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Florida Sheriffs Association, 79
Floridita, El, 241
Flynn, Errol, 240
Focsa, the, 250, 262, 307
Fontainebleau Hotel, 323
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, 178–79
see also Cabaña fortress, La
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 240
Fox, Martín, 142–47, 149–50, 151, 180–81, 217, 224, 287
Fox, Ofelia, 143, 150, 151, 155, 180–81, 217
Frank, Bernard, 9, 10, 39, 57
Freeport Sulphur Company, 275–76
Fremont Hotel and Casino, 219, 270
Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba, 317
Gálvez Rodríguez, William, xviii, 254–55, 276, 277
Gambino, Carlo, 235
gangsterism, 68–69, 70–71, 102–3, 118
Garcia, Andy, xix
Garcia, Evaristo Jr., 205, 210, 211
García, José Orozco, 220
Garcia, Miguelito “Trabuco,” 45
Gardner, Arthur, 139
Gardner, Ava, 238, 242
General Motors, 60, 100, 101, 317
Genovese, Vito, 26–28, 32, 35, 190, 235, 236, 237–38
Giancana, Sam, 235, 323
Gillespie, Dizzy, 245
Godfather Part II, The (movie), xix, 30–31, 104, 219, 327
Gómez, Máximo, 199
González, Diego, 164
“Good Neighbor” policy, 63
Goodyear Tire, 317
Gophers, 242
Graff, William, 263–64
Grand Hotel, 4–5
Granma (yacht), 173–75, 176, 275
Gran Premio Formula One auto race, 256–58
Grau San Martín, Ramón, 7, 32, 46, 49, 65, 67, 141
Great Depression, 17, 20, 58, 192
Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald), 54
Greenacres Club, 73, 98
Greene, Graham, 239–40
Guajiro, El, 145, 146
see also Fox, Martín
Guano, El, 102
Guantánamo military base, 276, 277
Guevara, Ernesto “Che,” 163, 165–66, 173–77, 221–22, 254, 255, 260, 276, 299, 311
Gurfein, Murray, 23
Guys and Dolls (show), 54
Haffenden, Charles Radcliffe, 23, 24, 25
Haitian embassy, in Havana, 166
Half Moon Hotel, 193
Hanly, John H., 73
Havana: The Portrait of a City (Roberts), 147–48
Havana Hilton. see Hilton Hotel
Havana Libre, 310
see also Hilton Hotel
Havana Post, 11, 49, 154, 203, 238
Havana Riviera, 269, 317
see also Riviera Hotel
Hayes, Crofton J., 73
Hemingway, Ernest, 11, 240–41
heroin, 34, 47, 73, 102, 206, 209, 319
Herrera, Benito, 48
Hill, B., 226
see also Trafficante, Santo Jr.
Hill, Virginia, 36, 37, 38
Hilton Company, 227–28
Hilton Hotel, 19, 133, 197, 224, 227–28, 229, 233, 268–69, 309, 310, 313, 314, 319, 324
“Historia me absolverá, La” (Castro), 124–26
Hoboken Joe, 228
see also Stassi, Joe
Hogan, Frank, 263
homosexuality, 216–17, 219
Hoover, J. Edgar, 76, 237
horse racing, 107
Hotel Law (Ley Hotelera) 2074, 132–33, 318
Hotel Nacional
Anastasia at, 198
Cellini at, 170–71
Club Parisién at, 154
Gran Casino at, 8, 12, 16, 20, 33, 43, 44–45, 74, 82, 83, 97, 145, 270, 279
Lansky and, xix, 19, 96, 126, 127–28, 129, 185, 224, 281, 315, 316
Luciano at, xix, 7, 8
McGinty at, 187
Mob conference at, 4, 6, 26–38, 50, 58, 75, 103, 104, 126, 163, 189, 290, 326
Nevada Gaming Commission on, 269
Pan American airlines and, 153, 278
profitability of, 319
razzle-dazzle at, 97
Salón de la Historia at, xix
Sinatra at, 40, 41, 42–43
Howard, Betty, 213, 220
I Love Lucy (TV show), 243
Immerman, Connie, 74
Independence, War of, xviii, 105, 163, 199
Internal Revenue Service, U.S. (IRS), 196
International Amusements Corporation, 109, 154, 205
International Hotels, Inc., 127, 153, 278
Isle of Pines, 33–34, 140, 156
Italia, SS, 73
IT&T (International Telephone & Telegraph), 60, 70
jazz, Latin, 244, 245
Jewish Mafia, 188
Jigüe, Battle of, 277
Joe the Boss, 192, 195
see also Masseria, Giuseppe “Joe the Boss”
Johnson, Kenneth, 224
Jorge, Jorge, 41
jukeboxes, 19, 23, 55
Justice Department, U.S., 34
Justice of the Peace and Constables Association (Fla.), 79
Kefauver, Estes, 76, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 128
Kefauver Committee and hearings, 76–87, 91, 107–8, 127, 135, 137, 189, 190, 193–94, 237
Kennedy, John F., 210–11, 217, 317, 318, 322, 326
Kennedy, Robert, 326
Kid Twist. see Reles, Abe “Kid Twist”
Kirschner, Walter, 291
Kitt, Eartha, 154–55
Klein, B., 235–36
see also Trafficante, Santo Jr.
Kleinman, Morris, 104, 127, 270
Kodak, 317
Kuquine, 68, 70, 266, 293–94, 295–96
Lacey, Robert, 128, 264, 266
Lachinia, Virginia, 213
ladder men, 97
Lafayette Academy, 262
Lafayette (ship), 22
Landau, Eli, 37
Lansky, Anne, 20, 39
Lansky, Buddy, 57
Lansky, Jake, 9, 51, 56, 57, 73, 77, 78, 79, 128–29, 170, 187, 188, 264–65, 312, 313
Lansky, Meyer, 19–21, 50–59
Anastasia and, 189–90, 193, 195, 196, 197–98, 224–25, 233–34, 236, 263
Bahamas and, 286–87
banks and, 132
Batista and, xvi, 15, 26, 60–61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 86, 91, 92, 95–96, 100, 103, 129, 164, 167, 190, 265–67, 297, 298–302, 306, 308, 309, 316
bootlegging operations of, 11, 19, 23, 35, 55, 106
Casielles and, 183–86, 189, 266, 315–16
casino operations of, 19, 20, 56, 82, 83, 86, 91, 97–98, 99, 127, 169–72
in Castellammarese War, 14
on Castro and his revolution, xix, 178, 315, 316, 321, 322, 324
Clark and, 188
Costello and, 236
Cuban empire dreams of, xv, 10, 13, 15, 46–47, 57, 87, 96, 126–27, 203–4, 248, 283, 289–90, 291–92
on danzón, 245–46
divorce and family of, 38–39, 57
in the Dominican Republic, 278–80, 281–82
early years of, 116
Genovese and, 237–38
on Ginger Rogers, 248
granddaughter Cynthia and, 261, 262, 307
Hilton and, 269
Hotel Nacional and, xix, 6, 126, 127–28, 129
Kennedy and, 210, 211
last trip to Havana by, 315–17
later years of, 327–28
legal problems and incarceration of, 77–84, 91–92, 99–100, 263, 265
Levinson and, 188, 219
Life magazine on, 264–65
Luciano and, 4, 9–10, 18, 26, 48, 49, 50, 72–76, 190, 197
mistress of, 250–52, 315
at Mob conference, 28–29, 30, 31, 32, 33–34, 35, 36, 37–38
Molaska Corporation and, 104
on Moncada attack, 113–14
on narcotics, 209
on one single Commission boss, 27
Oriental Park Racetrack and, 153
Pat Slots and, 282
Peters and, 286
Riviera Hotel owned by, 168, 205, 219, 247–50, 305, 317, 318–19
Rubio and, 169–70, 171, 172, 219, 266
second marriage of, 67–68
Simms and, 44–45
Sinatra and, 41, 238–39
Stacher and, 26
Stassi and, 109, 186–87, 228
stepson of, 261–62
Sturgis and, 310
Trafficantes and, 104–5, 106, 107, 109, 206, 228, 236, 238, 284–85
Trujillo and, 320
U.S. Navy and, 23–24, 25, 323
Varon and, 266
Wall and, 107
Lansky, Paul, 57
Lansky, Sandra, 57
Lansky, Teddy, xxx, 58, 59, 67–68, 72, 74–75, 99, 250, 261, 262, 298, 307, 327, 328
Lanza, Joseph “Socks,” 22, 25
Lanza, Mario, 166
Larrea, Larry, 42
Last Testament of Lucky Luciano, The (Luciano), 37
Las Vegas, Havana and, 269–70
Laura Keene, SS, 7, 26
Law of Public Order, 110
Lease, Joseph, 154
León Lemus, Orlando, 141
Lepke, Louis, 192
lesbians, 217
Lesnick, Max, 68, 70–71
Levinson, Eddie, 188, 219, 248, 270, 327
Levinson, Louis “Sleep Out,” 188
Ley Hotelera (Hotel Law) 2074, 132–33
Libertad, 324
Life magazine, 264–65
Liga contra el cáncer, La, 142, 156
Lincoln Club, 170
Lincoln Hotel, 257
Little Man, the, 4, 18, 29, 58, 80, 86, 238, 253, 281, 320
see also Lansky, Meyer
Little Man (Lacey), 128, 266
Lombardozzi, Carmine, 237
Longchamps Restaurant, 23, 102
Longo, James “Jimmy,” 109, 206
Look magazine, 256
López, Conchita, 218
López, Israel “Cachao,” 243
Lost City, The (movie), xix–xx
lottery, national, 64, 144, 145, 256, 310
louse ring, 97
Lowinger, Rosa, 143, 215
Lucania, Salvatore, 3, 6, 41
see also Luciano, Charles “Lucky”
lucha, la, 256
Luciano, Charles “Lucky,” 3–29, 46–50
Anastasia and, 190, 191–92, 197
assassination attempt on, 44–45
Batista and, xvi, 66
Carreras and, 239
Costello and, 236
Cuban empire dreams of, xv, 10, 87, 248
in exile, 72–75
gifts bestowed by, 150–51
at Hotel Nacional, xix
incarceration of, 312
Kefauver hearings on, 81–82, 83, 85
Lansky and, 72–75, 190, 197
at Mob conference, 31, 32–33, 34–35, 36, 37, 39, 290
on narcotics, 206
prostitution and, 17–18, 216
Raft and, 242
Sinatra and, 39, 40–43
Trafficantes and, 106, 107
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics on, 43–44
U.S. Navy and, 323
Zwillman and, 187
Machado, Gerardo, 17, 62, 69, 102, 123, 283
Machito, 245
Macri, Benedicto, 196
Macri, Vincent, 196
Mad Hatter, the, 190, 194, 196, 198, 224, 234
see also Anastasia, Albert
Mafia, American, verification of, 237, 238
Mafia, Jewish, 188, 237–38
Magaddino family, 235
Maine, USS, 183
Malecón, xiii, 133, 168, 183, 186, 205, 248, 256, 257–58, 289, 290, 292, 308, 313, 320
mambises, 105
Mambo, the (bordello), 216
mambo, the (dance), xiv, xvi, xx, 156, 161, 179, 213, 214, 218, 243
Mangano, Philip, 194, 195
Mangano, Vincent, 194, 195
Mannarino, Kelly, 109, 285
Mannarino, Sammy, 96, 97, 98, 109, 285
Maranzano, Salvatore, 14
Marcello, Carlos, 32, 326
marijuana, 34, 102
Marina, Doña, 215
“Marlin Off the Morro: A Cuban Letter” (Hemingway), 240
Martí, José, ix, xviii, 63, 70, 105, 110–11, 123, 124, 163, 165, 256
Martin, Muscles, 96–97
Martin, Tony, 291
Martínez, Megaly, 180–81
Martino, John, 206, 312, 324
Martí Theater, 213, 220
Marx, Groucho, 243
Marx, Marxism, 256, 317
Masferrer, Rolando, 102–3, 118–19, 182, 223, 293, 307–8, 324–25
Masseria, Giuseppe “Joe the Boss,” 14, 36, 190, 192, 195, 233–34
Mathis, Johnny, 155
Matthews, Herbert L., 198–201
Mayfield Road Gang, 19, 104, 187
McGinty, Thomas “Blackjack,” 187, 270, 319
McWillie, Lewis “Mack,” 287, 313, 324
Mendoza, Robert “Chiri,” 227, 229, 324
Menocal, Raúl, 260
Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the Mob (Eisenberg), 37
Miami Crime Commission, 77
Miami Herald, 325
Midnight Rose’s, 192
Miller, William, 291
Minsky, Harold, 213
Miramar, 7, 28, 32, 44, 46, 48, 65–66, 186, 211, 212, 224, 306
Miranda, Carmen, 9, 10
Miranda, Mike, 237
missile crisis, Cuban, 323
Moa Bay, kidnapping at, 275, 276–77
Mob Lawyer (Ragano), 135, 271
Molaska Corporation, 19, 32, 104
molasses, smuggling of, 11, 19, 55, 106
Moncada, attack at, 111–14, 121–26, 163, 275
Monte Carlo de La Habana, 289–92
monte de baraja, 145
Montmartre Club, 33, 45, 49, 83, 98, 166, 167, 180, 212
Moré, Beny, 179–80, 212–13, 243
Moretti, Willie, 39–40, 84, 108
morphine, 207
Movimiento Socialista Revolucionario (MSR), 102
Mulato Lindo, El, 61, 139, 293, 296
see also Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio
Mundo, El, 101
Murder Inc., 189, 192, 193, 195, 231
Murder Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate (Turkus), 194
music, Afro-Cuban, 146, 148, 179–80, 213, 239, 242–44, 245
Mussolini, Benito, 100, 101
Mustache Petes, 14, 17, 27
Nacional. see Hotel Nacional
narcotics
Barletta and, 101
Battisti on, 101–2, 109
Genovese on, 238
Lansky on, 209
Luciano and, 47
Mob conference on, 34, 35
Saenz Rovner on, 209
Stassi on, 319–20
Suarez Rivas on, 7–8
Trafficantes on, 106–7, 109, 206–8, 209, 283, 314
Zarate on, 207–8
see also specific narcotics
Narcotics Bureau, U.S., 34, 35, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 72, 73, 76, 170, 206, 207–8
National Bank of Cuba, 260
National Cuba Hotel Corporation, 19, 165
National Sports Commission, 256
Navy, Cuban, 119, 223, 323
Navy, U.S., 5, 21–25, 323
Nebraska Bar and Package Goods Store, 133
Necrópolis de Colón, 208
Neutrality Act, U.S., 141
Nevada Gaming Commission, 269–70
New York Daily Mirror, 5
New York Sun, 75
New York Times, 47, 64, 86, 98, 99, 153, 178, 198–201, 265
New York World-Telegram, 41, 197
Neyra, Roderico “Rodney,” 146–49, 218
Nicaro mining plant, 275
“Night of One Hundred Bombs, The,” 260
Night of the Sicilian Vespers, 15
Nixon, Richard M., 94, 318
Normandie
, SS, 22
Novarro Hotel, 263–64
O’Connor, Donald, 291
Old Man and the Sea, The (Hemingway), 241
Olivera, J. Ray, 44, 45
Operación Verano, 274–75
Operation Mongoose, 322–23
Operation Underworld, 21–25
opium, 102
Oriental Park Racetrack, 12
Anastasia and, 197, 224
Capone at, 11
casinos at, 20
Jockey Club at, 13, 45, 97, 106, 145, 168
Lansky and, 9, 74, 82, 83–84
louse ring at, 97
Luciano at, 8
razzle-dazzle at, 97
reopening of, 153–54
Sans Souci near, 93
Walker at, 13
Oriente Province
Batista from, 59
Castro from, 70, 115–17, 259
Masferrer and Los Tigres in, 182
26th of July Movement in, 111–14, 173–77, 178, 186, 201, 223, 275, 292
United Fruit Company in, 59, 60, 61, 63, 86–87, 115, 317
Ortodoxo Party, 68, 70, 87, 90, 120, 162
Our Man in Havana (Greene), 239
Pacheco, Ferdie, 206
Padovano, Elvira, 213
Pageant magazine, 213
País, Frank, 173, 174, 175, 178, 223
Palm Garden Hall, 165
Pan American Airlines, 127, 153, 171, 278
Park Central Hotel, 56
parking meters, 302–3
Park Sheraton Hotel, 228, 229–31
Paterno, Beverly, 49
Peace Officers Association (Fla.), 79
Pepe, 216–17, 219
Pequeño, Alfredo, 46
Perez, Faustino, 258
Pérez Prado, Dámaso, xvi, 243
Pérez Prado orchestra, 179
Pertierra, Indalecio “Neno,” 44, 45–46, 106, 107
Peters, Dan “Dusty,” 286
Phillips, R. Hart, 64, 178
Piaf, Edith, 242
Plantation, the, 56, 261
Platt Amendment, 63
Playa Estes, 307
Plaza Hotel, 298–99, 301, 302, 304, 305, 319
pleasure trust, 12–13
Polakoff, Moses, 18, 21, 22–23, 24, 25, 81–82, 91–92, 263
Police, Cuban National, 13, 45, 48, 69, 99, 103, 111, 129, 135, 141, 144, 174, 178, 181, 203, 214, 257, 259, 293, 297–98, 302
see also Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, secret police of
Police & Sheriff Association (Fla.), 79
Polizzi, Chuck, 16
Power, Tyrone, 242
Pozo, Chano, 245
Presidente, El. see Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio
Presidente Hotel, 44, 207, 319
Prío Socarrás, Carlos, 32, 46, 67, 68–69, 70, 71, 87, 88, 89, 126, 130, 141
Prío Socarrás, Paco, 44, 45, 106, 107
Pritchett, Florence, 210
Profaci, Joe, 235
Profiles in Courage (Kennedy), 210
Prohibition, xv, 10–11, 15, 86, 106, 164, 197, 242, 244
prostitution, 8, 17–18, 33, 89, 101, 211, 213, 214–16, 239