INDEX
- Abortion, [89]
- Acalotti, Attilio, [113], [172], [207], [210], [225], [232]
- Acheson, Dean, [10], [138], [159]
- Acropolis, [127]
- Actor’s Equity Association, [16]
- Adonis, Joe, [175], [186], [198], [202], [203]
- Alcoholic Beverage Control, [42]
- Al Faquih, Sheikh Asad, [150]
- Alleys, [51]
- Ambassador Hotel, [13], [14]
- Ambassadors’ Rows, [20]
- American Federation of Labor, [167]
- Americans for Democratic Action, [159]
- Amvets, [128]
- Anslinger, Harry J., [108], [109], [110], [183], [184], [251]
- Armed Services Police, [71]
- Arnold, Thurman, [158]
- Arvey, Jake, [160], [165]
- Astoria Hotel, [25]
- Atlas Club, [126]
- Autograph collecting, [132]
- B Girls, [26], [34], [262], [268]
- Bacon, Mrs. Robert Low, [136]
- Bail, [231]
- Bakar, Abdullah Ibraham, [150]
- Balbo, Italo, [147]
- Ballet-dancers, [9]
- Baltimore, [2], [17], [22], [26], [250] ff.
- Band Box, [33]
- Banneker High School, [54]
- Barbiturates, [116]
- Barrett, Robert J., [56], [60], [174], [175], [221]
- Beach, Carmen, [24]
- Beard, Sam, [172], [207]
- Benjamin, Herbert J., [101]
- Bentley, Faye L., [120]
- Berman, Mrs. Louise Branson, [103]
- Bernstein, Izzie, [184]
- Bettye Mills Night Club, [267]
- Big Tit Flossie, [53]
- Billeci, Frank, [225]
- Binaggio, [191]
- Black Belt, [37]
- Black Hand, [180], [181]
- Black Town, [109], [124], [130]
- Block-buster, [43], [44]
- Blue Mirror, [132], [269]
- Boehman, Ambassador Erik, [151]
- Bookmakers, [69]
- Bookmaking, [72], [207], [210], [211]
- Bottlegging, [55], [124], [130], [145]
- Booze, [281]
- Borden, Mrs. Jay, [136]
- Border of D. C., [62]
- Bosses, The, [234] ff.
- Bottle-clubs, [39], [69], 124–[129]
- Bowers, Florence, [85]
- Bowery, [30], [32]
- Boyle, William Marshall, [140], [158], [186], [196]
- Bralove, Harry, [15]
- Braverman, Marvin, [163]
- Bridges, Senator Styles, [99]
- Brisco, [40]
- Bronzeville, [37], [41], [45], [119]
- Brooks Brothers, [18]
- Brooks, Mrs. Louis Cromwell, [143]
- Brown, Al, [127]
- Brown, Constantine, [99]
- Brown, Lamarr (Polly), [49]
- Buchalter, Lepke, [191]
- Bureau of Narcotics, [108], [110], [184]
- Bureau of the Census, [41]
- Burlesque, [31], [65]
- Burning Tree Club, [141]
- C girls, see [Company Girls]
- Cab drivers, [13], [49]
- Cabarets, [282]
- Cafritz, Gwendolyn, [138], [139]
- Cafritz, Morris, [13], [138], [139], [141]
- Call girls, [83]
- Capital Transit Company, [192]
- Capitol Police, [70]
- Capone, Al, [67], [172], [175]
- Carlton, [13], [14]
- Carter, Diane, [28]
- Carter, Johnny W., [49]
- Casablanca Tavern, [26]
- Casino Royal, [132]
- Census, [34], [58]
- Central Intelligence Agency, [100]
- Century Athletic Club, [260]
- Chanticleer, [269]
- Chapman, Oscar L., [17]
- Charnay, Dave, [164], [165]
- Chevy Chase, [20]
- Chevy Chase Club, [141]
- Chicago Confidential, [57], [164], [177], [180], [182], [190], [194], [197], [198], [221]
- China, [109]
- China Clipper, [26], [56]
- Chinatown, [32], [56] ff., [113]
- Chinese, [112]
- Chinese, smuggling, [58]
- Chinese whores, [59]
- Chitlin industry, [55]
- Chitlin party, [55]
- CIO, [167]
- Clark, Charles Patrick, [157]
- Clark, Tom, [187]
- Clifford, Clark, [163]
- Clip Joints, [282]
- Club Bali, [49]
- Club Charles, [269]
- Club Harlem, [51]
- Cocaine, [108]
- Cockrill, Judge Edith H., [120]
- Comi Brothers, [260]
- Communists, [9], [58], [99] ff., [112]
- Company Girls, [83] ff.
- Conga, [65]
- Connelly, Tom, [203], [204]
- Conners, Harry, [127]
- Cooper, Billie, [27]
- Copacabana, [186], [197]
- Corbi Brothers, [260]
- Corbi, Joseph, [261]
- Corcoran, Tommy the Cork, [11], [158]
- Coronet, [269]
- Corporation Council, [236], [237]
- Costello, Frank, [65], [67], [164], [173], [174], [175], [182], [186], [187], [188], [189], [190], [193], [197], [199], [205], [261], [271]
- Covered Wagon, [26]
- Crap, [211]
- Crime, [7], [213] ff.
- Crossroads, [65]
- Crystal Cavern, [129]
- Culinary Arts, [127]
- Curran, Boss Bill, [260]
- Currie, Laughlin, [158]
- Czechoslovakia, [109]
- Daily Worker, [17]
- D’Alesandro, Jr., Thomas, [264]
- Dancing, [283]
- Darktown, [272]
- Dates, [283]
- David’s Grill, [95]
- Davis, [243]
- Davis, Henry W., [127]
- Davis, James G., [242]
- Dawson, Congressman William, [45]
- Dawson, Donald, [166]
- De Callejon, Don Eduardo Propper, [151]
- De Kauffman, Ambassador Henrick, [149]
- De Luca, Joe, [191]
- De Morgenstierne, Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe, [150]
- Department of Justice, [121]
- Desvernine, Eugene, [98]
- Dialect, [6]
- Diane, [26]
- Dining, [284]
- Diplomats, [144] ff.
- Diplomats, Sexual life of, 145–[149]
- District Committee, [241], [244]
- Divorce, [284]
- Dixie Pig, [66]
- Dondero, Congressman, [104], [105]
- Dope, [49], [61], [112], [122]
- Dope peddlers, [51], [53], [60], [110]
- Doris, [27]
- Downtown Club, [127]
- Dragon, [56]
- Drury, Bill, [45], [203], [204]
- Dunbar Hotel, [50]
- Dupont Circle, [20], [93], [135], [207]
- Dupont Plaza, [20]
- Dupont Theatre, [102]
- Eastern House, [60]
- Economic Cooperation Administration, [170]
- Economic planners, [9]
- Edwards, William J. Foots, [50]
- Eichler, David K., [97]
- Emerson, Faye, [160]
- Emerson Hotel, [266]
- Eng Hon, [61]
- Erickson, Frank, [127], [190], [207]
- Erkin, Feridun Cemal, [151]
- F.B.I., [28], [29], [104], [106], [169], [173], [184], [202], [203], [213], [246], [249], [250]
- Fair Deal, [11]
- Fairies, [10]
- Fairy Brigade, [71]
- Fairy Shows, [65]
- Fastest Runners, [54]
- Fay, George Morris, [213], [250]
- Fear, [7]
- Federal Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, [58]
- Felonies, [46]
- Ferone, Dominic, [127]
- Fischbach, Hyman I., [114], [124], [125], [216], [242], [243]
- Fischetti, Charlie, [165], [173], [177], [182], [191]
- Flynn, Ed, [36]. [188], [189], [197], [200], [214], [256]
- Fong Wah Co., [61]
- Ford, Charles, [24], [67], [125], [127], [175], [176], [230], [231], [232], [233]
- Ford’s Theatre, [15]
- Forest Lawn Cemetery, [2], [3]
- Fortas, Abe, [158]
- Fortune-tellers, [277]
- Forty Thieves, [54]
- Fox, [26]
- Frankfurter, Felix, [10], [100], [104], [105], [166], [197]
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Theatre, [17]
- Franklin Park Hotel, [92], [93], [94]
- Franks, Sir Oliver Shewell, [150]
- Free Loaders, [280]
- Freedman’s Hospital, [52]
- Frye, John, [51]
- Fulton, Hugh, [163]
- G Girls, [75], [77]
- Gabrielson, Guy George, [140]
- Gamblers, [52], [66]
- Gambling, [61], [69], [122], [126], [198], [201], [206] ff., [270], [271], [273]
- Gamby’s, [272]
- Gangs, [121]
- Garfield Hospital, [52]
- Garfinkel, [18]
- Gayety Burlesque, [16], [31]
- Georgetown, [8] ff., [207]
- Georgetown University, [10]
- Gianaris, Pete, [67], [173]
- Gilbert, Dan, [199]
- Gin-flats, [130]
- Ginmill operators, [51]
- Gizzo, Tony, [191]
- Glen Echo, [68]
- Glickfield, Albert, [127]
- Goat Alley, [51]
- Goebels, Tony, See [Ricci]
- Gold Key, [127]
- Goldberg, George, [260]
- Goodwin, Mrs. Gussie (Gushie), [137], [138]
- Goof balls, [117]
- Grand Council, [182]
- Greek Colony, [33]
- Greenwich Village, [8], [9], [51]
- Gross, Mrs. Laura Curtis, [141]
- Guess Who, [127]
- Guns, [285]
- Guy’s, [33]
- Hague, Boss, [245]
- Halim, Tawhida, [139]
- Halley, Rudolph, [163], [164], [165], [197], [198], [202], [203], [204]
- Hanlon, Dan, [158]
- Harding, George P., [174]
- Harlem, [37], [45], [119]
- Harrison Narcotics Law, [107]
- Harvard, [8], [104]
- Harvey’s, [18], [19]
- Hastie, William, [45]
- Hecht’s Hotel, [33]
- Hellenic Social Club, [33]
- Henderson, Leon, [159]
- Heroin, [113]
- Hetzel, Mrs. Curt, [141]
- Hideaway Club, [11], [124], [126], [129], [174]
- High Hat Cocktail Lounge, [14]
- Hill, Virginia, [205]
- Hilmer, Lucien, [171]
- Hip Sing, [57], [60], [61], [113]
- Hobo Heaven, [263]
- Holiday, Billie, [132]
- Holiday magazine, [38]
- Homosexual Bureau, [97]
- Homosexuals, [11], [19], [65], [90] ff., [272]
- Hooker, [22]
- Hooker, General Joe, [22]
- Hoover, J. Edgar, [18], [19], [106], [169], [173], [191], [213], [246]
- Hopkins, Harry, [11], [143], [257]
- Hopkins Institute, [28], [29]
- Hotels, assignation, [13], [285]
- Hughes, Maury, [187]
- Hunt, Lester, [201]
- Illiteracy, [36]
- Impellitteri, Mayor Vincent, [186]
- Intelligence Unit, [251]
- International Syndicate, [49]
- Introducers, [280]
- Italians, [259]
- Jack’s Grill, [25]
- Jarwood’s, [191]
- Javits, Jacob K., [162]
- Jawitz, Arthur, [192]
- Jeffers, Jesse W. Jr., [111]
- Jewel Box, [93], [94]
- Jimmy’s Place, [176]
- Johnson, Louis D., [159], [160]
- Johnston, William B., [192]
- Jolson, Al, [53]
- Jones, Puddin’ Head, [34], [36], [49]
- Joy Inn, [61]
- Juvenile Court, [119]
- Juvenile delinquency, [118]
- Karrica, Mary, [146]
- Kavakos’ Grill, [95], [132]
- Kay’s, [266]
- Kefauver, Estes, [64], [194], [195], [196], [197], [198], [199], [200], [202], [204], [205], [206]
- Kefauver Committee, [45], [72], [164], [177], [180], [183], [192], [194] ff., [230], [243], [261]
- Keith, [16]
- Kelleher, Black Jack, [207]
- Kelley, Major Edward, [56]
- Kelly, Ed, [36]
- Kenny, Wilbur, [51]
- Klein, Arthur G., [244]
- Kronheim, Milton, [165]
- La Fontaine, Jimmy, [67], [173], [175], [176], [230], [232]
- La Guardia, Mayor, [36], [103], [108], [164], [186]
- Lafayette Park, [19]
- Lafayette Square, [91], [92], [93], [110]
- Lano, Sam, [69]
- Lansky, Meyer, [175]
- Latham, Henry, [161], [162]
- Lattimore, Owen, [105], [159]
- Lautrelle, Nathaniel, [147], [148]
- Lawyers Guild, [169]
- Ledroit Park, [51]
- L’Enfant, Major Pierre, [12], [19]
- Lesbians, [94], [95]
- Lewis, John L., [14], [164], [165]
- Lewis, Snags, [66], [67], [173], [175], [210], [225]
- Lichtauer, Nate, [165]
- Limousines, [286]
- Lincoln Barbeque, [50]
- Liquor, [123] ff.
- Liquor, bootleg, [50]
- Liquor laws, [123], [124]
- Liquor, legal closing, [31], [65]
- Lloyd, David Garrison, [159]
- Lobbying, [155] ff.
- Local government, [5]
- Loew’s Capitol, [16]
- Logan Hotel, [40]
- Loose ladies, [14]
- Los Angeles, [3]
- Lotus, [132]
- Lowenthal, Max, [104], [105], [171]
- Lucas, Scott, [160], [196]
- Luchow’s, [18]
- Luciano, Charles Lucky, [24], [108], [182], [184]
- Lully, Julius, [19]
- Lund, Nina, [147]
- Lyre’s Club, [125], [129]
- MacArthur, General Douglas, [143]
- MacDonald, [232]
- MacLeon, Evelyn Walsh, [135]
- Madden, Owney “The Killer,” [230]
- Madre, Odessa, [49]
- Mafia, [24], [49], [60], [67], [108], [130], [160], [164], 172–[176], [177] ff., [195], 199–[201], [205], [243], [244], [251], [255], [259], [260]
- Mafia Grand Council, [205]
- Magnuson, Senator Warren, [87], [143]
- Mai Fong Restaurant, [26], [59]
- “Mamma Liz,” [53]
- Mann Act, [86]
- Maragon, John, [158], [165], [166], [186]
- Marcantonio, Congressman Vito, [36]
- Marijuana, [113]
- Marriage, [287]
- Martin’s Bar, [11]
- Maryland, [6], [20], [26], [62], [63], [64], [65], [207]
- Masseria, The Boss, [182]
- Mayflower Hotel, [13], [15], [18], [132]
- “Mayor” of Chinatown, [61]
- McCreedy, Dorothy A., [188]
- McGrath, J. Howard, [186], [187], [196], [213]
- McGurn, Machine Gun Jack, [184]
- McKeldin, Theodore Roosevelt, [261]
- Medical, [288]
- Mencken, H. L., [22]
- Messall, Victor, [164]
- Meserole, Patsy, [127], [128]
- Mesta, Perle, [137], [138], [139]
- Metropolitan Police, [4], [173], [210], [216], [221], [226]
- Meyer, Johnny, [160]
- Meyerberg, Michael, [17]
- Meyers, Mike, [66], [67], [173], [175]
- Miami Club, [264], [265], [266]
- Mickey’s, [93]
- Midday manners, [288]
- Midnight manners, [288]
- Milligan, Maurice, [190], [191]
- Miscegenation, [39]
- Mission Row, [32]
- Mitchell Grill, [25]
- Model agencies, [81]
- Models, [80], [146]
- Morals violations, [51]
- Morley, Elizabeth, [85]
- Morgan, Sam, [68]
- Movie palaces, [12]
- Moy, George, [61]
- Mugging, [52], [53]
- Murder. Inc, [149]. [191]
- Murphy, Tom, [197]
- Murray, Arthur, [82]
- N.A.A.C.P., [39], [41], [43]. [48], [136]
- Nabuco, Ambassador Mauricio, [148]
- Narcotics, [49], [51], [60], [61], [107] ff., [122], [271]
- Narcotics Act, [108]
- Narcotics Bureau, [251]
- Narcotics, Diplomatic sources, [113]
- Nathan, Robert, [159]
- National Airport, [1]
- National Park Police, [226]
- National Syndicate, [172], [173], [177] ff.
- National Theatre, [16]
- Negro after-hours clubs, [42]
- Negro crime, [46], [47], [48], [49]
- Negro population, [4], [35]
- Negroes, [9], [20], [34], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [46], [68], [102], [112], [119], [260]
- Nesline, Joseph, [174]
- New Colonial, [26]
- New Deal, [11]
- New Dealers, [8]
- New Willard, [13]
- Night clubs, [132]
- Niles, David K., [14], [165], [166], [196], [197]
- Nitti, Frank, [184]
- North West, [12] ff.
- Norton, Mrs. Mary, [244]
- Numbers racket, [1], [49], [55], [207], [208]
- Nunan, Joe, [158], [186]
- O-Girls, [75]
- Oasis Club, [263]
- Occidental, [19]
- O’Connell, Jerry J., [169]
- O’Connell, Richard, [128]
- O’Conor, Senator Herbert, [64], [201], [261]
- Off Beat Club, [51]
- Olmsted’s Restaurant. [18]
- On Leong building, [61]
- On Leong Tong, [57], [60], [61]
- Oscar of the Waldorf, [19]
- Palm Grill, [128]
- Park Police, [70]
- Parlor-houses, [269]
- Party-Girls, [83]
- Patterson, Eleanor Cissie, [20], [135]
- Patterson, Mrs. Robert, [138]
- Pawnbrokers, [65]
- Pawnbroker’s Row, [31]
- Peacock Alley, [14]
- Pearson, Drew, [199]
- Pecora, Ferdinand, [197]
- Pendergast, Tom, [190]
- Penguin, [33]
- Pentagon, [71], [72], [73]
- Pepper, Claude, [160]
- Per capita income, [4]
- Permanent Central Opium Board, [109]
- Peron, Eva, [148]
- Pershing, General John J., [143]
- Piccadilly, [269]
- Pinball machines, [212]
- Pinchot, Mrs. Gifford, [136]
- Podell, Julie, [186], [187]
- Poland, [109]
- Police, [220] ff.
- Policy-sellers, [69]
- Policy slips, [1], [50], [55], [207]
- Political spies, [247]
- Pollack, Jack, [260]
- Pope, Gene, [186]
- Porter, Paul A., [158]
- Postal Inspectors, [250]
- Potts, William, [110]
- Powell, Congressman Adam Clayton, [45]
- Pressler, Nancy, [24]
- Prince Georges County, [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [175], [176], [210], [233]
- Proctor, Peggy, [26]
- Prospect House, [10]
- Prostitutes, 21–[26], [34], [59], [66], [274]
- Prostitution, [69], [78], [86] ff.
- Protective Association, [54]
- Protocol, [289]
- Public relief, [43]
- Public Utilities Commission, [13]
- Purcell, Gerry, [181]
- Purity Lunch and Grill, [25]
- Purple Cross Gang, [54]
- Queen of the Fences, [49]
- Quinn, Gary, [127], [172], [207]
- Quonsett Inn, [56], [67]
- Race problem, [16]
- Ramos, Ramon, [137], [138]
- Rand, Ben B., [161]
- Red spies, [100]
- Reefers, [49], [50], [55], [121]
- Rent party, [55]
- Restaurants, [12]
- Ricca, [175]
- Ricci, Tony, [174]
- Robert, Evie, [136]
- Roberts, Charles M., [116]
- Roberts, Jim Yellow, [49]
- Robeson, Paul, [103]
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, [9], [10], [16], [38], [40], [41], [43], [102], [104], [134]
- Roosevelt, Elliott, [160]
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., [97], [132], [188]
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., [162], [164], [254]
- Rosen, Nig, [175], [176]
- Rosenberg, Anna, [167]
- Russian radio, [152]
- Sailors, [269]
- Sailors’ Row, [33], [34]
- Sand Bar, [93]
- Saturday Evening Post, [38]
- Saunders, Kay, [26]
- Scheve, Theodore Little Joe, [174]
- Schools, public, [41]
- Schulman, Robert Ryebread, [174]
- Schultz, Dutch, [45]
- Scott, Hazel, [45]
- Seal, Monk, [67]
- Secret Service, [251]
- Senate Crime Investigating Committee [64],
- See also [Kefauver Committee]
- Seto, Kwon, [61]
- Seventh and T Club, [51]
- Sex movies, [31]
- Shah of Persia, [147]
- Shaw, Carolyn Hagner, [140], [141]
- Shepherd, Alexander Robey, [36], [234]
- Sheriff, Earl, [66]
- Ship’s Cafe, [33]
- Shopping, [18]
- Shoreham, [13], [15]
- Show Boat Bar, [94]
- Sicilians, [180]
- Siegel, Bugsy, [177], [182]
- Silver Spring, Maryland, [63]
- Simpkins, “Whitey,” [49]
- Skid Row, [16], [30], [32], [33], [99], [261], [263]
- Slums, [38], [51], [122]
- Smiley, Alan, [187]
- Smith, Paul T., [166]
- Sniper, The, [56]
- Society, [134] ff.
- Soviet Russia, [107], [109], [151]
- Stage-crafters Club, [126], [127], [128]
- Stanton Park, [93]
- Star Dust Club, [50]
- State Department [97], [108], [146]
- Statler Hotel, [13], [25]
- Steelman, Dr. John [165]
- Strip-joints, [64]
- Suburbs, [63]
- Sulgrave, [141]
- Sunrise, [128]
- Supreme Head of the International Mafia, [182]
- Sussman brothers, [172], [207]
- Swindlers, [277]
- T Men, [44], [78], [191]
- Tammany Hall, [243]
- Taxi dancers, [82]
- Taxi talk, [289]
- Temperance Court, [51]
- Tenderloin, [21]
- Terminal Police, [70]
- Theatre, [12]
- Theft of government checks, [55]
- Thomas Circle, [19], [113]
- Thors, Minister Thor, [150]
- Tipping, [290]
- Top Side, [127]
- Traffic tickets, [290]
- Transportation, [291]
- Transvestites, [92]
- Treasury Agents, [250]
- Treasury Intelligence, [184]
- Truitt, Max, [157], [162], [163]
- Truman, Bess, [135], [137], [138]
- Truman, Harry, [45], [137], [142], [157], [158], [190], [194], [265]
- Turf-and-Grid, [128]
- [20-11] Club, [51]
- UN Victory Girls, [88]
- UNRRA, [103], [154]
- U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, [236]
- U. S. Bureau of Narcotics, [109], [183]
- Underworld, [171] ff.
- Unione Siciliano, [49], [182]
- United Mine Workers, [164], [167]
- United Nations, [107], [153]
- United Nations secretariat, [103]
- United Nations Social Cub, [129]
- United States Department of Justice, [66]
- United States Treasury Department, [112]
- Vane, Mary Lou, [85]
- Vaughan, General Harry, [126], [127], [140], [142], [165], [166], [186]
- Velde, Harold, [100]
- Venereal disease, [23]
- Vice, [2], [25]
- Victoria Hotel, [267]
- Virginia, [6], [20], [62], [63], [65], [68], [69], [207]
- Vote, [7], [62]
- Wagner, Robert F. Jr., [164]
- Wakefield, Alan A., [98]
- Wall, Virginia, [85]
- Wallgren, Mon, [160]
- Walters, Al, [88]
- Ward, Charles, [189]
- Wardman Park, [13]
- Warring, Emmitt, [10], [11], [172], [173], [207], [232]
- Washington Criminal Justice Association, [214], [216]
- Water Barge, [17]
- Webber, Palmer, [168], [169]
- Wechsler, Nathan, [161]
- Weekend Burglars, [121]
- Wheeler, Burton K., [158]
- Wheeler, George Shaw, [171]
- White House Police, [70]
- Whitehead, George Francis, [28]
- Whitelaw, [50]
- Whore Dance, [266]
- Whores, [53], [76], [262]
- Willard Hotel, [13], [43]
- Williams, Johnny, [174]
- Willie Pye arrest, [217]
- Wilson Steamship Line, [87]
- Wiretapping, [245] ff.
- Wolfson, Lou, [192], [193]
- Wong, Sam, [56]
- Wood, Roy H., [99]
- WPA, [9]
- Wyatt, Wilson, [163]
- “Y,” [51]
- Yee, [61]
- Yoking, [53], [54]
- Yamasee, [127]
Washington Northwest
District of Columbia and Vicinity