Lucky Luciano is known as one of the greatest gangsters of all time. He was born inLercara Friddi, Sicily on November 11, 1896. His parents were Antiono and RosaliaLuciana. He was born with the name Salvatore Lucinia. Luciano left Sicily with hisparents in 1906 on route to New York. Salvatore wanted to fit in so he called himselfCharles. His parents were never home, so he grew up on the streets. By the age of 9 hewas already involved in extortion, mugging, and shoplifting. At age 10 he was arrestedfor shoplifting In 1916 at the age of 20 Luciano served a six month sentence for sellingheroin.Jail didn’t teach Charles a lesson. As soon as he got out he started to run aroundwith other gangsters. This is about the time he met up with Frank Costello and MeyerLansky who became legendary gangsters in there own right. Also at this time he obtainedthe nickname that would last his entire life. He earned the nickname “Lucky” for beingable to allude police and his craps winnings. By 1920 Lucky had made quite a name for himself in the underworld. He waswell respected by his peers. He joined the ranks of New York’s fastest mob boss, JoeMasseria. By 1925 he was Masseria’s right hand man. He was in charge of bootlegging,prostitution, narcotics distribution, and many other rackets. Everything was going greatfor Lucky until October 1929. Lucky became one of the only gangstar’s to survive a “oneway ride”. He was abducted by four men. The men through him in a car. They took himto the docks where the beat him, stabbed him repeatedly with an ice pick. Then the menslit his throat from ear to ear and left him for dead. But Lucky proved his nickname trueby surviving the attack. He never named his abductors but, soon after the attack hechanged is last name to Luciano. The bloody gang wars of 1930 and 1931 between Masseria and rival bossSalvatore Maranzano was great for the young gangster&...
