Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series

by David Pietrusza

  358 Attell: NY American, 6 January 1929; NY Journal, 4 January 1931; NY Sunday Mirror, 23 November 1941, Magazine Section, pp. 2-3; NY JournalAmerican, 8 March 1953; NY Daily Mirror, 16 October 1959; NY JournalAmerican, 16 October 1959; Fowler (The Great Mouthpiece), pp. 278-79.

  358 Banton: Liberty, 24 May 1930, p. 60; NY Times, 21 July 1949, p. 25.

  358 Bauchle: NY Times, 11 July 1939, p. 20.

  358 Biller: NY American, 6 January 1930; NY Times, 17 January 1930; NY Herald-Tribune, 17 January 1931; NY Sun, 8 August 1931, NY Herald-Tribune, 9 August 1931; Clarke, p. 290.

  359 Brice: Grossman, passim; Edelman and Kupferberg, pp. 71-72. Funny Girl was not the first showbiz treatment of the doomed Brice-Arnstein relationship. In 1939 Twentieth Century-Fox released Rose of Washington Square, with Alice Faye as the Brice character. Brice sued for $100,000. She settled for $40,000. Arnstein received another $25,000.

  359 Buchalter: Fried, pp. 196-227; Cohen (Tough Jews), pp. 182-88, 195-208; Gosch and Hammer, pp. 240-48; Turkus and Feder, pp. 331-32; Whitehead, pp. 109-10; Gabler, pp. 274-80.

  359 Burkan: NY Times, 7 June 1936, Sect. II, p. 9; NY Times, 8 June 1936, p. 19; NY Times, 9 June 1936, p. 29.

  360 Burns: 1954 Official Baseball Guide, p. 177.

  360 Cantor: NY Herald-Tribune, 25 July 1935; NY Herald-Tribune, 22 August 1935; NY Herald-Tribune, 30 May 1936; NY Eve. Post, 3 November 1953.

  360 Chase: Pietrusza, Silverman, and Gershman, pp. 198-99; Kohout, passim.

  360 Collins: World Encyclopedia of Con Artists CD-ROM.

  360 Compton: Walsh, p. 339.

  361 Crane: Berryman, passim.

  361 Dandolos: Davis, pp. 230-33; http://logosresourcepages.org/gambling.htm; http://www. utahcard.com/magazine/news/travel/las_vegas-guide/famous. html; http://www.binions.com/wsop/history.html; http://www.lasvegassun.com/sun50/rememberslO2700.html.

  361 Dempsey: Kahn (A Flame of Pure Fire), passim; Ritter (East Side, West Side), pp. 23-25.

  361 Diamond: World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM; Durso (The Days of Mr. McGraw), p. 218; Sann, p. 186.

  362 Evans: Saratogian, 30 August 1935, p. 1.

  362 Factor: Touhy, passim.

  362 Faithfull: http://www.lihistory.com/7/hs717a.htm; http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-colUitfs/guide-Itfs.htm.

  363 Farry: NY Journal, 7 June 1929; NY Times, 14 January 1930, p. 4; NY Times, 23 January 1930, p. 25; NY Times, 2 April 1930, p. 20; NY Times, September 6, p. 17; NY Times, 6 December 1930, p. 19; NY Daily Mirror, 6 June 1934; NY Daily News, 6 June 1934; NY Eve. Post, 23 June 1934; Thomson and Raymond, p. 82.

  363 Fay: World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM; May, Allan, "Three Thin Dimes," http://www.crimemagazine.com/larryfay.htm; Sann, p. 185.

  363 Fein: World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM.

  363 Fuchs: Caruso, pp. 322-23; 1962 Official Baseball Guide, p. 159.

  364 Fuller: NY Times, 10 October 1932, p. 34; NY Tribune, 9 October 1932, page unknown.

  364 Gordon: Fried, pp. 179-81; Rockaway, pp. 111-15, 191-13; Cohen (Tough Jews), p. 141.

  364 Groody: http://www.musicalsonbroadway.net/article1014.html; NY Times, 17 September 1961, p. 86.

  364 Guinan: Shirley, pp. 113-7; Bloom, pp. 135-06.

  365 Hearst: Swanberg, passim; Nasaw, passim.

  365 Hines: NY Amsterdam News, 4 June 1938, p. 14; NY Times, March 26, 1957, pp. 1, 38; Connable and Silberfarb, pp. 289-90; Gosch and Hammer, p. 185; Allen (The Tiger), pp. 257-58; Smith (Thomas E. Dewey and His Times), pp. 147, 251-52, 255-59, 282-85, 654. Before the Hines trial began, the Roosevelt White House called judge Pecora to comment on what an excellent gubernatorial candidate he might make. He took the hint, overruling Dewey at virtually every turn. His ultimate declaration of a mistrial raised a chorus of protest.

  365 Hirsch: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/ fhi34.html.

  365 Hoff: World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM; http://cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/wailllOO-booboo.htm.

  365 Hylan: Jackson, pp. 577-78; Walsh, p. 211; Mitgang, p. 169; http://www.udrrhs.org/htmi/hylan.htm.

  366 Jackson: Asinof, p. 330; Frommer, pp. 176-81; Betts, pp. 229-230.

  366 Johnson: Pietrusza, Silverman, and Gershman, p. 563.

  366 Joyce: Rosenblum, passim.

  367 Lansky: Lacey, passim; World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM.

  367 Levy: NY Times, 22 November 1955, p. 35.

  367 Lindy: Bloom, pp. 207-09; Ritter (East Side, West Side), p. 200.

  368 Lorraine: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5862/haroldreviews.html; http://www.blockbuster.com/bb/movie/details/0,4241,VID-V ++++20813,00.html; http://www. blockbuster.com/bb/movie/details/0,4241,VID-V+++ 130081,00.html.

  368 Luciano: World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM; Gosch and Hammer, passim.

  369 Lustig: NY Journal-American, 15 May 1946; NY Times, 16 May 1946; NY Times, 18 May 1946; NY Times, 21 May 1946; NY Journal-American, 23 May 1946; NY Times, 18 September 1958, p. 31; NY Herald Tribune, 18 September 1958; NY Daily News, 25 September 1958; NY WorldTelegraph, 25 September 1958; NY Eve.Post, 7 November 1960; NY Daily News, 8 November 1960; NY Daily Mirror, 8 November 1960; Betts, p. 223.

  369 Maharg: Correspondence of Burton B. Fagan to Hy Turkin, 30 November 1948, Billy Maharg File, National Baseball Library; Correspondence of Daniel Neveling to Bill Haber, 18 May 1982, Billy Maharg File, National Baseball Library; 1954 Official Baseball Guide, p. 179.

  370 Mancuso: Lavine, pp. 51, 200; NY Eve. Post, 21 November 1929, p. 1; NY Times, 10 July 1970, p. 33; Thomson and Raymond, p. 207.

  370 Manton: Mitgang, p. 103; 107 E2d 834 (2d Cir. 1939), cert. denied, 309 U.S. 664, 60 S.Ct. 590, 84 L.Ed. 1012 (1940); http://www.barefootsworld.net/ outoforder.html.

  370 Marshall: Klein, p. 314.

  370 McGee: NY Times, 27 February 1934, p. 13; NY Times, 28 February 1934, p. 20; NY Times, 2 March 1934, p. 42; NY Sun, 27 February 1934, page unknown; NY American, 27 February 1934, page unknown; NY Journal, 28 February 1934, page unknown.

  371 McGraw: Pietrusza, Silverman, and Gershman, pp. 752-53; Koppett, p. 67.

  371 McLaughlin: NY Times, 8 December 1967, p. 42; Pietrusza, Silverman, and Gershman, p. 848.

  371 Frank McManus: NY Herald-Tribune, 22 May 1931; NY Times, 22 May 1931, p. 13; NY Times, 23 May 1931, p. 2; http://www.crimemagazine.com/ higgins.htm.

  371 George McManus: NY Times, 30 August 1940, p. 38; NY Times, 1 September 1940, p. 7; Betts, p. 237; NY Daily News, 29 August 1940; NY Journal-American, 29 August 1940; NY Sun, 29 August 1940; NY Daily News, 19 June 1934.

  372 Stephen B. McManus: NY Times, 20 December 1930; NY Times, 8 April 1934; Stephen B. McManus's NYPD pension card. In August 1943, Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan was wiretapping Frank Costello. One conversation Hogan taped featured Aurelio telling Costello, "right now I want to assure you of my loyalty for all you have done. It's undying." Aurelio explained, "That's just the way some Italians express things," and won election to State Supreme Court that November. He remained there until his death at age eighty-one in 1973.

  372 McQuade: NY Times, 7 April 1955, p. 27; Graham (McGraw of the Giants), pp. 244-47; Durso (The Days of Mr. McGraw), p. 211; Lavine, p. 200.

  373 Medalie: NY Times, 6 March 1946, p. 27; Mayer (Emory Buckner), p. 267.

  373 Meehan: NY Journal American, 13 November 1946; NY Journal-American, 29 December 1937; NY World Telegraph, 12 November 1946; NY Daily Mirror, 13 November 1946.

  373 Mizner: Johnston, passim; World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM.

  373 Moran: NY Times, 22 March 1930, p. 1; Levine, pp. 64-65; World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM.

  374 Murray: NY Times, 15 October 1967, p. 85; Thomson and Raymond, p. 339.

  374 Nichols: NY Times, September 16, 1966 p. 37.

  374 Norton: NY American, 2 February 1930, page unknown; http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=11110; Arnold Rothstein FBI file, B. E. Sackett to J. Edgar Hoover, 11 June 1934; NY Daily Mirror, S
eptember 8, 1935, page unknown; NY Times, September 13, 1935, p. 6.

  375 O'Farrell: NY Times, 8 October 1934, p. 17.

  375 Pecora: Liberty, 24 May 1930, p. 60; NY Times, 8 December 1971, p. 40.

  375 Raymond: NY Daily Mirror, 5 April 1929; NY Journal, 18 November 1931; NY American, 19 November 1931; NY Daily Mirror, 19 November 1931; NY American, 17 December 1931; NY American, 27 May 1936; NY Times, 3 February 1932; Betts, pp. 257-58; Arnold Rothstein FBI File, Character of Case: Kidnapping and Murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., 1/11/34; Anthony, pp. 133-35, 540-41; Waller (Kidnap), pp. 19, 38-42, 72, 86-89, 96-97,156-57,187-91.

  376 Reynolds: http://www.lihistory.com/spectown/hist003n.htm; http://www.geocities.com/nyskyscrapers/chrysler.html.

  376 Rice: Washburn and De Long, pp. 37-39.

  376 Rickard: Kahn (A Flame of Pure Fire), pp. 429-30.

  376 Rose: Root (The Life and Bad Times of Charlie Becker), p. 286; Logan, p. 226; http://www.mindspring.com/historic-ny/cocktail.htm.

  377 Rosoff: NY Times, 10 April 1951, p. 27; NY Times, 20 April 1951, p. 18; NY Times, 3 August 1975.

  377 Abraham Rothstein: NY Times, 21 November 1939, p. 26.

  377 Arnold Rothstein: NY Times, 28 April 1939, p. 16. Alice Terry (1899-1987), wife of director Rex Ingram, starred in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) opposite Rudolph Valentino. She retired when talkies arrived.

  378 Esther Rothstein: NY Times, 8 June 1936, p. 19.

  378 Carolyn Rothstein:Rothstein, pp. vii-viii; NY Journal, 14 November 1928, p. 5; NY American, 5 January 1939, p. 1; NY Times, 24 March 1934, p. 20; NY Times, 26 May 1934, p. 12; NY Times, 3 June 1934, Section IX, p. 3; NY Times, 26 August 1934, p. 12; Variety, 29 May 1934; NY Journal, 25 August 1934; The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-1 940, pp. 1534-35.

  378 Rothstone: NY Times, 14 March 1936, p. 11; NY Times, 16 March 1953, p. 19.

  378 Runyon: Breslin, passim; Weiner, passim; Runyon, passim; Gabler, pp. 345-51

  379 Schultz: Thomson and Raymond, pp. 305-313; World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM.

  379 Seabury: Mitgang, passim.

  379 Shapiro: NY Times, 10 June 1947, p. 56; Cohen (Tough Jews), pp. 183-84.

  380 Shalleck: Thomson and Raymond, pp. 167-68, 172-74; NY Times, 24 November 1983, p. B16.

  380 Sheridan: NY Times, 12 October 1935.

  380 Sinclair: http://sinclair.quarterman.org/who/harry_of_oil.html.

  380 Sloan: Ritter (East Side, West Side), p. 154.

  380 Smith: Jackson, p. 1079.

  380 Stajer: Arnold Rothstein FBI file, Memorandum of 6 October 1934; NY Times, 12 December 1940, p. 16; Cavalier, October 1961, p. 13.

  381 Stoneham: 1936 Spalding Official Base Ball Guide, p 308; Pietrusza, Silverman, and Gershman, pp. 1090-091.

  382 Steuer: NY Times, 22 August 1940, pp. 1, 19.

  382 James M. Sullivan: Logan, pp. 281-82; http://www.usemb.gov.do/Ambas- sador/pastambassadors.htm.

  382 "Sport" Sullivan: Sporting News, 21 October 1926, p. 1; Sporting News, 18 November 1926, p. 1.

  382 Swope: Kahn (The World of Swope), passim; Lewis, passim; Logan, pp. 338-40.

  382 Tennes: http://crimemagazine.com/racewirel.htm.

  383 Terranova: NY Times, 19 February 1938, p. 8; May, Allan, "Tales of the Artichoke King," http://www.crimemagazine.com/lunch.htm; World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime CD-ROM.

  383 Thompson: Davis, pp. 226-29; Dallas Morning News, 4 November 1999.

  383 Tunney: http://www.genetunney.com/magazine43.html, http://www.gene- tunney.com/magazine44.html.

  384 Valentine: Valentine, passim; Limpus, passim; Jackson, p. 1220.

  384 Vitale: NY Times, September 9, 1949, p. 26.

  384 Walker: Mitgang, p. 354; Walsh, pp. 333-41.

  384 Waller:Waller, passim.

  384 Walsh: Thomson and Raymond, p. 71; Katcher, p. 343; Crouse, pp. 145-46; Levine, p. 66; NY Times, 22 March 1930, p. 10.

  385 Warren: Fowler (Beau James), p. 234; Walsh, p. 211.

  385 Watson: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/kensicki/watson-pers.html.

  385 Weeghman: NY Times, 3 November 1938, p. 23.

  385 Weinberg: Cohen (Tough Jews), p. 163; Lacey, pp. 63-64, 65; Gosch and Hammer, pp. 182-83, 184; Fried, pp. 189-90.

  385 Wellman: NY Times, 8 April 1931, p. 23; NY Times, 8 August 1934, page unknown; NY American, September 9, 1935, page unknown; NY American, 28 December 1934, page unknown; NY Journal, 8 March 1935, page unknown; NY Journal, 9 August 1934, page unknown; NY Journal, September 10, 1935, page unknown; Caro, p. 377.

  386 Whitman: NY Times, March 30, 1947, pp. 1, 56; Mitgang, pp. 112-13; Kohler (Ardent Sprits), p. 346; Logan, pp. 336-38.

  387 Zork: NY Times, 19 January 1947, p. 53.

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