Cigar City Mafia A Complete History of the

Bootleggers, gambling, ringleaders, arsonist, narcotics dealers and gang murders --a variety of characters flourished in the era known as Prohibition, and Tampa, Florida was where thye battled for supremacy of criminal underworld.

Scott M. Deitche was born and raised in central New Jersey. He attended Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida and USF-St. Petersburg. He has had a number of articles published on organized crime in Florida. His research has been featured on Fox-TV. He runs a website on the Tampa mob at: www.geocities.com/scottyyz. He resides in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife and daughter.

Preface to Paperback

ix

Original Preface

1

(2)

Introduction

3

(48)

1. The Cigar City

6

(4)

2. Saturday

10

(5)

3. Dean of the Underworld

15

(4)

4. Bolita

19

(3)

5. The Era of Blood

22

(4)

6. Who's the Boss?

26

(4)

7. Tito, Mario, Eddie, and Joe

30

(8)

8. "I Ran. Wouldn't You?"

38

(7)

9. Graft

45

(6)

10. Jimmy's Brothers Take Aim

51

(4)

11. Jo-Jo and the Lopez Killing

55

(4)

12. The Head of the Elks Steps Down

59

(7)

13. Fabulous Fifties

66

(7)

14. The Cracker Mob

73

(3)

15. "He Will Hopefully Die in Jail."

76

(5)

16. Incident at Scagg's Place

81

(4)

17. Charlie Williams' Last Shave

85

(4)

18. Santo Trafficante Jr.

89

(8)

19. The Mob's Playground

97

(8)

20. Killing Castro

105

(4)

21. Daddy Frank

109

(3)

22. Consolidation of Power

112

(6)

23. This Isn't Russia

118

(4)

24. Wiseguy Watering Holes

122

(4)

25. The Scagliones

126

(4)

26. Another Grand Jury, Another Day

130

(4)

27. Lounge Wars

134

(7)

28. The Killing of Detective Richard Cloud

141

(12)

29. Soldiers of the '70's

153

(6)

30. The Goodfellas Come to Town

159

(4)

31. Henry the Man

163

(5)

32. Operation Super Bowl

168

(6)

33. Looking Into Kennedy

174

(4)

34. "We should have killed Bobby."

178

(6)

35. Donnie Brasco

184

(6)

36. Union Trouble

190

(3)

37. Inside Santo Jr.

193

(3)

38. Drug Empire of the Tampa Mob

196

(6)

39. The Bedami Organization

202

(5)

40. Vinnie Takes the Reins

207

(4)

41. Jimmie D.

211

(5)

42. The Key Bank Fiasco

216

(8)

43. There's No Mafia in Tampa

224

(7)

44. An Advisory Council of Sorts

231

(5)

45. Transtar

236

(4)

46. Cajun Ties Run Deep

240

(4)

47. Mobsters in Paradise

244

(8)

48. Uncle Steve and the Miami Faction

252

(11)

49. Where Do They Go From Here?

263

(5)

Cast of Characters

268

(13)

References

281

(8)

Notes

289

(1)

Acknowledgements

290

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