Robert Grey Reynolds Jr: 502 books

Book cover of Albert Anastasia Puts Tough Joe Amberg On The Spot Brooklyn, New York September 30, 1935
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017

Albert Anastasia met with Louis Capone, Pittsburgh Phil Strauss and others before calling out a hit on Joseph "Tough Joe" Amberg on September 30, 1935. One of four brothers Amberg was perhaps the most dominant Jewish Mafia figure in Brooklyn at the time. He was slain in execution style in a garage...
Book cover of John "Baby John" Delutro Gambino Soldier
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019

John Delutro was a Gambino family soldier who was indicted by federal agents for heroin and cocaine trafficking in December 2000. Delutro was one of six mobsters from four different New York crime families to be indicted. Delutro, the son of Gambino soldier Anthony "Tony West" Delutro, is...
Book cover of Passaic County Police Arrest 8 New York Mobsters The Mountain View, New Jersey Stakeout June 1935
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017

In June 1935 the New Jersey State Police recovered a virtual arsenal of weapons from a Mountain View gangster hideout. Among the stash were tear gas bombs, a sub machine gun used to kill Mad Dog Coll in February 1932, stolen cars, pistols, great quantities of ammunition, other weapons, etc. Of the...
Book cover of Raymond Wean Bonanno Family Enforcer and Government Informant
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2018

Raymond Wean was a burly man. On one occasion an FBI agent trying to arrest was prevented from placing handcuffs on his thick wrists. A driver for a trucking company, he became a Bonanno Mafia family enforcer. As a prisoner at the Manhattan Correctional prison Wean had served as a trusty. At this...
Book cover of Eugene Boffa New Jersey Bank and Mail Fraud
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018

Eugene Boffa was a La Cosa Nostra associated who was convicted of labor sharing under the Racketeering Influenced (RICO) Act. Along with Chandler Lemon he operated a labor sharing service that bilked workers of money and benefits. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison and fined $250,000. Boffa...
Book cover of Murray the Camel Humphreys Al Capone Associate
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017

Murray the Camel Humphreys was a sophisticated Mafioso, the only Welsh mobster of his era. He ascended into the upper echelons of Al Capone's Chicago Outfit. He was given charge of managing the criminal organization when the Mafia boss was imprisoned in Atlanta, and later Alcatraz. Humphreys...
Book cover of Luigie LoBue Yonkers Pizza Parlor Owner And Heroin Smuggler
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019

Luigie LoBue was a Genovese soldier who was closely connected to the French Connection multinational drug syndicate. Masterminded by mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano, the criminal organization flourished in the 1950s and early 1960s. LoBue was linked to heroin smugglers who brought illegal...
Book cover of The Murder of a Bookie Italian Rackets in Buffalo, New York April 1938
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2016

My e-book looks at the murder of John James Barbera, a Buffalo fruit merchant whose father also sold fruit at the Chipppewa Market. Barbera was murdered in April 1938 while reading a newspaper in Genco's Tavern on Niagara Street in Buffalo. There were numerous others murdered over the years in...
Book cover of Francesco "Frank Casino" Cucola Genovese Soldier
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019

Francesco Cucola was known as the Artichoke King during the mayoral administration of Fiorella LaGuardia. In the 1930s he was half owner of a large New York City produce company. In response to this burgeoning monopoly Mayor LaGuardia had prohibited the sale of small artichokes. Years later Cucola...
Book cover of Senator Joseph McCarthy Crimes and Unethical Behavior
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014

Joseph McCarthy's career in the United States Senate was a tempestuous one to say the least. Elected in 1947 as Republican U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, he is most noted for his campaigns to eliminate Communists from the State Department, the U.S. Army and various government agencies. Many are...
Book cover of Jack McVey Welterweight Boxer From Georgia
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

Jack McVey was a scientific type of boxer who fought in the welterweight and middleweight classifications of boxing from 1920-1936. He made good use of both his left and right hands and was an excellent defensive fighter. Originally from Georgia McVey fought out of Harlem in venues from New York to...
Book cover of Prince Bira
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016

Prince Bira was a member of the Thai Royal family, descended from his grandfather HM Mongkut of Siam. Bira's cousin, another royal named Prince Cula, funded his racing career from the 1930s through the mid 1950s. Bira was educated at Eton and Cambridge in England. Following his eventful career...
Book cover of Joey Glimco Chicago Teamster
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017

Joey Glimco was head of Chicago Local 777, a Teamsters affiliated labor union. From 1939 until the mid 1950s he was a corrupting influence who bilked the union of dues paid honestly by its members. He used the money to defend himself in trials, pay for his secretary's travel to Los Angeles and...
Book cover of A U.S. Navy Submarine Disaster Block Island Sound, Rhode Island September 25, 1925
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2015

S-51 sank almost immediately after it was rammed around 10:30 p.m. off Block Island Sound on Saturday evening, September 25, 1925. Her crew of 34 was in the water, sailors who begged for a line to save their lives. In a Boston courtroom the following December the steamship company that owned the ship...
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