Moe Dalitz

Morris Barney " Moe" Dalitz ( born December 25, 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts, † August 31, 1989 ) was an American gangster known as the Kosher Nostra. His role in the development of Las Vegas earned him the titling as "Mr. Las Vegas " one.

Life

Early years

Moe grew up in Michigan and worked in his parents' laundry. After the onset of alcohol prohibition in 1919 he was also a bootlegger, which proved to be access to laundry van as useful.

He quickly became a leading member of the so-called " Cleveland Syndicate " in Ohio, which was notorious for their violent and criminal procedure. Partner of Moe were especially Louis " Lou Roddy " Rothkopf, Leo " Charles Polizzi " Berkowitz, Morris Kleinman and Sam A. Tucker.

They operated as in the area between Cleveland and Detroit in Michigan and Ann Arbor in Michigan and were one of the links in the smuggling chain alcohol from Canada and Mexico to the United States brought; in particular, they talked connection to " Maceo syndicate " in Mexico.

Moe also maintained close connections to the Little Italy Cleveland, particularly in the area of ​​Murray Hill and Mayfield Road. He has worked with the brothers Fred " Freddy" King John "Johnny King" Angersola, Alfred " The Owl " Polizzi, and the brothers Frank and Anthony Milano together.

Moe invested his illicit gains in legitimate businesses, but business eg also many illegal casinos in Cleveland.

Las Vegas

In the 1940s, Moe Dalitz invested in Las Vegas at the Desert Inn, since the actual builder Wilbur Clark had become insolvent. When the Desert Inn opened in 1950, Clark was the official face in the foreground and Dalitz remained as the true owner of the man in the background. After the death of Tony Cornero he held for some time the threads of Stardust ( hotel and casino) in their hands.

Howard Hughes had come to Las Vegas in 1966 and had two complete floors rented. On March 1, 1967 Dalitz sold the Desert Inn for 13 million U.S. dollars to Hughes, as Dalitz kept the infiltration of the casinos in Las Vegas by the La Cosa Nostra for unsustainable. This was the beginning of further purchases of similar complexes by Hughes in Las Vegas.

Later years

Even after that was under constant observation Dalitz law enforcement authorities, as it maintained ties to the union boss Jimmy Hoffa and the producer Lew Wasserman of the Music Corporation of America, ran against state investigations. Hoffa had his connection to Dalitz added; Aquarius had started at a club in Cleveland, which operated Dalitz and his business friends.

The FBI was also a leading role by Dalitz in the environment of Meyer Lansky.

In the 1970s, Dalitz was extremely defamed by an article by Lowell Bergman in Penthouse Magazine, which dealt with the Rancho La Costa, a casino which had been built by funds of the Teamsters.

Dalitz supported Paul Laxalt - Senator from Nevada - with thousands of U.S. dollars as a campaign aid.