Honor Thy Father (62 page)

Gambino, Carlo, 93–94, 107, 151, 205, 219–220, 244, 295, 323, 378, 492, 495, 501

plot to murder Lucchese and, 7, 95–97, 224, 226, 386, 494

Gambling, illegal, 58, 77, 146–147, 269, 358, 363

Garofalo, Frank, 165, 211, 219, 224

Garofalo, Vincent, 266

Garelik, Sanford D., 243

Genovese, Vito, 11–12, 57, 94, 107–108, 201–202, 205–207, 210, 214–221, 226, 356, 378, 492

death of, 295–296

jail sentence, 150

organization, 148, 150, 221, 244, 296

Giancana, Sam, 12, 94, 106, 108–109, 226, 378, 404

Gigante, Vincent, 217–218

Godfather, role of, 296–297

Godfather, The
(Puzo), 309–310 motion picture, 501

Grand jury investigations, 20, 105–109, 168, 185, 244, 245–249, 278, 294, 493

Greco, Louis, 479

H

Hale, David O., 273–274, 401–405, 468, 489, 502

Hentel, Nat H., 243–245

Hijacking, 35, 260–270, 295

Hill, David, Jr., 368–371

Hoover, J. Edgar, 108, 284, 405–407

I

Interpol, 147

Irish gangs, 191, 200, 208

Irish Mafia, 310

Italian-American Civil Rights League, 495–500

1970 Unity Day, 496

Italian lottery, 204

Italo-Americans, FBI picketed by, 494–496, 500, 502

J

Jewish Defense League, 499–500

Jewish gangs, 101, 200, 208

Johnson, Kermit, 103

Johnson, Lyndon B., 358

K

Kasanof, Robert, 168, 475, 481–485

Kefauver committee, 27, 46, 213, 216

hearings (1951), 12, 490–491

Kennedy, Robert F., 108, 402

Konigsberg, Harold (Kayo), 113–114, 118, 143

Krieger, Albert J., 105–106, 317–319

credit card case, 414–429, 463–466, 468–470, 472, 475, 477, 478, 485

hearings on Joseph Bonanno disappearance, 105–106, 117–118, 137–138, 167–180

L

Labruzzo, Charles, 60–62, 79, 280, 327–328

Labruzzo, Frank, 5, 7–10, 12, 19–20, 33–35, 51, 55–56, 59–60, 62–66, 70–71, 86–87, 92, 180, 222, 239–241

death of, 240–241

peace meeting with Di Gregorio faction, 154–155

Labruzzo, Marion,
see
Di Pasquale, Mrs. Vincent

Lansky, Meyer, 200, 207, 208, 218, 492

Lanza, Joseph (Socks), 212

Larasso, Louis, 388

La Scala Restaurant, New York City, 180–181

La Selva, Joseph, 385–386

La Stella Restaurant, Forest Hills, New York, 243, 244, 495

Lepke, Louis, 200

Levine, William, 442–443, 484

Licavoli, Peter, 248, 366

bombing of Arizona ranch, 279, 283–285, 402

Lindsay, John V., 242–243, 268

Little Apalachin Meeting, 243, 495

Loan-sharking, 7, 146, 149–150, 362

LoCicero, Charles, 277

Lombroso, Cesare, 194

Lucchese, Thomas (Three-Finger Brown), 5, 57, 93–94, 107, 223, 244, 309

Gallo revolt, 93, 222

Maranzano and, 205, 207

member of the national commission, 94, 378

organization, 57, 108, 148–149, 152, 221, 268

plot to murder Gambino and, 7, 95–97, 224, 226, 386, 494

took over from Gagliano, 219

relationship to Gambino, 93

Luciano, Lucky, 201–202, 356, 368

deportation of, 212–215

organization, 221

organizing ability, 208–209

rise to power, 206–210

role during World War II, 212–215

M

Maas, Peter, 221

McClellan committee, 27, 152

McGinnis, G. Alfred, 285

McGuire, Phyllis, 108

Mafia, 12, 32, 35, 77, 354–360

banning use of term, 498–499, 501

families,
see
“Families”

membership, 35, 74, 208–209

national commission,
see
National commission

organizational structure, 206–209, 221

origin of term, 190

Valachi’s revelations, 97

See also
Organized crime

Mafia Talks, The
, 390

Magaddino, Gaspare, 267

Magaddino, Peter, 186, 225, 479

association with Joseph Bonanno, 186, 196–197, 199, 266–267

Bonanno’s bodyguard, 186, 230–233, 239, 256, 266–267, 278

boyhood, 196–197

Magaddino, Stefano, 12, 106, 384

at Apalachin meeting, 219

bitterness toward Joseph Bonanno, 21–23, 92, 98, 225–226, 359

Buffalo territory, 12, 153, 205, 323, 378

Di Gregorio faction backed by, 23, 92, 94, 97–98, 153, 186, 225, 378, 384, 392

Mafia commission head, 12, 94, 153, 186

Magliocco, Joseph, 25, 46, 312–313, 494

at Apalachin meeting, 74, 92

Bonanno family and, 18, 90–93

Castellammarese War, 205

death of, 222, 386, 393

East Islip estate, 18, 87–93

plan to murder Lucchese and Gambino, 93, 95–96, 224, 226

Profaci organization commanded by, 18

Majuri, Frank, 377–378, 385

Maloney, William P., 3–4, 20–21, 65–68, 98, 107, 109–110, 137, 167, 173

news conference, 67–68

Mangano, James, 30

Mangano, Vincent, 30, 210, 218, 368

Mansfield, Walter R., 413–414, 426–449, 463–466, 468–486, 490

Maranzano, Salvatore, 205–210

Marcello, Carlos, 151, 244

Marcone, Natale, 499

Mari, Frank, 240, 273, 288, 493

Marijuana market, 151, 359

Marquez, Raymond, 148–149

Masseria, Joe (Joe the Boss), 201–208

Miranda, Michele (Mike), 244, 296

Mitchell, Attorney General John N., 399, 402, 405, 498–499

Montreal, Canada, 22, 52–53, 251

Morale, John, 36, 92, 222, 224–225, 241–242

member of Di Gregorio faction, 246, 275, 295, 317–318, 377

Moretti, Willie, 200, 213, 216

Morgenthau, Robert M., 151–152, 167–179

Mori, Cesare, 198–199

Mussolini, Benito, 51, 197–199, 212, 214, 490

Mustakas, Tony, 479

N

Narcotics trade, 74, 77, 150–151, 216, 220, 506

National commission (Mafia), 10, 17, 21, 92, 154, 158, 164, 209, 380

led by Stefano Magaddno, 12, 94, 153, 186

members, 94, 378

policy decisions, 220

suspension of Joseph Bonanno, 93, 164, 227, 374–390

National syndicate,
see
Organized crime

Netherton, William E., 444, 460

New Jersey, organized crime, 200, 374–376, 389–390

New Orleans, Italian gangs, 192

New York City, 35–37

early gangs, 191, 192, 201–207;
see also
Castellammarese War

Federal House of Detention, 111–122

five families, 17, 35, 210, 368

New York Times, The
, 162–163, 164, 165, 231, 254–255, 294, 357, 375, 469, 499

Nixon, Richard M., 358, 361–363, 391, 402

Notaro, Joseph, 24, 92, 180–181, 185, 222–224, 241

Notaro, Peter, 180, 269, 273, 278, 507–508

acquitted in conspiracy case, 408

Arizona bombings, 284, 286–288, 403

credit card case, 324, 414–415, 419, 426–427, 442, 461–466, 468, 475, 507–508

Numbers game, 7, 36, 77, 147–149, 210, 362, 506

O

O’Banion, Dion, 201

O’Dwyer, William, 215, 309

O’Keefe, William, 473–474

O’Neil, Robert J., 446–448, 473

Organized crime, 46, 77, 78

dislike of publicity, 7, 164, 248, 373, 492

investments of, 151–152

national campaign against, 74–75, 108, 146–147, 152, 240, 294–295, 358, 401–402, 491–492

national syndicate, 12

profits from, 147–148

See also
Mafia

P

Palermo, Sicily, 13–16

Perrone, Samuel, 157–159, 239, 245–246, 448–449

business interests, 264

credit card loaned by, 269–272, 416, 423–429, 444

murder of, 272–273, 288

Phillips, Walter, 414–415, 417, 425–449, 461–463, 467–468, 470, 473–487, 510

Phoenix, Arizona, 80–81, 359–361

Pisciotta, Gaspare, 114

Posh Place, New York City, 427, 434

Presenzano, Angelo, 240

Prideaux, Walter I., 402–404, 407

Profaci, Ann, 139, 140, 305–316

Profaci, Joseph, 46, 57, 83, 87, 127–129, 210, 309, 312, 368, 394, 399