After Capone

Known as the Enforcer" in the Capone Gang, Nitti has been glamorized in movies. This book gives a warts and all portrayal of the gangster. "

Foreword

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

xv

1 The Last Nitto: Italy to Brooklyn

3

(16)

2 An Enigmatic Chicago Genesis

19

(16)

3 Wartime Prohibition—A Developing Path

35

(16)

4 The Bloody Nineteenth

51

(18)

5 Mr. Nitto, Meet Mr. Capone

69

(16)

6 Enormity of Events—Cicero

85

(16)

7 Validation

101

(16)

8 Member of the Board

117

(10)

9 Nitto: The Mailed Fist

127

(14)

10 Gang Stalwart: Mr. Nitti

141

(8)

11 Enter the Feds

149

(10)

12 1930: Target Nitto "the Enforcer"

159

(18)

13 Destination "The Big Top"

177

(16)

14 No Early Discharge

193

(16)

15 Days of Gang Monarchs Are Over?

209

(12)

16 December 1932

221

(16)

17 Conquering Cook County

237

(24)

18 "If It Isn't Booze, It's Something Else"

261

(12)

19 Show Time

273

(14)

20 Back to Basics: The Bartenders Union

287

(18)

21 High Tide—Hollywood, The BSEIU, and the Bartenders

305

(16)

22 Cracks in the Organization

321

(20)

23 "We Will Probably All Wind Up In Jail..."

341

(10)

24 Crisis Management—Mob Style

351

(12)

25 Personal Decline

363

(14)

26 The New York U.S. Attorney Versus...?

377

(12)

27 "There Is No Life Except By Death"

389

(18)

28 "As Strong as the United States Army"

407

(31)

Notes

438

(75)

Bibliography

513

(3)

Index

516

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