthony “Dukey,”
246

Mafia,
10
,
61
,
63
,
82
,
301–302
,
341
,
424

Magaddino, Steve,
173
,
273
,
286
,
311
,
315

Magliocci, Giuseppe,
311

Maione, “Happy,”
247

Maneri, Salvatore,
442
,
443–444

Manfredi, Henry,
426
,
437
,
444

Mangano, Phil (Philip),
63
,
348
; murder of,
395

Mangano, Vince (Vincent),
63
,
105
,
247
,
348
; as boss under Maranzano,
134
; murder of,
395

Maranzano, Salvatore,
19–20
,
27
,
67–68
,
105
,
124
,
311
,
315
; “wooing” of LL,
46–48
,
59–63
; prejudice of,
47
,
60
; personal characteristics,
59
,
60
,
64
,
136
; power struggle with Masseria,
63–68
,
87–92
,
100–103
,
114–121
,
124–132
; and loansharking,
76
; religiosity of,
133
; as “king” of underworld,
133–135
; murder of,
136–144
; regulations as boss,
134–135
; plot to murder LL,
139–141
; funeral of,
144

Marcello, Carlos,
311

Marcus David (alias David Miller),
191
,
193
,
201
,
204
,
223

Marinelli, Albert C. “Al,”
58
,
83
,
161
,
162
,
165
,
180
,
264

Marshall Plan,
333
,
349

Martin, Dean,
430

Martin, Dr. Walter,
250
,
256
,
265

Masiero, Loretta,
336

Mason, Jerry,
330

Massara, Dr. Giuseppe,
327

Masseria, “Joe the Boss” (Giuseppe),
87–94
,
105
,
209
,
218
,
311
,
314
; personal characteristics,
87–88
,
99
,
131
; power struggle with Maranzano,
63–68
,
87–92
,
100–103
,
114–121
,
124–132
; violent temper of,
102
,
113–114
; demands on LL,
111–114
; on Pinzola’s murder,
127
; murder of,
129–132
; funeral of,
131

Matteoli, Professor Dottore,
401
,
406–407
,
410–411
,
420

Mauro, Vincent,
436
,
438
,
439
,
442–444
,
445

Mayfield Road Gang,
93

McCook, Philip J.,
201
,
203
,
210
,
211
,
222
,
223
,
236
,
237
,
256
,
258
,
259
,
265

McEvers, John H.,
180

McGurn, Barrett,
423

McLaughlin, Harvey F. X.,
252

meat industry: and underworld,
170

Mellon, Andrew,
180

Milano, Frankie,
136

Milazzo, Gaspar,
101

milk industry: and underworld,
170

Miller, David,
154

Miller, David.
See
Marcus, David

Mineo, Paul,
102–103
,
109
,
129

Miranda, Mike,
136
,
137
,
174
,
275
,
311

Miro, Henry,
175

Mitchell, Cameron,
440

Modgilewsky, Jules (Jules Martin; “Modgilewsky the Commissar”),
185

Moldato, Father,
334
,
335

moneylending.
See
loansharking

Montana, James C.,
399

Montoni, Ivan,
329
,
380
,
437
,
438

Moran, George “Bugs,”
81
,
93

Moran, John E.,
252

Morella, Pietro (Pete, “The Clutching Hand”): murder of,
128

Moretti, Willie,
51–52
,
70
,
79
,
94
,
105
,
178
,
183
,
241
,
276
,
286
,
311
,
372
; as family man,
151
; arrest,
178
; murder of,
352

Morgenthau, Henry,
177

Morhous, Vernon,
270
,
272

Mulvaney, Willie,
10

murder: underground’s rules for,
127

Murder, Inc.,
199
,
241
,
248

Mussolini, Benito,
82
,
93
,
235
,
260
,
271
,
285

Mustache Petes.
See
Dons, old

narcotics,
14–15
,
52–54
,
173–174
,
203
,
208
,
209
,
314–315
,
342–343
,
357
,
358–359
,
362
,
433–434
,
436–437

Night of Sicilian Vespers,
143

Normandie:
destruction of,
261–262

Novik, Morris,
243

numbers racket,
75–76
,
123

O’Banion, Dion,
81

O’Connor, Kathleen,
203

O’Dwyer, “Big Bill,”
37

O’Dwyer, William,
243
,
245
,
246–247
,
250
; political ambitions,
250
; and crime-busting,
251
,
252
,
253–255
; and underworld,
243
,
245–246
,
254–255
,
287–288
; army political career,
254
; and Kefauver committee,
372