Bugsy Siegel

The passing of the eighteenth amendment provided an opportunity for Lucania to recruit some new meat. Lucania became one of the “Big Six” of bootlegging along with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel (“Luciano”, n.d.). His bootlegging gang grew throughout the 1920’s. Lucania and his friends recruited new Jewish gang members, including Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, nicknamed “Lepke” by his mother, Abner “Longie” Zwillman, another Jew, and Zwillman’s partner, Willie Moretti (Gosch, 1975). These unscrupulous characters dominated the illegal liquor trade on the East Coast (“Luciano”, n.d.). Lucania was also an associate of Arnold Rothstein, also known as the Big Bankroll, who had bootlegging and gambling operations (“Luciano, n.d.). As Lucania was becoming more popular, he was recruited as a gunman by crime boss, Joe Masseria. The recruitment to Joe Masseria’s gang, resulted in jealousy from another crime boss competing for Lucania’s attention, Salvatore Maranzano. There was no letup of the pressure from both Salvatore Maranzano and Joe “the Boss” Masseria for Lucania to make a decision and join one or the other (Gosch, 1975). Charles was sure that sooner or later, more sooner than later, Maranzano and Masseria would have a war (Gosch, 1975). The two would never be happy until one of them got rubbed out (Gosch, 1975). “To me, the whole thing was a matter of…

Criticism of Masculinity in “Split Personality” Ideal masculinity is depicted everywhere in our society from movies to books to comics. It is a socially constructed set of attributes for boys and men to achieve. Some common characteristics include: strength, heroism, audacity, control, lack of emotion, superior, fearlessness, honor, and heterosexuality. In a 1950’s issue of the Vault of Horror, the horror comic, “Split Personality,” depicts the male protagonist, Ed King, as a…

Every morning Americans’ takeout to Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts and grab a cup of coffee on their way to work, but at the same time, people really have no idea where the coffee they drink everyday originates from or who, how, where it’s produced. As the matter of fact, a farmer produces the coffee we drink on daily basis. According to the article “ The Coffee Connection”, Elizabeth Neuffer says, Behind every cup of a coffee Americans drink, there is a farmer like Santiago de la Rosa laboring to…

boss Lepke Buchalter. Siegel was arrested and tried for the murder (by that time, he had also killed Krakow). He was acquitted, but newspapers referred to him for the first time by his nickname "Bugsy." Siegel was not pleased, especially when his gangland past was revealed. On one return trip to the East, Siegel drove through the small town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Legend has it that Siegel suddenly had a vision of turning Las Vegas into a gambling mecca. Others said he had merely stopped there…

When election time in the city came again, he armed his thugs and got them out to the election booths to ensure that his politicians were in office once again. Organized crime was happening in almost every major city in the United States. Meyer Lansky headed one of the most violent gangs during the Prohibition era with his partner “Bugsy” Siegel. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was another huge mobster. Bugsy was the preferred hitman for a clean shot. He was never charged for any serious crimes…

man. He was used in order to convince the people, especially of New York City, that organized crime was something to be stopped, not simply ignored. Petrosino was used as a martyr in the fight against the mob. Another aspect of organized crime that became immensely popular during the 1920s was gambling, especially the growth of casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada by the Jewish crime syndicates. Murder Incorporated, the name given to Bugsy Siegel’s Jewish organized crime family, popularized the newly…

One of the hotels was the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel developed this hotel and was a notoriously known gangster. A hotel was also then made in Florida called the Flamingo Hotel. This hotel was able to change America’s cultural perception. Flamingos, which were just simple, dull birds, became an iconic symbol of luxury, class, and success. Price uses the example of the iconic star, Elves Presley, to show that even famous people were adapting to the pink flamingo trend.…

Donald Wolfe claimed Mr. Chandler had taken part in the event of Black Dahlia, or at least knew what took place. They crossed paths at Ms. Short’s work while on her shift at Berna Allen, where she worked as a call girl. Others would refer to her as the Hollywood “Madam”. Wolfe also included that Norman had accidentally inseminated Elizabeth. When this information came to his attention it caused him to contact and hire a, what Mr. Chandler referred to him as; “ganster”, under the influence of…

Luciano and his friends compacted a plan to kill bot Maranzano and Masseria without killing themselves: make them kill each other. The time had arrived, it was decided, to put their plans into operation (Gosch, 1975). Word was promptly sent to Maranzano that Luciano was now prepared, for the good of everybody, to do what Maranzano had demanded more than a year before on Staten Island (Gosch, 1975). On April 15, 1931, Luciano lured Masseria to a coney island restaurant and had him assassinated by…

autoimmune encephalitis. Savannah Cahalan was an independent journalist who sought out little time with people; none the less, her boyfriend Stephen. When truly inflicted by this imbalance, she achingly needed help. Her identity of independence evolved into the desperate need of assistance. Desperation faced the never ending dedicational hand of nurses, family members, caregivers, friends, and eventually Dr. Souhel Najjar. The time spent in the hospital for those twenty-eight days was both…