Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster (79 page)

Gambino crime family

Jimmy Coonan and

snatch-and-pay against

gambling

Big Jim O’Leary and

bookmaking rise

Chicago wars

faro play

John Morrissey and

King Mike and

Price McGrath and

gangs (Boston)

Charlestown gang

Gustin Gang

killing fields discovered

Mullin Gang

Mullin-Winter Hill alliance

wars, part 1

wars, part 2

See also specific gangsters
; Winter Hill Gang

gangs (Chicago)

Board of Fifteen and

corporate-sponsored

newspaper circulation wars

origins

overview of

post-O’Banion era

quantity, study

racial cataclysm

William Randolph Hearst and

gangs (New Orleans 19th Century)

Gallatin Street district

origins

weapon of choice

See also specific gang names

gangs (New York 19th Century) disorganization

early prominent

1880s

Five Points and

Jacob A. Riis on

July 4

riot

mid-1800s

notoriety

poverty spawning

racketeering

size of

wars

women combatants

See also specific gangs, gangsters

gangs (New York 20th Century)

election-day support from

Owney Madden and

See also specific gangs, gangsters

Gangs of New York

gangster fascination

gangsters, general profile

Garrity, Beezy

Gas House District

Gas House Gang

Geary, Gene

Genna brothers

Genovese crime family

Danny Greene and

Jimmy Coonan and

Mickey Spillane and

Gentile, Danny

Gentle Maggie

Giancana, Sam “Momo”

background

Bobby Kennedy and

Fidel Castro hit

J.F.K. election and

Joe Kennedy and

Giuliani, Rudolph

Godfather
movies

Godfather syndrome

Goo Goos

Gophers;
See also
Madden, Owney

Gordon, Vivian

Gordon, Waxey

Gotti, John

Jimmy Coonan and

Jimmy McBratney killing

whacking Paul Castellano

Great Depression

Great Potato Famine

duration

political genocide

Vale of Tears from

Great Riot of 1857

Greene, Danny “the Irishman,”

Grillo, Danny

Gustin Gang

Hackett, Johnny

Hague, Frank “Boss,”

Halloran, Brian

Halstead Street gambling parlor

Hanley, Edward

Harrison, Carter

Harrison, Carter, Jr.

Hearst, William Randolph

Hellcat Maggie

Hell’s Kitchen description

Hennessy, David, Jr.

accomplishments, reputation

assassination

avenging murderer of

Billy O’Connor and

Boylan Protective Police job

Chief of Detectives battle

criminal involvement

Farrell Protection Police job

fingering Italians (Dagos)

formative years

Mafia involvement

Matranga family and

as police chief

police profession

shooting Tom Devereaux

Hennessy, David, Sr.

Hennessy, Mike

Henshaw, Willie

Hess, Tommy

Higgins, Buff

Higgins, Vannie

Hill, Henry

Hines, James J. “Jimmy”

Big Bill Dwyer and

Big Tim Sullivan and

conviction

corruption revealed

death

Dutch Schultz and

formative years

Frank Costello and

Lucky Luciano and

Madden, Dwyer and

as man behind the man

Meyer Lansky and

Monongahela Club

Owney Madden and

personality, style

policy rackets

political beginnings

prison time

Thomas Dewey after

Hinky Dink.
See
Kenna, Michael “Hinky Dinky” Hintz, Andy

Hintz, Mae

Hoff, Boo-Boo

Hoffa, Jimmy

Bobby Kennedy and

Francis Sheeran on

McClellan Committee response

Richard Nixon and

Holly, Michael

home brewing

Hoover, J. Edgar

Horner, Freda

horse racing revolutionized

Hot Springs (AR)

“Houdini, do the,”

Hudson Dusters

Hughes brothers (Steve and Connie)

Humphreys, Murray

Hurley, Bull

Hurst, Q. Byrum

Hussey, Deborah

ILA.
See
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)

Imburgio, Giuseppe.
See
Bulger, Joe

immigrants

con artists preying on

Democratic Party benevolence

Italian, as competition

official greeters

political indebtedness

poverty

supporting Irish political bosses

Vale of Tears and

International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU)

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)

ethnic locals

Kefauver Committee and

Pistol Local

strike of 1934

See also
Ryan, Joseph P. intimidating stare

Irish American gangsters

general profile

independent image

Mafia and.
See
Mafia

operating in shadows

power base

Irish Mob

Atlantic City conference shutting out

authoritarian nature

clan-based structure

first boss.
See
Morrissey, John

image popularity

last vestiges of

Mafia compared to

philosophy of

post-Prohibition enterprises

primary cities

seeds of destruction

self-destructive violence

slow dissolution of

Syndicate elimination of