| Meyer Lansky Rothstein recognized “Little Man⠀�’s talents and helped make him into the next Rothstein. |
| Larry Fay A.R. loaned this former cab driver the money to become a rumrunner, speakeasy king, and protection racket operator. |
| Lucky Luciano A.R. picked this cheap little hoodlum off the streets and turned him into an elegant, rich hoodlum. |
| Dopey Benny Fein Benny went to jail on labor racketeering charges and A.R. let him rot there. |
| Little Augie Orgen Augie did A.R.'s bidding in the Garment District District's labor wars—he should have quit while he was alive. |
| Waxey Gordon Waxey wanted A.R. to bankroll his modest rumrunning scheme, but Rothstein had bigger plans |
| Ciro "The Artichoke King" Terranova This racketeer lived in A.R.’s Fairfield Hotel and controlled New Yorkâ €™s produce supply, and literally penned written contracts to have his enemies rubbed out. |
| John "Legs" Diamond Strong-arm artist. Thief. Labor goon. Bootlegger. Speakeasy operator. A.R’s merciless (and seemingly bulletproof) bodyguard. |
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| Arnold Rothstein's Ganglang Connections |
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| Arnold Rothstein's activities included highstakes gambling, high-interest loansharking, rumrunning, fencing stolen goods, labor racketeering, and drug trafficking. Such occupations brought him intimate contact with a veritable "who's who" of gangland characters, including men who would lead organized crime from decades to come. |
| Arnold Rothstein's Ganglang Connections |