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The nation's anger and despair worsened during the spring of 1932 as the Great

Depression continued.

Surplus food was burned to support farm prices while people went hungry.

And those people who had jobs fought to create unions to defend their standard

of living.

Presidential leadership was seen as a possible solution, and the power of the

presidency was likely to go to a Democrat in the upcoming national

election.

Lucky Luciano, Michael Lasker, and Ben Siegel did not want that power to be

used against them.

Hey,

Charlie. What?

Hey, Charlie. What is this, old home week? Yeah.

Hey, you're looking pretty, Michael. We have your suits ready also, Mr. Luciano.

Thanks, Fred.

What's with the new suits, Michael? You're not a delegate, are you?

For what?

You're not even a citizen and you're going as a delegate.

I think that's against the law.

Probably. Everything else is.

You know, Benny's an hour late today.

Yeah, what's her name?

I don't think it's a girl.

Hey, that looks terrific.

I got to order six apiece for myself.

Mr. Luciano, if I may have a moment to fit you in. That's fine, Fred, and I'm

sure the others are too, thank you.

It would just take a minute, Mr. Luciano.

I wouldn't want you to be disappointed.

Fred, I'm never disappointed.

Now, Mr. Luciano.

Mr. Segal, if I just... Maybe we can fit Benny's suits a little later, huh? Oh,

yes, Mr. Lasker. Thank you.

Where have you been?

Home, Mr. Lasker. That's not true.

I called Scottsdale just before I came over here.

What the hell for?

Why the hell not?

Where were you?

In Brooklyn, Jersey, a couple other places.

You looking for Tony Fabrizo?

That's right.

Seems like he dropped off the edge of the earth.

He got two of his brothers already. It's not enough.

Don't you think he's out looking for me, Charlie?

Ben, Charlie's trying to tell you something, and you're not listening.

What?

In a few days, we're going to be in Chicago.

We have a chance to put the man that we want into the White House. We have a

chance to elect the President of the United States, Kabish.

Hmm. Well, what does that have to do with me and the thug in Jersey?

What it has to do with you is that while we're gone, you're going to be running

the store with a little help from Tommy and Lep.

What good is it going to do us to have a crazy man running around New York?

All right.

Maybe crazy's the wrong word, huh?

Benny, why don't you have him bring your new suits in?

Good idea.

Excuse me, Lep.

Oh, gotta look my best when I'm minding the store.

You know, Charlie, you're a delegate.

Frank Costello, he's a delegate.

Even Vito.

Vito's... What the hell's Vito again?

An alternate.

An alternate.

Me, I'm not a delegate to nothing. How come?

You can be a delegate next time.

Maybe we'll need a delegate at the Republican convention next time.

Oh.

You've got to be kidding me.

Republicans won't get anybody elected for the next 20 years.

So the latest from Little Davey Levine is that Charlie Luckey and Mike Lasker

will go to the convention.

Ben Siegel will stay here and run the Partridge Club all by his lonesome.

I'm beginning to think Little Davey's becoming a better and better investment

all the time.

Tony Fubrizzo is still able to get his hands on Ben Siegel for killing his

brother, as I imagine.

I would think so, Dutch.

You see if we can be of help.

Hmm. Do you want to go out?

We haven't exactly had much of a nightlife lately.

No.

I guess I'm feeling a little down. It goes away faster when we're alone.

You mean that, don't you?

You gotta know that.

Brennan, why do you suppose it took you so long to come into my life?

It was at the Goodman Hat Factory that Charlie Luciano first met Chris Brennan,

and he did the only legitimate work in his life.

Luciano knew Goodman from childhood, and Charlie greatly valued his friendship,

so much so that Luciano protected Mr. Goodman from men like himself.

Yeah.

For him, I'm in.

Hello, Charlie.

I guess you need a new hat.

I need a new hat, and I'd also like to take you out for lunch, Mr. Goodman.

Well, you named the time and place, and I'll...

Mr.

Goodman.

Mr. Goodman.

I couldn't believe it. He was all right right up to that moment. I understand,

Mr. Luciano, but...

An attack of this nature takes its toll.

Sometimes the toll is not that heavy.

Sometimes it's a very heavy one indeed.

Is this Thor, Gus?

Yes. And I'd appreciate it if you'd spend no more than a few minutes with

him.

All right, look, I'm going to leave a number with the nurse. I want to be

contacted day and night. I don't care what time. As soon as he regains

consciousness. Sure.

You've known him for a long time, I take it?

Yeah, since I was a kid.

You don't think he's gonna make it, do you?

No, Mr.

Luciano, I don't.

Don't worry, Charlie. Dutch says the hospital's neutral territory.

Yeah, well, he's been known to break a few promises in his time.

Not the ones he's made to me.

What did the doctor say?

It's only a matter of time.

The doctor said I can only stay a few minutes. I'm coming back later.

You and that gentleman part of the family?

No, no, no. We used to work for him for a while.

Long time ago.

I can do that for you. No, there's not that much to do. You should be resting.

You should be in bed.

I can't. There's a man packing his clothes in my bed.

You're right.

I'll be finished in a few minutes.

Will you call me from the Drake?

You know, Ruthie, I don't have to go to that convention.

Of course you have to go. You've been planning on it for months. Yeah, but I'm

not a delegate.

I'm just keeping track which way the votes are going.

No, Michael, I know how important this is to you.

And besides, the doctor said the baby isn't due till you come back from the

convention. I'll be all right.

Wherever I am, I'm where you are, too.

He's judged it again.

He was awake and aware of me being here.

Is this a dream?

Both of you here with me again?

You're not dreaming, Mr. Goodman. You woke up.

I woke up to say goodbye, Charlie.

Chris.

Hey, Mr. Goodman.

Chris tells me you're going to Chicago for the convention.

I'm going to vote.

Anybody you want me to vote for?

Well, I always liked Al Smith, but I'm not sure he can get

elected.

I'll try to do a good job.

Oh,

you always do a good job.

To find a way to get out.

There is no way, Mr. Goodman.

No.

No. No, I suppose not.

Maybe a long time ago there was a way.

Don't worry about that now.

No.

It's all right for that now.

It's funny.

I had a dream a little while ago.

I was young.

Maybe 20.

I was in a green field.

Oh.

There was a young girl.

Almost as pretty as Chris.

Almost.

But she was dressed in the style of the old country.

She was a stranger to me.

But she knew my name.

She put out her hand and smiled.

Bet you never thought you'd see this happen, huh, boys?

Big Al in the electric chair.

The only place in this relic that's big enough or private enough for me to get

anything done.

They treating you all right, Al?

Oh, yeah, they're treating me all right. It cost a little bit, but that's okay.

You boys want something to eat or some drink, I'll have the turnkey bring it,

huh? No, thanks.

We're in Chicago for the convention.

Thought maybe you'd like to tell us what the setup will be. If, uh... If, uh...

If I go to Atlanta.

Right. Well, the setup is exactly the same.

I come from Chicago from Atlanta.

You have any problems, something comes up in a hurry, you call Paulie Rico,

Frank Nitti, huh?

I hear they're having some problems of their own.

Yeah, yeah.

Having a few problems.

Damned Internal Revenue Service.

Well, you got the best lawyers now.

Yeah, you know, I got the best lawyers and the worst luck.

Only sometimes, I'm not so sure it's just bad luck.

What do you mean?

Well, your friend Michael here got a lot of friends in politics in

Washington.

That's only to protect our interests in New York, huh?

I understand, I understand, but...

Still, you know, sometimes I wonder about a few things.

Like how an IRS agent gets into us through little Davey Esposito.

Esposito's your own man, right? Yeah, sure, sure. I understand that. But I

guess the IRS fooled him too, huh?

Only now, you see, I hear that little Davey Esposito has got some ideas about

going to New York.

I hadn't heard that.

Yeah?

If I hear he gets any more ideas... You gonna take out your baseball bat?

Yeah.

Yeah, maybe I should, right?

Maybe it's a good way to find out just why the little pimp is so anxious to

leave my town and to go to New York.

It's not in our interest that anything happened to you, Al.

We hope your appeal is successful.

It will be.

You boys, you enjoy yourself while you're in my town, all right?

If you need anything, you just let me know.

Take it easy, Charlie.

Sit down.

I almost forgot.

Chris Brennan stopped by the Partridge Club a couple of weeks ago.

She sends her regards.

Wait.

Come back here.

I figured you could use this kind of a reception room. You know, you want to

talk to some of the politicians, give them some drinks.

Fun.

Very nice, Paulie. Oh, everything's on now.

Pardon me, miss.

Do you find politics extremely interesting?

Well, no, sir. I wouldn't say I was much of an expert on politics.

Then maybe you could excuse us for a few minutes.

We can fix our own drinks, thanks.

Pleasure. You know, I have the feeling that politics you want to discuss are

New York politics.

And I only know a little bit more than a girl.

I'm going to be seeing a lot of you guys in the next couple of days.

I want to thank you for taking me to Seattle.

My pleasure.

You had to tell him, didn't you, Charlie?

What are you talking about?

You had to tell Capone that one of the reasons he's in the pen is because of

the job he did on Chris Brennan, right?

Two years, Michael.

I waited two years.

When Goodman was dying, did you tell Chris that it was you who got Capone?

How do we stand, Frank?

Roosevelt's picking up delegates all across the country.

Enough to get him the nomination?

No, not even close yet.

But you remember what his people told us back in New York about when we went over

to him?

Charlie's delegation is committed to Al Smith.

If Roosevelt wins a first ballot victory, we move over, we can make a

union.

That's too little and too late to satisfy Roosevelt.

And we sit on the fence too long between Roosevelt and Smith.

We're going to have to find a way to make a deal with John Nance Garner.

Who the hell's John Nance Garner?

He's only the governor of Texas, Charlie.

And they're talking of him as a compromised candidate.

Wait a second. I don't understand you, Frank.

Your delegation's already committed to Roosevelt.

I mean, isn't that enough for them?

No, it isn't.

In other words, they want the knife and Smith's back before the first ballot,

right? You got it.

We understand the problem.

You understand the problem.

Four days of shakedown artists and politicians, I should have left with the

dame and the bartender.

In New York, Tony Fabrizo had not forgotten that Benny had killed his two

brothers.

Everything's fine.

We're getting a lot of action on the election.

Look, let me know if things change so we can adjust the odds.

All right, we'll let you know.

You sound like you have things pretty well in hand over there, huh?

Yeah, everything's fine.

Tapes at the club are good, too.

You sure you don't want us to stay out here in Chicago for good?

No, Mike, look, give my best to Charlie and everybody else, too.

Let me know if you decide on a president.

All right.

Take care.

I'm going to have to get lunch. Oh, wait a minute, Dave.

Tom, you call. What's it going to be?

I could use some Chinese. We ain't had Chinese in a while.

Chinese it is.

I got that. No problem.

No, here, Dave. I got it. I got it.

You sure?

the first time he's ever gone out for lunch and never asked for any money.

real bad, but we were lucky, Michael.

Aside from a little dust and smoke on our clothes, we should be all right.

Is there any reason why Ben didn't call himself?

The reason is a very nice nun here has taken his temperature.

He was the closest, Michael. They're checking him out more than the rest of

us. Somebody just bombed the office.

Everybody's okay. You can grab the other phone.

Hello, Mike.

I didn't think I'd be talking to you so soon again.

You should see the poor office.

Forget the office. Are you okay?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

Look, let me talk to Charlie, all right?

I'm right here, Benny.

We asked you to mine the store, not let it blow up.

I guess I got my wires crossed.

What happened?

There was a right-angle bend in the flue, so the bomb didn't do that much

damage.

The chimney's a mess, though.

You have any idea who did it?

The lefty got down the street right after it happened.

Thinks he saw a car with Tony Fabrizzo in it taking off about 60.

Benny, are you all right?

Still on our way?

Yeah, she'll be here in a minute.

So will the doctors.

Nunn said something about I gotta stick around for a couple days for tests and

observation.

That's good. You do just what they tell you to.

Well, they're running the show here, I guess.

convention. I'm not taking this land down.

I understand, Benny.

You got Tommy and Lefty there with you, right?

Yeah.

Good luck in the convention.

You take care of yourself. You do what the doctors tell you, and we'll see you

soon, all right?

Hey, Demi.

Hey, thanks for going uptown and getting my clothes. I appreciate it.

You know, I don't think I'll be going anywhere for a couple of days or so.

Hey, no problem.

Way to do it.

Thanks, David.

Ah, you look tired, huh?

Yeah.

I feel like I've been running 100 years or so.

Davey, do me a favor, will you? Could you give us a minute here?

Sure thing, Ben.

You know, it's not bad here.

The nuns are so quiet, you can't even hear them come and go.

What is it, Ben?

You

know

that stuff about the music teacher?

You had a right to reach out for somebody.

I had no right to leave you out of my life that much.

There's a lot to make up for.

Guess I just can't wait for that.

Good God, Ben.

You sound like you think you're gonna die.

No, I'm not going to die for a while yet, Stella.

So the space cadet balloon burst and goes out of control. And

Captain Grippo says, will Judy and Scoopy land safely? What strange destiny

is theirs?

Did your old man ever read you the funniest when you was a kid?

A lot of old men.

I mean, my father, he didn't.

They don't want to know what he did to me.

People.

Well, just because you got a bad shake when you was a kid, don't mean you're

going to give some kid of your own a bad shake.

Kid?

Dutch.

You know something I don't know?

I'll be the first one to know, remember?

Birds in the beach, remember?

I got you to smile.

Come on, I got you to smile.

You want kids, Dutch?

I've done everything else natural there is to do.

I got born, got rich, killed, loved. I love you, Brennan.

I love you, Schultz.

Yeah, well, fathering a kid is the only thing I hadn't done.

And I mean fathering a kid.

Raising him.

Teaching him what I know, yeah?

Oh, I'd make a mess of it. No, you wouldn't.

Arthur Fliegenheimer, federal officer. I have papers to share.

Uh,

there's nobody here by that name. You must have the wrong apartment.

Oh, come on, will you?

It's just a subpoena for records. It's not an arrest.

If that ain't true, your last words is a lie.

Cool.

yourself brave guy it's just a subpoena for record that's all i'm only doing my

job okay what do you want hip get out don't shove me you don't have a free

pass on that get out get out

lawyers don't write plain english you read it

as

far as i can tell

That old grand jury said you didn't pay your taxes in 1929, 1930, and 1931, and

they want your records.

1931.

I only haven't paid my taxes for last year by a couple of months.

They're trying to do what they did to Capone to me.

Who does he think I am?

I'm not Charlie Luciano. I'll hit this Dewey.

Dutch, call your lawyer. I'll call your lawyer, all right?

They ain't gonna do it to us.

Nobody puts away Dutch shots.

There, now you should sleep like a lamb.

Thank you. You people as well.

Good night. Good night.

Oh, by the way, no smoking.

Whatever you say, sister.

I swear to any cop or jury, she saw me swallow these.

Give me my pants, will you?

Night-night, Benny.

Remember, the sister checks in every 20 minutes.

No problem about that.

Look, you gotta ditch these sleeping pills. I gotta spend money to take care

of the details, all right?

Sure, Ben.

Let's go.

Want me to drive?

Maybe a little. Let's just get out. Get in.

Is he asleep?

Those pills put him right out. Good.

Where's his brother-in-law?

He had to go.

Away on me.

Mr. Siegel is very still.

I marked him as a restless sleeper. Maybe those pills are too strong. Yes,

Sister.

He's a restless soul.

I think he's peaceful here.

It is usually peaceful here, Mr. Lucchese.

You thought of everything.

This is perfect.

Yep, I thought of everything.

Not tonight, Lep.

I want David to graduate.

About time.

Good evening.

Looking for Tony Fabrizio?

Anthony Fabrizio is my son.

You wait here, officer.

Antonio!

Tony! Antonio!

Tony! Tony!

It's the police.

It's the detectives with the gold badge.

Talk to them, Tony.

Maybe they can help you.

For you, Papa, for you.

It was for you, officer.

You sure he's not going to go over to Roosevelt? He's going to hold until I

tell him different.

Hello, Frank.

Hey, Frank. How'd it go?

Well, I believe we had an accurate delegate count up until ten minutes ago.

Roosevelt's got a different count.

He told me he's got the nomination in the bag. Anybody can give you numbers to

read, Frank.

Can you read him?

I can't read the man.

Jimmy Hines tells me Roosevelt wants to see me.

So I go.

And Roosevelt tells me, someday.

A Catholic will be elected president.

And then he tells me he drinks our brand of scotch like we're having a little

chat.

He has nothing. He offers nothing.

No, I can't read the man. Not except for what he wants me to see. What's that?

A guy who doesn't want any big political corruption in his home state during a

presidential campaign.

And at the same time, a guy that can ride out any trouble the Seabury

Commission makes.

Roosevelt's acting like he's already got the nomination.

I wonder if he's lying.

But I wonder what else he might be lying about.

Yeah.

How many?

If they get down there, call me right back.

He's lying.

Roosevelt just lost two delegates from Kansas City. He's losing another five

from Texas.

We're not careful. They're going to choose John Nance gone.

Operator, ring me Mr. Ross's suite again, please.

Yeah, well, I say it's even money whether we jump to Roosevelt or Smith in

time or too late.

I'd say five minutes, it's a long shot. Ten minutes, we wasted a trip, right?

No, I don't want you to try again in ten minutes. I want you to keep ringing his

suite. Thank you very much.

So, you don't know what to do. Come on, Charlie, look at your watch.

All right, we know Al Smith, we owe him, and we go back a long ways with him.

But we have to give the whole New York delegation to Roosevelt now.

Terrific. Who's going to tell Al? I am.

Okay, I'll tell everybody else how we're doing.

You're doing the right thing, Charlie. I'm ready. Give me Jimmy Hines right

away. Vito, give me the best bottle you got back there for Al.

He's going to need a drink.

You look hungry, Davey. You want to start for some Chinese?

The last thing I expected was being hungry.

I know you're hungry.

Hey, Davey, the last time you went to Chinese, that lousy Fabrizio put a bomb

down the chimney, right?

Ben, you gotta get back to the hospital.

I never left.

On the fourth ballot, and there will be no more, the Democratic Party has just

nominated Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the state of New York as

its candidate for president.

to stop Roosevelt Movement, led by his former sponsor... Turn it off, Frankie.

The only thing they don't tell the public is what they ought to know.

We nominated Roosevelt.

I don't want anybody to know that.

People wouldn't want to believe it, even if someone told them.

I wish Benny were here. He'd feel like celebrating.

He'd be filling paper bags with water and dropping them out of the windows on

top of a cop's head.

He still likes to do that kind of thing.

I don't like what this radio clown said.

He twisted everything around.

Smith was the one who brought Roosevelt along, and then Roosevelt climbed over

him.

Smith can't make it. Roosevelt can.

Roosevelt did the right thing, just like we did with Masseria Maranzano.

He's a guy just like us.

Yeah, people are people. Even the biggest politicians.

I was hoping I could tell Ruth. We picked a president.

Now it doesn't sound like so much.

You're wrong. The only reason it doesn't seem as big is because now we are just

as big.

Roosevelt's going to get rid of the Seabury Commission. He's going to get

rid of Dewey as soon as he appoints a new U.S. attorney.

We won.

We did win.

When Dewey gets kicked back into private practice, we ought to hire him.

Nobody makes a better defense attorney than a former prosecutor. Sure.

Dewey knows all the tricks.

You gave me one.

You're making a lot of bones tonight, huh, Davey?

Yeah, he made his bones.

Give me a gun.

Well, I want you to walk up a ways and drop these in the canal, all right? And

I want you to keep watching.

Okay?

Sure.

We haven't got much time, Davey.

We got a traitor.

No.

That's impossible.

Lepke.

Lepke is a traitor.

Somebody told a Dutchman that I took over Carlos' bakery and he blew it up.

Only we know.

You told Lepke, didn't you?

Somebody told Schultz that Charlie Hyatt called him.

John Vesey wants to be more than Charlie's underboss.

No, it wasn't Vito.

It wasn't Farvel Cohen either.

See, Farvel drove my car the day I got ambushed.

I was sick then.

Yeah, and I come home, and you're there with Stella, and you feel okay.

Two days ago, you went out for Chinese food. You didn't ask for any money, and

while you were gone, a bomb comes down the chimney.

You come back.

There's no food.

I'm supposed to bring food to a blown-up building?

I asked myself the same question.

Then I asked, how could you have known it was the Partridge Club if you weren't

close?

You never bought any food, Davey. We checked.

You're family, Davey.

Now, you tell me what to do before Lepke gets back.

Bernie, I'm sorry.

I swear to God, I'm sorry.

Will you tell me why?

Does it matter?

Look, I'll tell Lepke I'll handle it myself

and let you walk away and disappear.

But you gotta tell me why.

Everything you did to Stella, she's my sister.

You're turning traitor?

That's my fault?

Yeah.

I was really that bad to you and Stel?

I was that bad?

If the Dutchman of Fabrizo killed me, you'd be out of a job. How were you

going to eat?

Dutch promised me a piece of the numbers business.

That's what he offered me.

But you didn't ask for it.

No!

Look, you got any money on you?

You got enough to, uh...

Take a ship someplace, disappear.

No, man, I'll be okay. I'll make it on my own.

I'm sorry.

I'm just so sorry.

You take off, all right?

You get on a ship, you go someplace, you disappear, all right?

What, Charlie? I have it from so many guys. I have it from our politicians.

Rick has just heard that Roosevelt's double-crossed us.

What?

Roosevelt's going to come at us.

Ruth, I'm leaving tonight.

I love you.

What are you talking about?

Mike, Chicago is our town.

We have switchboard operators listening on every politician's phone.

We know about all the political deals. It's supposed to be secret.

They double-crossed John Seabury on everything.

Roosevelt was meaning to double-cross you all along.

Now it's too late to take back your votes.

Operator, give me room 606.

Sir, we were just told that Roosevelt's crossing us, that he's going to command

us.

Is that true?

Seems to be resting very well.

Yes, ma'am.

Sister, you know who he is, don't you?

Yes, Mr.

Lucchese, I know.

You know who I am?

What we do with our lives?

Yes, I do.

I'll consider on all that.

I appreciate your kindness and your courtesy.

I belong to a nursing order.

In any case, God makes the judgment on all of us.

Michael Lasker, Ben Siegel, and Charlie Luciano, ruthless criminals, were among

the most powerful men in the nation.

Most of these men destroyed each other and are no more.

Their secret empire remains richer and more powerful.