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Trafficante family 94 , 268
Trans-American Publishing 304
Traynor, Matthew 155
Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas 208 , 209
Troutman Street shootout 26 , 27 , 114
truck highjacking 300
Trudeau, Gary 342
Truman, Harry S 314
Trumunti, Carmine 225
Tucker, Sophie 71 , 92 -93
Turano, Joseph 144
Turner, Lana 86
Turn Toppers, the 137
Tuttle, William H. 352
Tweed, Boss 275
Twenties Group 367 -368
Tyler, Gus 40
Uncle Frank, The Bibliography of Frank Costello (Katz) 2 , 346
underbosses 234
undercover Mafia agents 294 -295
Undertaker's friend, the 369
union corruption 95 , 122 -123, 136 -137, 149 -150, 166 , 178 -179, 196 -197, 211 -212, 213 , 228 , 260 , 284 -285, 295 , 300 , 306 , 316 , 336 -337. See also International Brotherhood of Teamsters; International Longshoremen' Association
United States
largest crime family in 147 -148
tax dispute with Canada over liquor 53
United States Sea Food Workers Union 206
University of Chicago 138 , 268
Untouchables, the 268 -269. See also Ness, Eliot
Untouchables, The (TV show) 155 , 268 -269, 271
Intrepid , U.S.S., rackets involving 380
Vaccarelli, Paolo Antonini 136
Valachi, Joseph M. "Joe" 370 -372
associates of 338
on drug traffic 273
effect on Genovese family 153
information provided by ix -xii, 4 , 31 , 41 , 49 , 57 , 58 , 61 , 63 , 90 , 100 , 123 , 140 , 210 , 244 , 255 , 271 , 289 , 296 , 317 , 318 , 347 , 357 , 371
corroboration of 110
initiation rites of 188
and lifestyle of mobsters 246
murder attempts on 328
temperament of 272
Valachi Papers , The (Maas) xi -xii, 101 , 318
Valente, Angelo 2727
Van Heusen, Jimmy 306
Vario, Paul 386
prison sentence of 238
Vengalli, Michael 88
Viana, Nicholas "the Choir Boy" 69
vice, organization of 343
vigilante action against mob 351 -52
vigilantism and the Mafia 375 -376
vigorish (interest) 217
Villa Venice 306
Vinnie Teresa's Mafia (Teresa) xii
violence, pathological love of xv -xvi, xvii , 2 , 8 , 11 -13, 16 -17, 57 , 65 , 98 , 106 , 111 , 112 -114, 116 -117, 150 , 155 -156, 211 , 228 -229, 278 , 313 , 347 , 380
Vogel, Eddie 81
Volkman, Ernest 86
Volpe, Santo 27
Volpe, Tony "Mops," as most-wanted criminal 301
Volstead Act (1919). See Prohibition
von Frantizius, Peter 140 , 391
Walker, John 247
Walker, Simon 183
Wall Street. See stock market
Walsh, Daniel 21
and organization of bootleggers 335
war between gangs, atmosphere of 250
Warren, John 369
Warren, Joseph A. 23 , 103
Warren Commission 247
Wasserman, Lew 200
waterfront rackets 378 -379
wealth. See income; luxurious lifestyles; spending habits
Weinberg, Abe "Bo" xii , 33
Weinberg, George 177
Weinshank, Al 324
attempted murder of 349
as Capone enemy 375
and death of Morton 259
and motorcade killings 259
in North Side Gang 279
as peace-maker 280
execution of 262
prosecution of 310
welshers
murder technique for 216
symbol for 35
Westbrook, Wesley 375
Westies gang 96 -98, 380 -381
West Suburban Citizens' Association 375375
Wexler, Irving. See Gordon, Waxey
White, Mary Jo xvi
White, William "Three-fingered Jack" 301
White Hand Society 383
Wichner, Sam 27
widows, support of 132
Williams, Alexander "Clubber" 194 , 289
Williams, Edward Bennett 115 , 383 -384
Williams, Elmer 394
Williams, T. Harry 70
Wilson, Edwin 247
Wilson, Frank J. 384 -385
Wilson, Woodrow 243
Windsor, duke of 277
Winters, Dale 93
wise guys 386 -387
Wisniewski, Steve 316
witnesses
murder of 11
wives. See also women behavior expected from 335 -336
and importance of marriage 110 -111, 114
of loan-shark victims, violence against 387
widowed, support of 132
Wlech, Neil J. 196
Wolensky, Moe "Dimples" 212 , 213
women. See also wives attitude toward 387
bagwomen 23
as consorts 23
as Mafia victims 387 -388
Wood, Natalie 306
Wop with the Mop, the 388 -389
Workman, Charles "the Bug," murders by 262
World War I, effect of 254
World War II
Mafia aid in 273 -274
spying by U.S. dockworkers in 273
Wuensche, Edward H. 221
associates of 361
early career of 136
killings by 93
Yaras, Dave 77
and murder of Action Jackson 57
Zappi, Ettore 60
Zeccardi, Eli 359
Zerilli, Tony 179
Ziegler, Shotgun George 326 , 396 -397
Zion, Eddie 9
Zion, Zippy, murder of 369
as most-wanted criminal 301
Zwillman, Abner "Longy" x , 21 , 41 , 94 , 194 , 204 , 212 , 296 , 398 -399,399
and Dutch Schultz 333
in Las Vegas 208
and organization of bootleggers 335
private life of 335
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