known as “Red,” is an influential member of the Mafia at Tampa.
During the period from 1929 to 1942, Italiano and other members
of the Tampa Mafia were engaged in an extensive liquor, narcotics
and alien smuggling operation. This was broken up by the arrest
and conviction of eleven persons, two of them relatives of
Italiano. (See Case File SE202). Italiano was convicted in 1929
of a narcotics charge. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen, born in
Belmonte, Italy, Oct. 19, 1896. His citizenship was revoked but
he regained it in 1947. Italiano is closely associated with top
members of the Mafia in Chicago, New Orleans, Kansas City and St
Louis. He owns a beer firm known as Anthony Distributors, Inc.,
1707 20th St., Tampa, and lives at 2801 Nebraska Ave.
LOUISIANA
MARCELLO, Carlos: (La 1M) (La 15M) This subject is head of the
Mafia in Louisiana and advanced to that position in 1947 when
Francisco Paola Cappola, the former leader, was deported.
Marcello is closely associated with Frank Costello and with
other important figures of the organization in Texas, Missouri,
Illinois, California and Florida. He is associated with Costello
and Kastel in the Neverly Club and reputedly owns the New
Southport. Marcello also owns the largest coin machine company in
Jefferson Parish, known as the Jefferson Music Co. He lives now
at Marrero, La.
KASTEL, Philip: This individual is a very important member of the
Mafia and an extremely powerful figure in the rackets. He is the
main representative of Frank Costello in Louisiana and is in
charge of the syndicate’s gambling and coin machine enterprises.
Kastel is closely associated with leading members of the Mafia in
Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Florida and Illinois. He owns a
palatial home in Florida but lives for the most part at a suite
in the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans.
CARROLLA, Sam or Silvestro (deported in 1947) (now in Tijuana)
CAPPOLLA, Francisco Paola (deported in 1949) (now in Tijuana)
MICHIGAN
LICAVOLI, Pete: This individual is one of the most prominent
members of the Mafia in Michigan and a very powerful underworld
figure of national reputation. He is a member of the notorious
Licavoli family of Detroit and St. Louis, whose gang was in
competition with the Purple Mob and eventually supplanted and
liquidated that group. The subject is associated with leading
members of the Mafia and other important racketeers throughout
the United States. Although he maintains a legal residence at
1154 Balfour Ave., Grosse Pointe, he spends a great portion of
his time at the Grace Ranch, Box 521, Route 2, Tucson, Ariz.
MELI, Angelo: This subject, usually known as Genni Mell, is an
important figure in the Detroit Mafia and is closely associated
with Angelo Polizzi, et al. He is a notorious racketeer and
underworld character, acquiring his reputation when he was
leader of a mob with Jo Barzoli, known as the Meli-Barzoli mob
in the Prohibition era. In recent years be has been engaged in
night club operations, gambling and other rackets in Detroit.
He has a record of 15 arrests, 13 of them for felonies and
two misdemeanors, ranging from murder to being a disorderly
person. These cover the period 1919 to 1944. He has only one
conviction--carrying concealed weapons. He lives in an elaborate
home at 1060 Devonshire Road, Grosse Pointe.
BOMMARITO, Joe (Scarface), 7340 West Seven-Mile
LUCIDO, Sam, 1507 Sunningdale, GP
MASSEI, Joe, Detroit and Miami
OHIO
MILANO, Frank: This subject is a member of the Grand Council of the
International and is head of the organization in Ohio. Although
he maintains legal residence at 375 North Hawkins Ave., Akron,
he spends a great amount of his time in Mexico, where he has
extensive business interests. Among these is a 45,000 hectare
ranch called “La Columbia” located near Vera Cruz, and the
controlling stock of two corporations--the Tehuacan Lumber Co.
and the Columbian Plantation Oil Co. Milano has a long criminal
record dating from 1913, involving two charges of murder and a
number of arrests for counterfeiting. He is a nationally known
figure in the underworld and an associate of Lucky Luciano, Al
Polizzi, Frank Costello and other outstanding Mafia leaders in
the United States, Mexico, Cuba and Italy. Milano was born in
Sicily and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. He
spends the greater part of his time at his apartment at Atenas,
No. 31, Mexico City, D. F.
POLIZZI, Alfonso: This subject, usually referred to as Al, is an
important and influential member of the Mafia and is believed to
rank second in the organization in the state of Ohio. He was a
former business partner of Frank Milano and is closely associated
with members of the organization throughout Ohio, Michigan and
Florida. Polizzi is a very powerful figure in the underworld and
is greatly feared.
CAVALLARO, Charles: This individual is a member of the Mafia in
Youngstown. He is associated with members of the organization
throughout the state and in New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania
and to a lesser degree elsewhere. Subject has been arrested
on several occasions on such charges as extortion and liquor
law violation and has been a suspect in other criminal
investigations. He has operated gambling houses in Youngstown and
his last known address was the Pick Ohio Hotel there. He was born
in Italy and entered the United States illegally on May 1, 1921,
at New Orleans, as a stowaway aboard the _SS Cerco_. His FBI
number is 1144812.
ANGERSOLA, Fred, Cleveland
ANGERSOLA, John, Cleveland
ILLINOIS
DELUCIA, Paul: This individual, usually known as Paul (The Waiter)
Ricca or Ricci, is an important and influential member of the
Grand Council of the International and a powerful figure in the
underworld. He is a former member of old Capone organization in
Chicago and is one of the defendants in the Brown-Bioff case.
DeLucia received a ten-year sentence in connection with that
case and was paroled in 1949. Subject is closely associated with
the Fischetti brothers in Chicago and with members of the Mafia
throughout the United States. He maintains legal residence at 812
Latrobe Ave., River Forest, Ill., and has a country estate at
Berrien Springs, Mich. He is associated with Jack Guzik and they
are reputed to be the most influential gangsters in the Chicago
area.
ACCARDO, Anthony: Subject lives at 1431 Ashland Ave., River Forest.
He is an influential member of the International. He classifies
himself as a betting commissioner and confines his activities
almost exclusively to gambling operations. He is a former member
of the old Capone organization and is presently associated with
the Chicago syndicate--DeLucia, Guzik, the Fischetti brothers,
Murray Humphries and others. In November, 1948, Accardo was tried
on charges of conspiracy to defraud and for concealing material
facts. He was acquitted.
FISCHETTI, Charles, Rocco and Joe: These brothers are very
important members of the Mafia at Chicago and are members of or
associated closely with the International. They are cousins of
Al Capone. The Fischettis are interested in gambling operations
and various other rackets. Their connections with top Mafia
members extend through Illinois, Missouri, New York, New Jersey,
Michigan, Ohio, California and Florida. They have gambling
casinos in the Chicago area, Indiana and Southern Wisconsin,
Kansas City, East St. Louis and in Florida.
CAPEZIO, Anthony, alias Tough Tony: This subject is mentioned in
Case Files Ill. 5909 and SE 202, the latter in the investigation
into the death in Chicago of Carl Carramusa.
DE GRAZIO, Rocco alias Gramps: Subject figured in Ill. 5909 and in
SE 202. He was an important member in the old Capone mob. He has
been convicted of income tax violation and served 18 months. He
currently controls all gambling in Melrose Park. He is closely
associated with the Mafia.
CAMPAGNA, Louis alias Little New York: Subject is an important
member of the Mafia at Chicago and is said to be a member of
the International. He is a close personal friend of De Lucia
with whom he currently is associated, as well as with Guzik,
Humphreys, D’Andrea and Charles Gioe. Campagna is closely
connected with all influential members of the Mafia in Illinois
and has connections with top-level members in New York, Indiana
and Michigan. He was born in Brooklyn, Sept 23, 1900, and came
to Chicago during the ascendancy of the Capone mob. He began his
criminal career in Chicago and was sentenced in 1919 for bank
robbery. In 1945 Campagna was convicted and sentenced in the
Southern District of New York to 10 years in the Brown-Bioff
case. Later paroled. During the interim he was arrested numerous
times but evaded prosecution. Campagna has two farms on Rural
Route 1, Berrien Springs, Mich., which he has owned since 1932
and which he rents out to tenants.
GIOE, Charles alias Cherry Nose: Subject is mentioned in files in
connection with the International. He was a former member of
the old Capone mob and was convicted with several others in the
Brown-Bioff case. Now on parole.
IMPOSTATO, Nicolo: Subject formerly lived in Springfield, Ill.
He has been identified with various narcotic traffickers since
about 1938, in New York, Kansas City and Tampa. Convicted in
Kansas City for violation of immigration laws as outgrowth of a
narcotics investigation.
D’ANDREA, Philip: Subject is an influential member of the Mafia.
His uncle, Anthony D’Andrea, was head of the Mafia in the Chicago
area some years ago. Philip formerly a big shot member of the old
Capone mob was convicted in the Southern District of New York in
the Brown-Bioff case and is presently on parole.
CAPONE, John, alias Mimi, Chicago
CAPONE, Matthew Nicholas, Chicago
WISCONSIN
CAPONE, Ralph (formerly of Chicago). Now living in Mercer, Wis.,
where he operates the Rex Hotel and Billy’s Bar, a gambling
establishment.
MASSACHUSETTS
BUCCOLA, Philip: Subject is the leading Mafia figure of Boston and
of the state, probably for the entire New England area. A native
of Palermo, he migrated to this country about 1920 and became
a prominent sporting events and fight promoter in Boston. He
operates the Goodwin Athletic Club. He is intimately associated
with Lucky Luciano and leading New York and Florida figures of
the Mafia.
IACONE, Frank, Worcester
RHODE ISLAND
CANDELMO, John, Providence
PATRIARCA, Raymond, Providence (also Patriaca)
N. J. and PENN.
ACCARDI, Sam, Newark and Bloomfield
REGINELLI, Marco, Phila. and Camden (SE 226)
(Many of the above were similarly mentioned in other testimony before
the Kefauver Committee.)
INDEX
Abortion, 89
Acalotti, Attilio, 113, 172, 207, 210, 225, 232
Acheson, Dean, 10, 138, 159
Acropolis, 127
Actor’s Equity Association, 16
Adonis, Joe, 175, 186, 198, 202, 203
Alcoholic Beverage Control, 42
Al Faquih, Sheikh Asad, 150
Alleys, 51
Ambassador Hotel, 13, 14
Ambassadors’ Rows, 20
American Federation of Labor, 167
Americans for Democratic Action, 159
Amvets, 128
Anslinger, Harry J., 108, 109, 110, 183, 184, 251
Armed Services Police, 71
Arnold, Thurman, 158
Arvey, Jake, 160, 165
Astoria Hotel, 25
Atlas Club, 126
Autograph collecting, 132
B Girls, 26, 34, 262, 268
Bacon, Mrs. Robert Low, 136
Bail, 231
Bakar, Abdullah Ibraham, 150
Balbo, Italo, 147
Ballet-dancers, 9
Baltimore, 2, 17, 22, 26, 250 ff.
Band Box, 33
Banneker High School, 54
Barbiturates, 116
Barrett, Robert J., 56, 60, 174, 175, 221
Beach, Carmen, 24
Beard, Sam, 172, 207
Benjamin, Herbert J., 101
Bentley, Faye L., 120
Berman, Mrs. Louise Branson, 103
Bernstein, Izzie, 184
Bettye Mills Night Club, 267
Big Tit Flossie, 53
Billeci, Frank, 225
Binaggio, 191
Black Belt, 37
Black Hand, 180, 181
Black Town, 109, 124, 130
Block-buster, 43, 44
Blue Mirror, 132, 269
Boehman, Ambassador Erik, 151
Bookmakers, 69
Bookmaking, 72, 207, 210, 211
Bottlegging, 55, 124, 130, 145
Booze, 281
Borden, Mrs. Jay, 136
Border of D. C., 62
Bosses, The, 234 ff.
Bottle-clubs, 39, 69, 124–129
Bowers, Florence, 85
Bowery, 30, 32
Boyle, William Marshall, 140, 158, 186, 196
Bralove, Harry, 15
Braverman, Marvin, 163
Bridges, Senator Styles, 99
Brisco, 40
Bronzeville, 37, 41, 45, 119
Brooks Brothers, 18
Brooks, Mrs. Louis Cromwell, 143
Brown, Al, 127
Brown, Constantine, 99
Brown, Lamarr (Polly), 49
Buchalter, Lepke, 191
Bureau of Narcotics, 108, 110, 184
Bureau of the Census, 41
Burlesque, 31, 65
Burning Tree Club, 141
C girls, _see_ Company Girls
Cab drivers, 13, 49
Cabarets, 282
Cafritz, Gwendolyn, 138, 139
Cafritz, Morris, 13, 138, 139, 141
Call girls, 83
Capital Transit Company, 192
Capitol Police, 70
Capone, Al, 67, 172, 175
Carlton, 13, 14
Carter, Diane, 28
Carter, Johnny W., 49
Casablanca Tavern, 26
Casino Royal, 132
Census, 34, 58
Central Intelligence Agency, 100
Century Athletic Club, 260
Chanticleer, 269
Chapman, Oscar L., 17
Charnay, Dave, 164, 165
Chevy Chase, 20
Chevy Chase Club, 141
_Chicago Confidential_, 57, 164, 177, 180, 182, 190, 194, 197, 198,
221
China, 109
China Clipper, 26, 56
Chinatown, 32, 56 ff., 113
Chinese, 112
Chinese, smuggling, 58
Chinese whores, 59
Chitlin industry, 55
Chitlin party, 55
CIO, 167
Clark, Charles Patrick, 157
Clark, Tom, 187
Clifford, Clark, 163
Clip Joints, 282
Club Bali, 49
Club Charles, 269
Club Harlem, 51
Cocaine, 108
Cockrill, Judge Edith H., 120
Comi Brothers, 260
Communists, 9, 58, 99 ff., 112
Company Girls, 83 ff.
Conga, 65
Connelly, Tom, 203, 204
Conners, Harry, 127
Cooper, Billie, 27
Copacabana, 186, 197
Corbi Brothers, 260
Corbi, Joseph, 261
Corcoran, Tommy the Cork, 11, 158
Coronet, 269
Corporation Council, 236, 237
Costello, Frank, 65, 67, 164, 173, 174, 175, 182, 186, 187, 188, 189,
190, 193, 197, 199, 205, 261, 271
Covered Wagon, 26
Crap, 211
Crime, 7, 213 ff.
Crossroads, 65
Crystal Cavern, 129
Culinary Arts, 127
Curran, Boss Bill, 260
Currie, Laughlin, 158
Czechoslovakia, 109
_Daily Worker_, 17
D’Alesandro, Jr., Thomas, 264
Dancing, 283
Darktown, 272
Dates, 283
David’s Grill, 95
Davis, 243
Davis, Henry W., 127
Davis, James G., 242
Dawson, Congressman William, 45
Dawson, Donald, 166
De Callejon, Don Eduardo Propper, 151
De Kauffman, Ambassador Henrick, 149
De Luca, Joe, 191
De Morgenstierne, Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe, 150
Department of Justice, 121
Desvernine, Eugene, 98
Dialect, 6
Diane, 26
Dining, 284
Diplomats, 144 ff.
Diplomats, Sexual life of, 145–149
District Committee, 241, 244
Divorce, 284
Dixie Pig, 66
Dondero, Congressman, 104, 105
Dope, 49, 61, 112, 122
Dope peddlers, 51, 53, 60, 110
Doris, 27
Downtown Club, 127
Dragon, 56
Drury, Bill, 45, 203, 204
Dunbar Hotel, 50
Dupont Circle, 20, 93, 135, 207
Dupont Plaza, 20
Dupont Theatre, 102
Eastern House, 60
Economic Cooperation Administration, 170
Economic planners, 9
Edwards, William J. Foots, 50
Eichler, David K., 97
Emerson, Faye, 160
Emerson Hotel, 266
Eng Hon, 61
Erickson, Frank, 127, 190, 207
Erkin, Feridun Cemal, 151
F.B.I., 28, 29, 104, 106, 169, 173, 184, 202, 203, 213, 246, 249, 250
Fair Deal, 11
Fairies, 10
Fairy Brigade, 71
Fairy Shows, 65
Fastest Runners, 54
Fay, George Morris, 213, 250
Fear, 7
Federal Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, 58
Felonies, 46
Ferone, Dominic, 127
Fischbach, Hyman I., 114, 124, 125, 216, 242, 243
Fischetti, Charlie, 165, 173, 177, 182, 191
Flynn, Ed, 36. 188, 189, 197, 200, 214, 256
Fong Wah Co., 61
Ford, Charles, 24, 67, 125, 127, 175, 176, 230, 231, 232, 233
Ford’s Theatre, 15
Forest Lawn Cemetery, 2, 3
Fortas, Abe, 158
Fortune-tellers, 277
Forty Thieves, 54
Fox, 26
Frankfurter, Felix, 10, 100, 104, 105, 166, 197
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Theatre, 17
Franklin Park Hotel, 92, 93, 94
Franks, Sir Oliver Shewell, 150
Free Loaders, 280
Freedman’s Hospital, 52
Frye, John, 51
Fulton, Hugh, 163
G Girls, 75, 77
Gabrielson, Guy George, 140
Gamblers, 52, 66
Gambling, 61, 69, 122, 126, 198, 201, 206 ff., 270, 271, 273
Gamby’s, 272
Gangs, 121
Garfield Hospital, 52
Garfinkel, 18
Gayety Burlesque, 16, 31
Georgetown, 8 ff., 207
Georgetown University, 10
Gianaris, Pete, 67, 173
Gilbert, Dan, 199
Gin-flats, 130
Ginmill operators, 51
Gizzo, Tony, 191
Glen Echo, 68
Glickfield, Albert, 127
Goat Alley, 51
Goebels, Tony, _See_ Ricci
Gold Key, 127
Goldberg, George, 260
Goodwin, Mrs. Gussie (Gushie), 137, 138
Goof balls, 117
Grand Council, 182
Greek Colony, 33
Greenwich Village, 8, 9, 51
Gross, Mrs. Laura Curtis, 141
Guess Who, 127
Guns, 285
Guy’s, 33
Hague, Boss, 245
Halim, Tawhida, 139
Halley, Rudolph, 163, 164, 165, 197, 198, 202, 203, 204
Hanlon, Dan, 158
Harding, George P., 174
Harlem, 37, 45, 119
Harrison Narcotics Law, 107
Harvard, 8, 104
Harvey’s, 18, 19
Hastie, William, 45
Hecht’s Hotel, 33
Hellenic Social Club, 33
Henderson, Leon, 159
Heroin, 113
Hetzel, Mrs. Curt, 141
Hideaway Club, 11, 124, 126, 129, 174
High Hat Cocktail Lounge, 14
Hill, Virginia, 205
Hilmer, Lucien, 171
Hip Sing, 57, 60, 61, 113
Hobo Heaven, 263
Holiday, Billie, 132
_Holiday_ magazine, 38
Homosexual Bureau, 97
Homosexuals, 11, 19, 65, 90 ff., 272
Hooker, 22
Hooker, General Joe, 22
Hoover, J. Edgar, 18, 19, 106, 169, 173, 191, 213, 246
Hopkins, Harry, 11, 143, 257
Hopkins Institute, 28, 29
Hotels, assignation, 13, 285
Hughes, Maury, 187
Hunt, Lester, 201
Illiteracy, 36
Impellitteri, Mayor Vincent, 186
Intelligence Unit, 251
International Syndicate, 49
Introducers, 280
Italians, 259
Jack’s Grill, 25
Jarwood’s, 191
Javits, Jacob K., 162
Jawitz, Arthur, 192
Jeffers, Jesse W. Jr., 111
Jewel Box, 93, 94
Jimmy’s Place, 176
Johnson, Louis D., 159, 160
Johnston, William B., 192
Jolson, Al, 53
Jones, Puddin’ Head, 34, 36, 49
Joy Inn, 61
Juvenile Court, 119
Juvenile delinquency, 118
Karrica, Mary, 146
Kavakos’ Grill, 95, 132
Kay’s, 266
Kefauver, Estes, 64, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 204,
205, 206
Kefauver Committee, 45, 72, 164, 177, 180, 183, 192, 194 ff., 230,
243, 261
Keith, 16
Kelleher, Black Jack, 207
Kelley, Major Edward, 56
Kelly, Ed, 36
Kenny, Wilbur, 51
Klein, Arthur G., 244
Kronheim, Milton, 165
La Fontaine, Jimmy, 67, 173, 175, 176, 230, 232
La Guardia, Mayor, 36, 103, 108, 164, 186
Lafayette Park, 19
Lafayette Square, 91, 92, 93, 110
Lano, Sam, 69
Lansky, Meyer, 175
Latham, Henry, 161, 162
Lattimore, Owen, 105, 159
Lautrelle, Nathaniel, 147, 148
Lawyers Guild, 169
Ledroit Park, 51
L’Enfant, Major Pierre, 12, 19
Lesbians, 94, 95
Lewis, John L., 14, 164, 165
Lewis, Snags, 66, 67, 173, 175, 210, 225
Lichtauer, Nate, 165
Limousines, 286
Lincoln Barbeque, 50
Liquor, 123 ff.
Liquor, bootleg, 50
Liquor laws, 123, 124
Liquor, legal closing, 31, 65
Lloyd, David Garrison, 159
Lobbying, 155 ff.
Local government, 5
Loew’s Capitol, 16
Logan Hotel, 40
Loose ladies, 14
Los Angeles, 3
Lotus, 132
Lowenthal, Max, 104, 105, 171
Lucas, Scott, 160, 196
Luchow’s, 18
Luciano, Charles Lucky, 24, 108, 182, 184
Lully, Julius, 19
Lund, Nina, 147
Lyre’s Club, 125, 129
MacArthur, General Douglas, 143
MacDonald, 232
MacLeon, Evelyn Walsh, 135
Madden, Owney “The Killer,” 230
Madre, Odessa, 49
Mafia, 24, 49, 60, 67, 108, 130, 160, 164, 172–176, 177 ff., 195,
199–201, 205, 243, 244, 251, 255, 259, 260
Mafia Grand Council, 205
Magnuson, Senator Warren, 87, 143
Mai Fong Restaurant, 26, 59
“Mamma Liz,” 53
Mann Act, 86
Maragon, John, 158, 165, 166, 186
Marcantonio, Congressman Vito, 36
Marijuana, 113
Marriage, 287
Martin’s Bar, 11
Maryland, 6, 20, 26, 62, 63, 64, 65, 207
Masseria, The Boss, 182
Mayflower Hotel, 13, 15, 18, 132
“Mayor” of Chinatown, 61
McCreedy, Dorothy A., 188
McGrath, J. Howard, 186, 187, 196, 213
McGurn, Machine Gun Jack, 184
McKeldin, Theodore Roosevelt, 261
Medical, 288
Mencken, H. L., 22
Messall, Victor, 164
Meserole, Patsy, 127, 128
Mesta, Perle, 137, 138, 139
Metropolitan Police, 4, 173, 210, 216, 221, 226
Meyer, Johnny, 160
Meyerberg, Michael, 17
Meyers, Mike, 66, 67, 173, 175
Miami Club, 264, 265, 266
Mickey’s, 93
Midday manners, 288
Midnight manners, 288
Milligan, Maurice, 190, 191
Miscegenation, 39
Mission Row, 32
Mitchell Grill, 25
Model agencies, 81
Models, 80, 146
Morals violations, 51
Morley, Elizabeth, 85
Morgan, Sam, 68
Movie palaces, 12
Moy, George, 61
Mugging, 52, 53
Murder. Inc, 149. 191
Murphy, Tom, 197
Murray, Arthur, 82
N.A.A.C.P., 39, 41, 43. 48, 136
Nabuco, Ambassador Mauricio, 148
Narcotics, 49, 51, 60, 61, 107 ff., 122, 271
Narcotics Act, 108
Narcotics Bureau, 251
Narcotics, Diplomatic sources, 113
Nathan, Robert, 159
National Airport, 1
National Park Police, 226
National Syndicate, 172, 173, 177 ff.
National Theatre, 16
Negro after-hours clubs, 42
Negro crime, 46, 47, 48, 49
Negro population, 4, 35
Negroes, 9, 20, 34, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 68, 102, 112, 119, 260
Nesline, Joseph, 174
New Colonial, 26
New Deal, 11
New Dealers, 8
New Willard, 13
Night clubs, 132
Niles, David K., 14, 165, 166, 196, 197
Nitti, Frank, 184
North West, 12 ff.
Norton, Mrs. Mary, 244
Numbers racket, 1, 49, 55, 207, 208
Nunan, Joe, 158, 186
O-Girls, 75
Oasis Club, 263
Occidental, 19
O’Connell, Jerry J., 169
O’Connell, Richard, 128
O’Conor, Senator Herbert, 64, 201, 261
Off Beat Club, 51
Olmsted’s Restaurant. 18
On Leong building, 61
On Leong Tong, 57, 60, 61
Oscar of the Waldorf, 19
Palm Grill, 128
Park Police, 70
Parlor-houses, 269
Party-Girls, 83
Patterson, Eleanor Cissie, 20, 135
Patterson, Mrs. Robert, 138
Pawnbrokers, 65
Pawnbroker’s Row, 31
Peacock Alley, 14
Pearson, Drew, 199
Pecora, Ferdinand, 197
Pendergast, Tom, 190
Penguin, 33
Pentagon, 71, 72, 73
Pepper, Claude, 160
Per capita income, 4
Permanent Central Opium Board, 109
Peron, Eva, 148
Pershing, General John J., 143
Piccadilly, 269
Pinball machines, 212
Pinchot, Mrs. Gifford, 136
Podell, Julie, 186, 187
Poland, 109
Police, 220 ff.
Policy-sellers, 69
Policy slips, 1, 50, 55, 207
Political spies, 247
Pollack, Jack, 260
Pope, Gene, 186
Porter, Paul A., 158
Postal Inspectors, 250
Potts, William, 110
Powell, Congressman Adam Clayton, 45
Pressler, Nancy, 24
Prince Georges County, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 175, 176, 210, 233
Proctor, Peggy, 26
Prospect House, 10
Prostitutes, 21–26, 34, 59, 66, 274
Prostitution, 69, 78, 86 ff.
Protective Association, 54
Protocol, 289
Public relief, 43
Public Utilities Commission, 13
Purcell, Gerry, 181
Purity Lunch and Grill, 25
Purple Cross Gang, 54
Queen of the Fences, 49
Quinn, Gary, 127, 172, 207
Quonsett Inn, 56, 67
Race problem, 16
Ramos, Ramon, 137, 138
Rand, Ben B., 161
Red spies, 100
Reefers, 49, 50, 55, 121
Rent party, 55
Restaurants, 12
Ricca, 175
Ricci, Tony, 174
Robert, Evie, 136
Roberts, Charles M., 116
Roberts, Jim Yellow, 49
Robeson, Paul, 103
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 9, 10, 16, 38, 40, 41, 43, 102, 104, 134
Roosevelt, Elliott, 160
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 97, 132, 188
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 162, 164, 254
Rosen, Nig, 175, 176
Rosenberg, Anna, 167
Russian radio, 152
Sailors, 269
Sailors’ Row, 33, 34
Sand Bar, 93
_Saturday Evening Post_, 38
Saunders, Kay, 26
Scheve, Theodore Little Joe, 174
Schools, public, 41
Schulman, Robert Ryebread, 174
Schultz, Dutch, 45
Scott, Hazel, 45
Seal, Monk, 67
Secret Service, 251
Senate Crime Investigating Committee 64,
_See also_ Kefauver Committee
Seto, Kwon, 61
Seventh and T Club, 51
Sex movies, 31
Shah of Persia, 147
Shaw, Carolyn Hagner, 140, 141
Shepherd, Alexander Robey, 36, 234
Sheriff, Earl, 66
Ship’s Cafe, 33
Shopping, 18
Shoreham, 13, 15
Show Boat Bar, 94
Sicilians, 180
Siegel, Bugsy, 177, 182
Silver Spring, Maryland, 63
Simpkins, “Whitey,” 49
Skid Row, 16, 30, 32, 33, 99, 261, 263
Slums, 38, 51, 122
Smiley, Alan, 187
Smith, Paul T., 166
Sniper, The, 56
Society, 134 ff.
Soviet Russia, 107, 109, 151
Stage-crafters Club, 126, 127, 128
Stanton Park, 93
Star Dust Club, 50
State Department 97, 108, 146
Statler Hotel, 13, 25
Steelman, Dr. John 165
Strip-joints, 64
Suburbs, 63
Sulgrave, 141
Sunrise, 128
Supreme Head of the International Mafia, 182
Sussman brothers, 172, 207
Swindlers, 277
T Men, 44, 78, 191
Tammany Hall, 243
Taxi dancers, 82
Taxi talk, 289
Temperance Court, 51
Tenderloin, 21
Terminal Police, 70
Theatre, 12
Theft of government checks, 55
Thomas Circle, 19, 113
Thors, Minister Thor, 150
Tipping, 290
Top Side, 127
Traffic tickets, 290
Transportation, 291
Transvestites, 92
Treasury Agents, 250
Treasury Intelligence, 184
Truitt, Max, 157, 162, 163
Truman, Bess, 135, 137, 138
Truman, Harry, 45, 137, 142, 157, 158, 190, 194, 265
Turf-and-Grid, 128
20-11 Club, 51
UN Victory Girls, 88
UNRRA, 103, 154