Q: Luciano (around 17 years old) offered this kid protection. This kid didn't agree and fight Luciano. They become partners.

Meyer Lansky.
Q. What steamship was the key to Luciano's eventual release from US prison and then exile to Italy?

It was the SS Normandie but...:
The ship Normandie was sabotaged, and the US government thought that there were German spies who sabotaged the SS Normandie. Actually, the Anastasia-brothers did it. But the US government asked Luciano to protect the waterfronts. He did. It was save.
But, it wasn't enough for the US government to let Luciano go. He olny got more priveliges.

Then, the allies were gonna invade Sicily. The US government asked Luciano for help again. He agreed. Luciano's underboss Vito Genovese, who was fled to Sicily because of a murder helped Luciano. It was he who gained the trust of the Sicilians bosses. Because the help of the Siciian mafioso it was no problem for the allies to succesfully take over Sicily. The allies were the mafioso very gratefull. They give them high political jobs. Per example, Don Calogero Vizzini became mayer of Villalba.

Because of helping the allies with the invading of Sicily, Luciano was released and deported to Italy.

Q: He was the man who betrayed Luciano, when he was on Cuba in 1946. He told it to the government. Luciano wasn't allowed to go outside Italy.

Vito Genovese.
Q. What was the name of the Italian anarchist writer whom Genovese ordered Carmine Galante to assassinate, in order to ingratiate himself with Mussolini?
(BTW: Many writers now believe that the French liner Normandie was accidentally set on fire by a careless workman, whose torch set fire to a bunch of burlap bags. But the US Navy commander of the Port of NY, Capt. "Red" Heffernan, believed it was due to "sabotage" by dockworkers of Italian and German ancestry. This story was picked up by Joseph (Socks) Lanza, boss of the waterfront, who told it to Meyer Lansky and Albert Anastasia. Lansky checked with Luciano, then made a deal with Murray Gurfein, special prosecutor Thomas Dewey's chief assistant. The deal was that Luciano would get better treatment in prison, and be released early, in return for his keeping "peace on the docks." The docks were peaceful, Luciano was transferred from Dannemora to Great Neck Prison, and was exiled in 1946.)

A: Carlo Tresca

Q: He also had the nickname Dodge Bullets.

Joe (the Boss) Masseria.
Q. What was the name of the restaurant where he was killed?

A: It was his favorite restaurant the Nuova Villa Tammaro in Coney Island.

Q: This man told Luciano that Maranzano planned to kill him (Luciano) and Genovese. He later become a don in New York.

Tommy Lucchese.
Q. Which Don's brother is a priest?

Joe Profaci.


Q. This gangster was rumored to be the boss of his family right after the Castelemaresse war, but when Maranzano was killed his fmaily decided they would replace him, since he was a close Maranzano friend with someone els so as not to anger Luciano.

Frank Scalise.
Q. Which Don's brother is a priest? (No, it's not Profaci--the Don is a current Don, though he's in jail.)

A: Vincent Gigante.

Q: Vincent Gigante was sent to (unsuccessfully) whack this man. (not just another "nobody" failed hit, by the way)

A: Frank Costello

Q: This Irishman is killed by Gotti in order of Carlo Gambino. Some Irish scum whacked Carlo's nephew.

A: James McBratney

Q: He had a twisted hand from a bullet wound.

Peter "The Clutching Hand" Morello.
Q. Who assembled the shooters who killed Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano (hint: he wasn't there, and he wasn't Charlie Luciano).

Since no one has answered in more than 24 hours:
Meyer Lansky, Charlie Luciano's boyhood chum (and fellow protege of Arnold Rothstein) put together both hit squads, though he did not pull a trigger.
Q. Who was the Mob guy (not a Don) who ran the boxing rackets in NYC in the late Forties and early Fifties?

Frankie Carbo?


Q. This gangster was the successor to Gaspare Digregorio as the leader of the dissident faction revolting against Joe Bonanno's leadership?

Sciacca

Turnbull, If Mike's Bodyguard and I are right:
Q: Who was the succesor of Frank Scalise as Don of the (today known as) Gambino-family?

Vincent Mangano.
Q. Who was known as "the Artichoke King"?

Ciro Terranova
Who were the players Henry Hill and co paid off for the Boston point shaving deal?

Ernie Cobb, Rick Kuhn and Jim Sweeney.
Q. Which Chicago gangster was part owner of a flower shop?

Turnbull...the flower shop owner was Dion O'Banion.

Restaurants always play a major role in "the life"...and often a bigger part in "the death."

Name the suburban restaurant where the driver of a former Chicago boss met his demise.

My first post on perhaps the best forum I've ever seen!

tony b.

Tony, since no one has answered in almost 48 hours, why don't you post the answer and ask another question?

I was probably too vague. I was thinking of Chuckie English, Momo's driver, who was gunned down in the parking lot of Horwath's restaurant in suburban Elmwood Park.

Let's do another Chicago one, also in my neighborhood...I'll be more specific.

This guy survived a mob hit in a theater parking lot because the bullets used on the job didn't fire properly. Name the guy and, for an extra 2 points vig, name the movie theater!

tony b.

A. Ken Eto outside the Montclare Theater.

Someone else step to the plate with a new question. Clearly I've brought the topic to a screeching halt!

tony b.

Easy one:
Which singer was Sam Giancana's mistress?

Phyliss McGuire.

Q. Lets keep it in Chicago.

This non-Italian gangster was nicknamed because of his ability for counting money fast.

MB- Would that be Greasy Thumb Guezek(sp)? I dont know if thats right so I wont post a question.

Correct! Ask away!

What is Sam Giancana's real name?

Momo Salvatore Giancana.
Q. Which gangster had a sister named after a princess of Italy?