Big Jim Colosimo and
Big Tim Sullivan and
Carter Harrison, Jr. and
election violence and
First Ward Ball and
formative years
mediating gambling wars
Michael Coughlin alliance
Mont Tennes and
in New York
personality, style
political life
prostitution defense fund
Quincy Street Boys and
Richard Croker and
soup kitchen goodwill
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald “Jack” (J.F.K.)
appointing Bobby attorney general
assassination
assassination plot
congressman
Frank Sinatra and
Hollywood friends
Judith Campbell affair
Marilyn Monroe affair
into national spotlight
political introduction
presidency and Papa John
Sam Giancana and
West Virginia primary
World War II affair
Kennedy, Joseph P.
Al Capone and
attorney general Bobby and
background sources
bank president
birth, formative years
buying elections
buying James Curley
Carlos Marcello and
Chicago Merchandise Mart purchase
dirty little secret
double-crossing Mafia
education
Eunice Pringle and
Evelyn Crowell affair
F.D.R. campaign
floating J.F.K. candidacy to Mob
Frank Costello and
Frank Sinatra and
government appointments
Hialeah Race Track ownership
Hickey eyes
Honey Fitz and
importing Canadian whiskey
inferiority complex
intimidating stare
Kennedy, Joseph P. (continued)
J. Edgar Hoover and
J.F.K. election manipulation
Johnny Roselli and
maintaining upperworld reputation
marriage
Meyer Lansky and
movie industry career
Murray Humphreys and
1925 wealth estimate
Owney Madden and
Pantages Affair
personality, style
relationships forged
resisting RFK crime investigation
retreating from public life
Richard Daley and
Sam Giancana and
Santo Trafficante and
Scotch distributor
stock manipulation
Tropicana Hotel & Casino interest
Walter Winchell and
whiskey baron
Kennedy, Patrick Joseph “P. J.,”
Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby”
anti-Mafia crusade
as attorney general
Carlos Marcello and
Fidel Castro hit and
Frank Costello and
Jimmy Hoffa and
McCarthy Subcommittee
Papa Joe and
reaction to J.F.K. assassination
Sam Giancana and
Valachi hearings
Kennedy, William
Kenny, Alice
Killeen, Donald
Killeen, Eddie
Killeen, Kenneth
Killeen Gang
King, Tom
King Mike. See McDonald, Michael Cassius “King Mike”
kite
knockout potions
Know-Nothing Party
Kobler, John
Kohlert, John
Kriesberger, Lottie
“La Cosa Nostra” (LCN). See Mafia
labor organizations
Industrial Revolution and
Molly Maguires
Pinkerton Agency and
pre-20th Century
strikebreakers and; See also Farley, James
See also International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)
Lafitte, Jean
Lager Beer Riot
Lame Jimmy
“landlady racket,”
Lansky, Meyer
Atlantic City conference
on Irish role
Jimmy Hines and
Joe Kennedy and
prominence
Lazia, Johnny
LCN (La Cosa Nostra). See Mafia
Leone, Vinnie
Liebowitz, Samuel
Little Caesar
Little Hellions
Live Oak Boys
Lizzie the Dove
Local
Lomasnmey, Martin “the Mahatma,”
London, Jack
Lonergan, Anna
Lonergan, Peg Leg
longshoremen battles
Lovett, William “Wild Bill,”
Lowenstein, Alfred
loyalty
Luchesse crime family
Luciano, Lucky
Atlantic City conference
Combine involvement
dope success
handling Mustache Pete’s
on Irish role
Jack “Legs” Diamond and
Jimmy Hines and
Paul Kelly and
payoffs
prominence/self-promotion
Lufthansa Heist
Lyons, Danny
Lyons, Jack
Maas, Peter
MacKenzie, Eddie
Madden, Owney
Atlantic City conference
Big Bill Dwyer alliance made
bootlegging operation; See also Combine, the
boxing business
daily routine
Dutch Schultz and
first killing
formative years
Gopher Gang and
to Hell’s Kitchen
hijacking booze
Hot Springs (AR)
inspiring Jimmy Cagney performances
Jack “Legs” Diamond and
jail respite
Jimmy Hines and
Joe Kennedy and
Madden-Doyle Wars
as man behind the man
murder conviction
New York exit
Patsy Doyle and
payback for
personality, style
post-Prohibition enterprises
retirement
revenge reputation
six-bullet survivor
spawning New York Irish Mob
taxi work
Two Gun Crowley and
Vincent Coll and
Madden’s No. 1
Madison Square Garden
Mafia
Apalachin (NY) conference
assassinating David Hennessy
Atlantic City conference
Bobby Kennedy attacking. See Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby”
Combine and
David Hennessy and
Fidel Castro hit
Five Pointers and
high-profile of
immigrants bringing
Irish cooperation
J.F.K. assassination and
J.F.K. election influence
as “La Cosa Nostra,”
McClellan Committee and
prominent Prohibition figures
pseudonym use
See also specific Mafia members
Maggadino, Peter
Maggio, Mario
Mahoney, Richard
Malden, Karl
Maloney, Edward
Maranzano family
Marcello, Carlos
assassination instigator
Bobby Kennedy and
Joe Kennedy and
John Kennedy and
McClellan Committee and
Nixon campaign contribution
Marino, Danny
Martin, Matty
Massaria family
Matranga family
McBratney, Jimmy
McCarthy, Ann
McCarthy, John
McCarthy, Joseph
McClellan, John J.
McClellan Committee; See also Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby”
McCormack, William J. “Big Bill,”
McDonald, Mary Noonan
McDonald, Michael Cassius “King Mike”
accomplishments/reputation summary
anointing mayor
bail bondsman business
boodling scheme
bookmaking syndicate
Carter Harrison and
Chicago Times
condemnation
Civil War recruiting scam
comprehensive criminal connections
death
as first-generation Irish American
Flora Feldman and
formative years
gambling enterprises
identity, image
as man behind the man
public tainting of
resenting police
retirement
“See Mike” for everything
wife’s escapades
McDonough, Mickey
McElroy, Henry
McElroy, Jimmy
McErlane, Frank
McGarigle, William J.
McGonigle, Donnie
McGonigle, Paulie
McGrath, Edward J. “Eddie,”
McGrath, Price
McGrath & Company
McGurn, Machine Gun Jack
McLaughlin, Andrew G.
McLaughlin, Bernie
McLaughlin, Edward “Punchy,”
McLaughlin, Eugene “Red,”
McLaughlin, George
McLean, James J. “Buddy,”
McManus, Eugene
McManus, James
McManus, Maureen (Spillane)
McManus, Thomas J
McSwiggin, Seargent
McSwiggin, William H.
Meaney, George
Merlo, Mike
Metropolitans
Mickey Finn Special
military service
Mister Big. See Rothstein, Arnold
Money Trust
Monongahela Democratic Club
Moran, George “Bugs”
Al Capone and
Atlantic City conference and
Dean O’Banion and
death
gang slaughtered
hijacking Capone booze
Moran, George “Bugs” (continued)
Machine Gun Jack McGurn murder
O’Banion murder retaliation
prison sentence
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and
Morris, John
Morrissey, John
aristocratic aspirations
boxing profession
brash introduction
cleaver duel
death
early years
Empire Club and
as first mob boss
gambling establishments
gang life and
as immigrant runner
Isaiah Rynders and
marriage
mobster image
murder trial
to New York
Old Smoke moniker
political beginnings
political life
Price McGrath and
Saratoga Springs success
William Poole and
movies
featuring Jimmy Cagney,
Godfather movies
On the Waterfront
Moysant, Joseph
Mulligan, Hughie
Mullin Gang; See also specific gangsters
Municipal Reform Party
Municipals
Murphy, Charles F.
Murray Paddy
Nardi, John
Nee, Patrick
youth
Nee, Peter
neighborhood-based gangs
New Basin Canal
New Deal
New England Mafia
New Orleans
criminal underworld emergence
disease outbreak
earliest Irish settlers
First Municipality
Gallatin Street district
gambling
Irish attraction to
New Basin Canal
police department. See Hennessy, David, Jr. prostitution
Third Municipality
work environment
See also gangs (New Orleans 19th Century) New York
as underworld central
New York Coliseum
New York Irish Mob
birth
ethnic diversity
image popularity
newspaper circulation wars
Nicholson, Russell
Nixon, Richard
O’Banion, Dean “Deanie,”
Al Capone and
bootlegging operation
Bugs Moran and
crippling prank
employee account of
first love
floral business
formative years
gang member
gangster apprenticeship
Gene Geary and
Genna brothers and
hijacking booze
Hymie Weiss and
Italian appeasement
Italian dislike
John Duffy and
Johnny Torrio and
as killer
legacy
movie based on
murder/funeral
newspaper circulation war slugger
personality, style
political life
practical joker
protection master
singing waiter
Terry Druggan and
O’Brien, Carleton
O’Brien, Hugh
O’Brien, Hugh, Jr.
O’Brien, Jimmy
O’Brien, Matt
O’Brien, Tom
O’Brien, William J.
O’Connor, John
O’Connor, T. V.
O’Connor, William “Billy,”
O’Connor, William (Chicago Chief of Detectives)
O’Connors Gunners
O’Donnell, Klondike
O’Donnell, Myles
O’Donnell, Spike
O’Donnells (South Side)
O’Donnells (West Side)
O’Dwyer, William
O’Keefe, James “Specs,”
Old Brewery
Old Smoke. See Morrissey, John
O’Leary, Big Jim
O’Leary, Catherine (Mrs.)
O’Malley, Robert Emmett
Omnibus Crime Control Act
On the Waterfront
movie
preparation
O’Reilly, Don Alexander
O’Sullivan, Billy
O’Sullivan, Jeremiah
Our Carter. See Harrison, Carter
Pantages, Alexander
Paradise Square
Parks, Grover
Parlor Mob
Patriarca, Raymond
Patriarca family
patronage
Big Tim Sullivan and
Connolly/Bulger arrangement
creating immigrant jobs
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