The Valachi Papers1968 |
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Page 135
... numbers for you ? Can you handle them ? " Well , the other banks are getting too much play on these numbers , and we give Willie the next worst number . If it has to be , it has to be . Willie tells us he will handle it personally . He ...
... numbers for you ? Can you handle them ? " Well , the other banks are getting too much play on these numbers , and we give Willie the next worst number . If it has to be , it has to be . Willie tells us he will handle it personally . He ...
Page 145
... numbers bank . As it turned out , it was sim- ply another gambit in Luciano's strategy to make the Cosa Nostra supreme in the U.S. underworld : The way I understood it , The Dutchman goes to Ciro and wants to know what the hell's going ...
... numbers bank . As it turned out , it was sim- ply another gambit in Luciano's strategy to make the Cosa Nostra supreme in the U.S. underworld : The way I understood it , The Dutchman goes to Ciro and wants to know what the hell's going ...
Page 194
... numbers . I'll tell you something about them . The numbers are good only when times are bad . It's poor peo- ple that play the numbers , and if you want the truth , most of them play because they are despe- rate for money and they don't ...
... numbers . I'll tell you something about them . The numbers are good only when times are bad . It's poor peo- ple that play the numbers , and if you want the truth , most of them play because they are despe- rate for money and they don't ...
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according to Valachi Agueci ain't Albert Albert Anastasia Anastasia asked Atlanta Avenue Bobby Doyle boys Bronx Brooklyn brother Bureau of Narcotics Buster Buster from Chicago called Carlo Gambino Charley Lucky Ciro Terranova Cosa Nostra Costello death Dutch Schultz everything Family Frank Frank Costello Gagliano gang Genovese's Giannini girl going happened Harlem heard heroin horse Italian Johnny Joseph Valachi jukebox Justice Department killed knew Knight's Duchess lachi Lido lieutenant Livorsi look Lucchese Luciano Maranzano Masseria Matty Mildred Moretti murder never night numbers okay organized crime Pagano PETER MAAS Petrilli prison race racket restaurant Robilotto Rupolo Schultz shot shylocking Sing Sing Street talk tell thing Thomas Lucchese told Tommy Tony Bender took trouble underworld Valachi recalls Valachi says Vincent Mauro Vito Genovese week Willie Willie Moretti worry York City