Bloodletters and Badmen: A Narrative Encyclopedia of American Criminals from the Pilgrims to the PresentThe private lives of such criminals as Jesse James, Bonnie and Clyde, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Charles Manson are revealed in these brief biographical sketches. |
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... Crime Syndicate Chief ( 1902- ) BACKGROUND : BORN IN GRODNO , RUSSIA AS ... NATIONAL BOOTLEGGING AND GAMBLING UNDER MUTUALLY EQUITABLE REGULATIONS AT ... NATIONAL CRIME SYNDICATE IN SPRING , 1934 AT THE WALDORF- ASTORIA ; THOSE ATTENDING ...
... Crime Syndicate Chief ( 1902- ) BACKGROUND : BORN IN GRODNO , RUSSIA AS ... NATIONAL BOOTLEGGING AND GAMBLING UNDER MUTUALLY EQUITABLE REGULATIONS AT ... NATIONAL CRIME SYNDICATE IN SPRING , 1934 AT THE WALDORF- ASTORIA ; THOSE ATTENDING ...
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... Mafia fiefdom . The larger cities , New York and Chicago , did not come under the criminal control of the Mafia until after the Second World War . There were too many non - Italian , non - Sicilian gang- sters , absorbed by the National ...
... Mafia fiefdom . The larger cities , New York and Chicago , did not come under the criminal control of the Mafia until after the Second World War . There were too many non - Italian , non - Sicilian gang- sters , absorbed by the National ...
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... national crime syndicate was officially established in 1934 by the then - ruling monarchs of crime Charles " Lucky " Luciano , Johnny Torrio , Meyer Lan- sky , Louis " Lepke " Buchalter , Jacob " Gurrah " Shapiro , Abner " Longy ...
... national crime syndicate was officially established in 1934 by the then - ruling monarchs of crime Charles " Lucky " Luciano , Johnny Torrio , Meyer Lan- sky , Louis " Lepke " Buchalter , Jacob " Gurrah " Shapiro , Abner " Longy ...
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