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In the Depression years when Valachi began , nickel - and - dime bets were more the rule ; even so , the numbers bank controlled by Dutch Schultz had an average daily play of $ 80,000 . Valachi's own operation , with the infusion of ...
In the Depression years when Valachi began , nickel - and - dime bets were more the rule ; even so , the numbers bank controlled by Dutch Schultz had an average daily play of $ 80,000 . Valachi's own operation , with the infusion of ...
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Dutch Schultz was a natural target for Charley Lucky Luciano . As a practical necessity , Schultz would develop a working alliance in the Harlem numbers racket with someone like Terranova ; to do otherwise meant taking on the entire ...
Dutch Schultz was a natural target for Charley Lucky Luciano . As a practical necessity , Schultz would develop a working alliance in the Harlem numbers racket with someone like Terranova ; to do otherwise meant taking on the entire ...
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One night Valachi got an intimate glimpse of Schultz's state of mind . He happened to go into a restaurant called Freddie's Italian Garden , on 46th Street west of Times Square , just as Schultz was leaving a dinner conference with ...
One night Valachi got an intimate glimpse of Schultz's state of mind . He happened to go into a restaurant called Freddie's Italian Garden , on 46th Street west of Times Square , just as Schultz was leaving a dinner conference with ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers Bantam books |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1968 |
| ISBN | 0399108327, 9780399108327 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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