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fo. ow ) “orgeria's chief Heutenant was a young S1ciHan named Charles o cos ON ww ae iq bucky" uuciano. Luciano personified the Americanized faction of the tt Ldtalian criminal element and macle it a point to become friendly and to make 13 L4iliances with outside Italian and non-Italan hoodlams. Among his friends 15 tnd contacts were Louis “Lepke'’ Puchater, Jacob "Currah" Shapiro, vqfeyer Lansky, Benjamin "Bugsy" Megel, “Dandy” Phil Kastel, an 20 (8 oaybner "Longie" 7 vUlman. o. 2e i Cecfino thoroughly endorsed the trend in erime toward cooperation . . 2 é avith oiher criminal groups and tov ird Jess intergang rivalry and indiscriminate eT a 2 +} eee y 1 rf f h A hich oqnouraer in tic OL sialit grannmer, faiciano was given a @ree nana, waica Was } 290 Ce (84) | 200 prove Masseriv's undoing. 31 32 Sinee Lactind was aveitiour, it was inevitable that criminal nature 33 3 bhould take ite course. “Tascarit came to a violent end in April, 1931, after 6 she had dine’ with Luckino ina Cony Island restaurant, Luciano was in the 38 39nen's room and conveniently absent from the table when several assassins ae) (85) i Walked inandshot asseria to death. _ 13 ' Despite ttasseria's demise, there still rem2ined a number of 45 yspld-line Riafiost in position of leadership in Jtaltan ganes, notably NT i®alvatore Mairrizano. ‘‘Lepke' Puchalter, with whom Luciano was quite 9 50 51 52 33 35 36 ! 37 | 58 - 50 - | 39 . 50 61 52