Morris Barney Dalitz

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Morris Barney "Moe" Dalitz (born December 25, 1899 in Boston , Massachusetts ; † August 31, 1989 ) was an American mobster and is now part of the so-called Kosher Nostra . His role in the development of Las Vegas earned him the title “Mr. Las Vegas ”.

Life

Early years

Moe grew up in Michigan and initially worked in the parents' laundry . After alcohol prohibition began , he too became an alcohol smuggler in 1919, where his access to laundry delivery vans proved useful.

He quickly became a leading member of the so-called "Cleveland Syndicate" in Ohio , which was notorious for its violent and criminal activities. Moe's partners were primarily Louis “Lou Roddy” Rothkopf , Leo “Charles Polizzi” Berkowitz , Morris Kleinman and Sam A. Tucker .

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

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

Moe also invested his illegal profits in legal businesses, but operated e.g. B. Also many illegal casinos in Cleveland.

Las Vegas

In the 1940s Moe Dalitz invested in the Desert Inn in Las Vegas because the actual builder Wilbur Clark had become bankrupt. When the Desert Inn opened in 1950, Clark remained the official face in the foreground and Dalitz stepped in as the true owner in the background. After the death of Tony Cornero , he also held the strings of the Stardust in his hands for some time .

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

Late years

Even after that, Dalitz was under constant surveillance by law enforcement agencies, as he had connections with the unionist Jimmy Hoffa and the producer Lew Wasserman of the Music Corporation of America , against the government investigations ran. Hoffa had admitted his connection to Dalitz; Wassermann had started out at a club in Cleveland run by Dalitz and his business associates.

The FBI also assumed a leading role from Dalitz in the circle of Meyer Lansky .

In the 1970s, Dalitz was extremely defamed in Penthouse Magazine by an article by Lowell Bergman, which dealt with Rancho La Costa , an exclusive country club in California, which was built with funds from the Teamsters .

Dalitz supported Paul Laxalt - Senator from Nevada - with thousands of US dollars in campaign aid .

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  1. ↑ Michael Newton: Mr. Mob: The Life and Crimes of Moe Dalitz. McFarland 2009, pp. 40-41.
personal data
SURNAME Dalitz, Morris Barney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dalitz, Moe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mobster, owner of the Dessert Inn
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1989