The more I read about Sam "Momo" Giancana the more mythic
proportions he takes on - he's been linked to such epochal
events as the St Valentine's Day Massacre, the assassination
of JFK, the suicide/murder of Marilyn Monroe he brought the
Cosa Nostra into the numbers racket, briefly in partnership
with black gangsters who initially used to run the racket
previously ignored by Mob leaders as "nickel & dime"
stuff - it was Momo who pointed out to the leadership how
much these nickels & dimes would add up to.Just the story
of the Mob's takeover of the numbers racket could provide
material for an historical hb novellist such as Mosley or
Ellroy. So far the most redeeming feature I've discovered
about him is that he didn't like his sister being beaten by
her husband (& he didn't kill the husband, just
threatened to).
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