Posted By: I_Sell_Dem_Tomatoes
The Famous April 1932 Photo - 05/31/21 09:25 PM
I'm sure anyone interested in the history has seen the photo, but the below article has a news clipping that maybe some haven't seen
The news clipping reports what was found on the subjects:
Luciano: $46,655 accounts receivable statement & $900 cash
Lansky: $250 cash
Others: $100+ cash each
$46,655 = $900k in 2021
$900 = $17.5k in 2021
$250 = $4.9k in 2021
Also stated in the news clipping:
Luciano & Lansky said they were gamblers
Ricca former Genna gangster (Genna was murdered 7 years ago)
Harry Brown a race track (can't make out other word?)
Sylvester Agoglia former Genna gangster
John Senna alleged follower of Bug Moran North Side Gang (by this time Moran's influence should've been over)
Lieut. Kelly & Sergt. Wachholz overheard Luciano receive 30 phone calls in 2 hours pertaining to Detroit shipments, airplanes, steamships, and the mention of Joe Fusco, Capone's right hand man (Joe Fusco died comfortably in a Hilton Suite in 1976)
"The visit might mean anything from a kidnapping scheme to attempts to incroach upon the booze realm of Capone" (lol)
This has always been one of my favorite photos, as I've always been interested in the Luciano/Lansky/Ricca relationship
I think their relationship was an important stone in a National Mob that was separate from any ethnically exclusive organization, and I think their influence was dominate in that Mob up until the 1950s when Lansky lost his gamble on Cuba, Genovese broke the order in NY, and Ricca began is legal woes
April 19, 1932: Luciano, Lansky nabbed in Chicago
I also want to bump this old thread that I found on this subject that I really enjoyed reading:
NY/Chicago Mob Meeting 1932
If anyone else has any more info on this picture, or this period, please share!
The news clipping reports what was found on the subjects:
Luciano: $46,655 accounts receivable statement & $900 cash
Lansky: $250 cash
Others: $100+ cash each
$46,655 = $900k in 2021
$900 = $17.5k in 2021
$250 = $4.9k in 2021
Also stated in the news clipping:
Luciano & Lansky said they were gamblers
Ricca former Genna gangster (Genna was murdered 7 years ago)
Harry Brown a race track (can't make out other word?)
Sylvester Agoglia former Genna gangster
John Senna alleged follower of Bug Moran North Side Gang (by this time Moran's influence should've been over)
Lieut. Kelly & Sergt. Wachholz overheard Luciano receive 30 phone calls in 2 hours pertaining to Detroit shipments, airplanes, steamships, and the mention of Joe Fusco, Capone's right hand man (Joe Fusco died comfortably in a Hilton Suite in 1976)
"The visit might mean anything from a kidnapping scheme to attempts to incroach upon the booze realm of Capone" (lol)
This has always been one of my favorite photos, as I've always been interested in the Luciano/Lansky/Ricca relationship
I think their relationship was an important stone in a National Mob that was separate from any ethnically exclusive organization, and I think their influence was dominate in that Mob up until the 1950s when Lansky lost his gamble on Cuba, Genovese broke the order in NY, and Ricca began is legal woes
April 19, 1932: Luciano, Lansky nabbed in Chicago
I also want to bump this old thread that I found on this subject that I really enjoyed reading:
NY/Chicago Mob Meeting 1932
If anyone else has any more info on this picture, or this period, please share!