Hyman Abrams
Hyman Abrams | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 1, 1901 |
| Died | January 1975 (aged 73) Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Education | The Mather School[1] |
| Known for | Mafia associate, Mafia financier |
| Spouse | Harriet Janice Allison |
Hyman Abrams (born Abramovitz; May 1, 1901 – January 1975)[2] was an American businessman, Boston mobster, and high-ranking member under Charles "King" Solomon during Prohibition.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Abrams was born into a Jewish family[3] in Vilnius, Russian Empire (now Lithuania),[2] the son of Israel and Ethel "Etta" Dimenstein Abramovitz. They immigrated to Boston in 1906.[4] He became a U.S. citizen in 1923, when he changed his surname to Abrams.[2] He started out as a restaurateur in Boston.[5]\ Abrams and other members of Solomon's organization took over Boston's criminal operations for themselves following Solomon's murder in 1933. He would later become involved in financing syndicate controlled casinos with Meyer Lansky, specifically the Flamingo and later the Sands with Carl Cohen and Jack Entratter. In 1957, he partnered with Moe Dalitz, Morris Kleinman, Sam Tucker, Wilbur Clark (of the Desert Inn and Lansky's Hotel Nacional casino), Ed Levinson (of the Fremont Hotel and Casino), Charles "Babe" Baron (who represented Sam Giancana), and Morris Rosen (of the Flamingo Hotel) to build the Hotel Habana Riviera casino in Havana.[6]
In 1968, Abrams married Harriet Janice Allison, a dancer in Las Vegas.[7] They divorced in 1971.[8] He died in January 1975 in Las Vegas.[9]
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Messick, Hank. Lansky. London: Robert Hale & Company, 1973. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Reid, Ed and Demaris, Ovid. The Green Felt Jungle. Montreal: Pocket Books, 1964.
- Schwartz, Rosalie. Pleasure Island: Tourism and Temptation in Cuba. U of Nebraska Press, 1997. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Staff (June 19, 1913). "Boston Public School Graduates Number 9,789". The Boston Globe.
- ^ a b c U.S., Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794–1995
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- ^ 1910 United States Federal Census
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- ^ Nevada, U.S., Divorce Index, 1968–2015
- ^ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014
- Fox, Stephen. Blood and Power: Organized Crime in Twentieth-Century America. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Hyman Abrams at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Mr. Mob: The Life and Crimes of Moe Dalitz - Google Books
- The business of crime: Italians and syndicate crime in the United States - Google Books
- The Jewish body - Google Books