Non-Italians in Organized Crime

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1. Arthur Flegenheimer operated one of the biggest bootlegging, rum-running, and gambling operations in New York. By what name was he better known? Little Kaiser Artful Dodger Dutch Schultz Kid Twist

2. In order to gain complete control of Chicago's criminal empire, Al Capone needed to get three non-Italian crime bosses out of the way. Dion O'Bannion and George "Bugs" Moran, both Irish, were two of them. Can you name the third man, of Polish descent, who was in Capone's way? Earl "Hymie" Weiss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter David "Krakow" Grosz Conrad "Connie" Loesky

3. Although he was close friends with Bugsy Siegel, this financial wizard of the mob world gave his tacit agreement to Charles "Lucky" Luciano to have Siegel killed. Who was it? Dutch Schultz Louis Buchalter Meyer Lansky Arnold Rothstein

4. Jack Moran was a flashy gangster who ran several operations from Manhattan to Albany. In the process, though, he made enemies with several other gangsters, notably Dutch Schultz. After surviving several bullets fired at him on several occasions, he was finally gunned down in 1931. By what name was Jack Moran better known? Legs Diamond Kid Dropper Dion O'Bannion Frankie Yale

5. Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen grew up in a normal Orthodox Jewish home. When he got mixed up with the "wrong crowd", he formed his own gang called, "The Little Augies". By the mid-1920s, he ran a powerful organization, until his murder in 1927. What lucrative operation did "Little Augie" run? prostitution Murder Incorporated gambling (numbers) labor slugging

6. As the old expression goes, "The Mafia is not an equal opportunity employer". Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, an African-American, however, was hired by Joey Gallo and the Lucchese crime family for years. What was Nicky Barnes' specialty? Expert getaway driver Criminal lawyer Murder Narcotics trafficking in the slums

7. Herman "Beansy" Rosenthal was a small-time gambler who made a big mistake: he blabbed to the newspapers about gambling in New York. For his squealing, he was murdered on July 15, 1912. Charles Becker was implicated in the hit, and, after a sensational and controversial trial, was executed. What was so controversial about Charles Becker's case? He was legally blind All of these He was in Mexico at the time of the murder He was a Captain in the New York Police Department

8. Unfortunately, vicious killers are rarely brought to justice. Fortunately, this leader of Murder, Inc. was tried and executed in 1944. Who am I talking about? Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Arnold Rothstein Bugsy Siegel Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro

9. New York's Arnold Rothstein--or "A.R."--was a New York gangster and businessman whose notoriety was so publicized that he was the model for "Meyer Wolfsheim" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby", and "Nathan Detroit" in the Damon Runyon novel "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown", which was made into the musical "Guys and Dolls". Part of his fame derived from his probable connection to a sensational event. What event was that? The Baby Lindbergh kidnapping. The 1919 "Black Sox" Scandal The resignation of Mayor James "Jimmy" Walker The Stock Market collapse of 1929

10. We'll end with an easy one. This gangster was not allowed into the mob because he was only HALF Italian. (The other half was Irish). The story of his life in crime was the basis for the book "Wiseguy", written by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi, and the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas". Who am I talking about? Jimmy Burke Francis Featherstone Jimmy Coonan Henry Hill