About
Gangster who rose from Prohibition-era enforcer to West Coast kingpin.
Before Fame
During the Prohibition he was the muscle for the Chicago Outfit, working alongside another future mafia boss, Al Capone.
Trivia
After a 4 year jail stint for tax evasion, he returned to his old ways, and was arrested again six years after his release.
Family Life
He grew up the son of an Orthodox Jewish family that emigrated from Kiev, Ukraine.
Associated With
He, along with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel was part of the Jewish Mafia.
