Seduction Of Luciano Essay

Luciano lived up to his nickname ¨Lucky¨ by surviving a savage attack. When Luciano came to, he could see men, including Maranzano, in masks. Maranzano asked, Luciano refused. Maranzano gave a signal and his men began to beat Luciano with belts, clubs, and cigarette butts - until he passed out again (Gosch, 1975). The more Luciano was beaten and tortured, the more stubborn he became, and the more determined that if he survived, he would make sure that Maranzano’s days would be short (Gosch, 1975). After much refusing, Maranzano was outraged. Maranzano grabbed a knife one of his men was holding and slashed Luciano’s face severing the muscles across his right check to the bone (Gosch, 1975). Luciano would bear the scars to his death, and would forever have a slightly drooping right eye that gave him a sinister look (Gosch, 1975). Left for dead on a …show more content…
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 four loyalists - Vito Genovese, Albert Anastasia, Joe Adonis, and Bugsy Siegel (“Lucky Luciano”, 2011).

A rise to the top attracts enemies who want you dead. Rising to power, Luciano took over Masseria’s position as the top boss, with Maranzano’s approval. He became a leader of one of the city’s five families. Unfortunately, for Luciano, Maranzano soon viewed him as a threat and ordered a hit on him. Before Maranzano could order a hit, Luciano was able to strike first. On September 10, 1931, Luciano had Maranzano murdered by four Jewish gunmen loaned by Meyer