Sam Tucker
Named by Cleveland's public safety director in 1951 among the city's leading Prohibition bootleggers; a Desert Inn partner by Thomas McGinty's 1951 testimony; one of 'the Jewish Boys' in Angelo Lonardo's 1988 testimony.
- Aliases
- Samuel A. Tucker, Sammy Tucker (1988 transcript)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records and the filed newspaper pages state.
On the record
- 1951-01 — Kefauver Committee: Sutton named "Sam Tucker" among the top Cleveland bootleggers; exhibit 32 says "Kleinman, Morris Dalitz, and Sam Tucker are the principal owners of the Desert Inn." Exhibit 33, his record, is listed but not printed.
- 1951-01-18 — Kefauver Committee: Thomas McGinty named "Mr. Tucker" among his Desert Inn partners.
- 1950-04 — FBI Cleveland file on John Scalish: "SAMUEL A. TUCKER" is named in the Cleveland group said to have obtained a license to operate the Desert Inn. An unevaluated report.
- 1988-04-15 — Angelo Lonardo, Senate testimony: "Sammy Tucker" among "the Jewish Boys." Testimony.
No family or role is set; none of these records states one in its own voice. No filed record gives his birth date or death.
Records
itemKefauver Committee, Cleveland: testimony of Public Safety Director Alvin G. Sutton (January 1951)Cleveland's Director of Public Safety, Alvin G. Sutton, gave the committee his account of the city's Prohibition bootleggers, naming Morris Kleinman, Lou Rothkopf, Moe Dalitz, Sam Tucker and Maxie Diamond, their move into gambling in Kentucky and Las Vegas, and the later numbers rackets.itemKefauver Committee, Cleveland: testimony of Thomas J. McGinty (January 1951)Thomas J. McGinty told the committee he had served six months for conspiracy under the National Prohibition Act, had been a partner in the Mounds Club, and was a partner in the Desert Inn at Las Vegas with Wilbur Clark, Moe Dalitz, Morris Kleinman and Sam Tucker.itemKefauver Committee, Cleveland: testimony of accountant Alvin E. Giesey (January 1951)Cleveland accountant Alvin E. Giesey, whose firm prepared returns for Morris Kleinman, Moe Dalitz, Louis Rothkopf, Sam Tucker and others, testified about their joint holdings, including two-thirds of 10,000 shares of the Detroit Steel Corp.
itemKefauver Committee exhibits 31 and 32: records of Louis Rothkopf and Morris Kleinman (January 1951)Two record summaries placed in evidence during Alvin Sutton's testimony and printed on page 455: exhibit 31 for Louis Rothkopf, 'also known as Lou Rhody, John Zarumba', with a 1937 internal revenue case; exhibit 32 for Morris Kleinman, with a 1933 income tax evasion sentence.
itemFBI Vault file on John ScalishThe FBI Vault's release of the Cleveland office file 92-167 on John T. Scalish, opened after the Bureau was told he had been at the November 1957 Apalachin meeting. Its background section collects informant reports from 1944 to 1957 about Scalish, the Desert Inn and the Cleveland 'syndicate'.itemSenate subcommittee hearing, 1988: testimony of Angelo LonardoOn 15 April 1988 Angelo Lonardo, testifying behind a screen under a court immunity order, told the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that he was 'the former underboss of the Cleveland organized crime family' and described its leaders, its Las Vegas casino income and its dealings with New York and Chicago.
itemKefauver Committee exhibits 31 and 32: records of Louis Rothkopf and Morris Kleinman (January 1951)Two record summaries placed in evidence during Alvin Sutton's testimony and printed on page 455: exhibit 31 for Louis Rothkopf, 'also known as Lou Rhody, John Zarumba', with a 1937 internal revenue case; exhibit 32 for Morris Kleinman, with a 1933 income tax evasion sentence.itemFBI Vault file on John ScalishThe FBI Vault's release of the Cleveland office file 92-167 on John T. Scalish, opened after the Bureau was told he had been at the November 1957 Apalachin meeting. Its background section collects informant reports from 1944 to 1957 about Scalish, the Desert Inn and the Cleveland 'syndicate'.itemSenate subcommittee hearing, 1988: testimony of Angelo LonardoOn 15 April 1988 Angelo Lonardo, testifying behind a screen under a court immunity order, told the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that he was 'the former underboss of the Cleveland organized crime family' and described its leaders, its Las Vegas casino income and its dealings with New York and Chicago.