by JCB1977 » Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:29 am
The FBI characterized Moe as “head of the Mayfield Road Gang,” where Dalitz, muscled his way into gambling, pinball, slot machine, and other rackets. His major competitor in the slot-machine racket in Cleveland, Nathan Weisenberg was ambushed and killed. Dalitz was never charged.
He was once accused of harboring Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro when they were federal fugitives. He received special treatment from “Bugsy” Siegel, the collector/enforcer of the Trans America/Trans Union race wire and had illegal betting books in New York City and Saratoga Springs, New York, and Miami, Florida, as well as inside his Merchants Café casino in Newport, Kentucky.
The FBI characterized Moe as “head of the Mayfield Road Gang,” where Dalitz, muscled his way into gambling, pinball, slot machine, and other rackets. His major competitor in the slot-machine racket in Cleveland, Nathan Weisenberg was ambushed and killed. Dalitz was never charged.
He was once accused of harboring Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro when they were federal fugitives. He received special treatment from “Bugsy” Siegel, the collector/enforcer of the Trans America/Trans Union race wire and had illegal betting books in New York City and Saratoga Springs, New York, and Miami, Florida, as well as inside his Merchants Café casino in Newport, Kentucky.