Elias Martinez
Jenna De La Cruz
February 16 2017
The most powerful mobsters of the 1920’s
When we think of tailored suits, cigars, fedoras, and tommy guns, the first thing that tends to come to mind are the powerful and notorious mobsters of the 1920’s. Who held the title to be the most notorious and powerful of all mobsters during that time period is highly debatable to some, but clear to others that Charles “lucky” Luciano's early life of mugging, shoplifting, and extortion had prepared him for his long life of criminal activity that was in store for him. From grade school fights to ordering hits on the most deadliest men of the century to earn a bigger reputation, Luciano was always willing to do anything to get what he wanted and what separated him from others is that he was a “self-made” man. Growing up as a poor italian immigrant, Luciano always had the “There’s no such thing as good money or bad money. There’s just money.” kind of mindset in him. It's that exact mindset Luciano had that led him to be one of the most respected and accomplished mobsters of his time. By the time Luciano's reign had toned down, he had already earned the title of capo di tutti capi (“boss of all the bosses”). Luciano was always a big part of the National Crime Syndicate even behind bars, Luciano had what other mobsters lacked, consistency. One key to Lucky's success is that he was always his own boss, according to americanmafiahistory.com he earned about an average of 25 cents a week extorting pennies from Jewish kids in exchange for their protection on the way to school and back in earlier years. At the age of 19 Luciano became a boss to the Five Points gang on the lower East side of new York. 4 years later he would become the boss of the Masseria family and rename it to the Luciano family. At the age of 22 Luciano was the head of a crime organization that would bring in an estimate of 12 million dollars per year. Luciano was never satisfied in his position and always wanted more, and as a criminal mastermind Luciano knew exactly how to get what he want, weather it was through betrayal; or organized crime lucky always seem to have the right hand. Lucky would finally get what he wanted. As Luciano would settle to be second in command after the Castellammarese War next to Salvatore Maranzano, Luciano had spent his time finding a way to take the throne as the most powerful monster of the United States, and without a surprise the criminal mastermind would succeed. On September 10, 1931 Luciano ordered his men to take out Salvatore Maranzano. He succeeded and the Luciano family was now the most notorious family of their time. Luciano had become …show more content…
Dewey to jump on the scene. This new entity soon started to close in on Luciano and took a year to gather enough evidence on him to prosecute Luciano. He was given a 30-50 year sentence for extortion and prosecution in Clinton Prison located in New York. Though Luciano was behind bars that didn't stop him from controlling his crime syndicate in and outside of prison. During his sentence there was reason to believe that there was insufficient evidence to fully prosecute Luciano due to his indirect way of doing
Jenna De La Cruz
February 16 2017
The most powerful mobsters of the 1920’s
When we think of tailored suits, cigars, fedoras, and tommy guns, the first thing that tends to come to mind are the powerful and notorious mobsters of the 1920’s. Who held the title to be the most notorious and powerful of all mobsters during that time period is highly debatable to some, but clear to others that Charles “lucky” Luciano's early life of mugging, shoplifting, and extortion had prepared him for his long life of criminal activity that was in store for him. From grade school fights to ordering hits on the most deadliest men of the century to earn a bigger reputation, Luciano was always willing to do anything to get what he wanted and what separated him from others is that he was a “self-made” man. Growing up as a poor italian immigrant, Luciano always had the “There’s no such thing as good money or bad money. There’s just money.” kind of mindset in him. It's that exact mindset Luciano had that led him to be one of the most respected and accomplished mobsters of his time. By the time Luciano's reign had toned down, he had already earned the title of capo di tutti capi (“boss of all the bosses”). Luciano was always a big part of the National Crime Syndicate even behind bars, Luciano had what other mobsters lacked, consistency. One key to Lucky's success is that he was always his own boss, according to americanmafiahistory.com he earned about an average of 25 cents a week extorting pennies from Jewish kids in exchange for their protection on the way to school and back in earlier years. At the age of 19 Luciano became a boss to the Five Points gang on the lower East side of new York. 4 years later he would become the boss of the Masseria family and rename it to the Luciano family. At the age of 22 Luciano was the head of a crime organization that would bring in an estimate of 12 million dollars per year. Luciano was never satisfied in his position and always wanted more, and as a criminal mastermind Luciano knew exactly how to get what he want, weather it was through betrayal; or organized crime lucky always seem to have the right hand. Lucky would finally get what he wanted. As Luciano would settle to be second in command after the Castellammarese War next to Salvatore Maranzano, Luciano had spent his time finding a way to take the throne as the most powerful monster of the United States, and without a surprise the criminal mastermind would succeed. On September 10, 1931 Luciano ordered his men to take out Salvatore Maranzano. He succeeded and the Luciano family was now the most notorious family of their time. Luciano had become …show more content…
Dewey to jump on the scene. This new entity soon started to close in on Luciano and took a year to gather enough evidence on him to prosecute Luciano. He was given a 30-50 year sentence for extortion and prosecution in Clinton Prison located in New York. Though Luciano was behind bars that didn't stop him from controlling his crime syndicate in and outside of prison. During his sentence there was reason to believe that there was insufficient evidence to fully prosecute Luciano due to his indirect way of doing