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Re: Members of the Cohen crime syndicate
[Re: Philip_Lombardo]
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03/05/13 08:12 PM
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Cohen's crews also included such men as William "Stumpy" Zevon (father of musician Warren Zevon), Mike Howard (Meyer Horowitz), Joe and Fred Sica.
Stompanato was not, as compared to others, a tough guy. He was among other things a bisexual gigolo and possible pimp who Cohen used for blackmail opportunities.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Members of the Cohen crime syndicate
[Re: Philip_Lombardo]
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Meant to mention previously that the Cohen "Seven Dwarfs" photo came about after Cohen, on behalf of police organized a public "intervention" against a local electronics store shop owner, Alfred Pearson, who was known to rip people off and who had recently managed to turn a dispute over an inflated unpaid bill into a lien against an elderly widow. When the widow couldn't pay, Pearson was able to foreclose on her house, buy it dirt cheap and then rent it back to her at an inflated rate. She complained to the police who organized to pay her rent and look into legal action. Pearson then sued the police captain who was helping the widow. Big mistake. The captain was friendly with Mickey Cohen. During a protest at the electronics shop over Pearson's shoddy merchandise and dirty tactics, Cohen's boys took the opportunity to give Pearson a pretty vicious beating. They then left and were not stopped by the captain's men. But rookies from another precinct supposedly saw them make an illegal u-turn and hauled them in. An amateur photographer took pics and left them with the LA Times. The editors didn't realize initially who the men were but when Cohen showed up to try to buy the prints they put two and two together.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Members of the Cohen crime syndicate
[Re: Jenkins]
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03/08/13 09:54 PM
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I still don't understand the Mickey Cohen story. As I understand it, Jack Dragna was the official LCN boss of Los Angeles. Yet Cohen went out there with backing from New York and set up his own crew but was NOT under Dragna's authority. Clearly the Commission in NY had no respect for Dragna. Can anyone explain that whole deal? Cohen was originally part of Siegel's organization. Siegel outranked Dragna in Syndicate importance. So Dragna had to eat s*** while Siegel was alive. Cohen and Dragna were theoretically equivalent in power while Siegel lived. After Siegel's death all bets were off. But Cohen also had good connections with powerful people like Costello, Lou Rothkopf and Anthony Milano. So when Dragna made his attempts to remove Cohen from the planet, he didn't have the full backing of the syndicate. He had some backing from elements in Chicago and New York. Evidently the syndicate took a "kill what you eat" approach to the Dragna-Cohen conflicts. Probably it would have been even more dangerous for Dragna to ask for more help because that would have further confirmed his status as a third-tier player.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Members of the Cohen crime syndicate
[Re: Ted]
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03/10/13 04:37 AM
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San Diego was their territory. So was Orange County and San Bernardino. According to Fratianno, Dragna and Siegal were going to partner together on a casino but Seigal was killed before it could happen. Compared to the East Coast, California didn't have a high concentration of Italians to be dominate. Dragna was the only one with any pull to get a casino, but he failed on his first attempt and died shortly after. His successor was just plain incompetent. Didn't Bomp get whacked at a payphone in San Diego? If John Roselli had transferred to L.A. when Fratianno did,the L.A. Family would have become quite a powerhouse compared to what it did during Fratiannos short reign as acting boss.Who knows,maybe Roselli would have been the one chosen for the acting boss spot.He was definitely more qualified and very well connected.Too bad about that C.I.A. and Castro plot...
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