Mickey McLaney

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Mickey McLaney (also Michael J. or Mike, born February 1, 1915 in New Orleans ; † September 9, 1994 Port-au-Prince ) was an Irish-American casino entrepreneur and mobster , who is part of the "Irish Mob".

His brother, William J. McLaney, was a partner in Carousel Gambling Casino . Michael J. McLaney was a short time Deputy Sheriff of New Orleans.

Life

Michael McLaney was a successful golfer and tennis player. He won the US amateur championship in men's doubles with Gardnar Mulloy in 1962 . His golf caddy was Larry Murphey. He played tennis with Robert Riggs and golf with John F. Kennedy .

Mickey McLaney was also a bookmaker for the National Football League . At Mickey McLaney, Louis Chesler and the owner of the Baltimore Colts , Carroll Rosenbloom, bet $ 3 million on a New York Giants win against the Colts on December 28, 1958. Albert Cornelius Besselink brought Michel J to the National Football League Championship Game in 1958 McLaney received a $ 0.25 million golf bag .

On August 25, 1955, the official concessionaire of Fulgencio Batista sold the Casino Internacional to Meyer Lansky and the 450 room Hotel Nacional Casino to Moe Dalitz and Sam Tucker. These sold to Carroll Rosenbloom. Carroll Rosenbloom involved Mike McLaney in June 1958. When Fidel Castro took over the government, he nationalized the Hotel Nacional Casino and Michael J. McLaney was imprisoned for a while. Michael J. McLaney had to sell his shares in Universal Controls (a multi that American Totalizator and the Seven Arts Motion Picture Company belonged to).

At the time of the Bay of Pigs invasion , 17-19. April 1961, Michael J. McLaney mediated between Robert and John F. Kennedy and the American Mafia . His brother, William McLaney was the owner of the Lake Pontchartrain training camps in St. Tammany Parish, between Mandeville and Lacombe on which the Interpen of Gerald Patrick Hemming practiced President murder.

For 1963 and 1964, Michael J. McLaney was a 50% owner of the Cat Cay Casino of the Bahamas . 1973 claimed the share scammers Louis P. Mastriana: Mc Laney and Elliott Roosevelt, had him 100,000 USD advised when he Lynden Pindling murdered.

In 1994 Mickey McLaney owned a three hectare hotel in Haiti and escaped the US federal authorities.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FBI, October 1, 1965 according to the Mary Ferrell Foundation , He has a silent interst in the Carousel Gambling Casino
  2. ↑ Time , Oct. 01, 1973, Accusing a Roosevelt
  3. ^ The New York Times , October 12, 1994, MISSION TO HAITI: THE RICH; Business Owners Fear Chaos at the Hands of Mobs When Aristide Returns
personal data
SURNAME McLaney, Mickey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McLaney, Michael J .; McLaney, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Irish mobster
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1994
Place of death Port-au-Prince