“There was no letup of the pressure from both Maranzano and Masseria for Lucania to make a decision and join forces with one or the other, to put an end to his hesitation and delays. The more important he became in the underworld, the more intense the wooing, though behind the soft words there began to creep in a hint of threat, a sense of ultimatum, particularly from Masseria. Whenever they met, Masseria’s comments became more pointed. “Then in 1927, Red Levine — he was the best driver and hit ...man I had — told me that Masseria sent a message he wanted to see me and a couple of my guys right away, that we was to come to a room at the Hotel Manger on Seventh Avenue at four o’clock in the afternoon.” In the tone of the message there was more of a demand than an invitation, and Lucania quickly called a meeting of his closest friends — Lansky, Costello, Adonis, Siegel, Genovese and Frank Scalise, summoned from Brooklyn. (“That was my board of directors, you might say.”) They met at the back of Moe Ducore’s drugstore on Seventh Avenue; Lucania owned a piece of it, it had become a favorite hangout, and it was almost directly across the street from the Manger.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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