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.
Hyman Abrams | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 1, 1901 |
| Died | January 1975 (aged 73) Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | The Mather School[1] |
| Known for | Mafia associate, Mafia financier |
| Spouse | Harriet Janice Allison |
Biography
editAbrams 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- Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
- Messick, Hank. Lansky. London: Robert Hale & Company, 1973. ISBN 0-7091-3966-7
- 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. ISBN 0-8032-9265-1
References
edit- ^ Staff (June 19, 1913). "Boston Public School Graduates Number 9,789". The Boston Globe.
- ^ a b c U.S., Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794–1995
- ^ Marschall, John P. (February 1, 2008). Jews in Nevada: A History. University of Nevada Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780874177374.
Most of the hotel builders were Jewish Americans: ...Hyman Abbrams, Carl Cohen, and Jack Entratter with the ownership and operations of the Sands
- ^ 1910 United States Federal Census
- ^ Moehring, Eugene P. (May 1, 2000). Resort City In The Sunbelt, Second Edition: Las Vegas, 1930-2000. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0874173567.
- ^ Clarke, Norm (April 3, 2016). "Lansky Heirs at Odds". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ "Harriet Janice Abbrams (nee Allison), 80, passed away peacefully Aug. 25, 2014, at home in Las Vegas, surrounded by her loved ones". Las Vegas Review-Journal. August 25, 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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. ISBN 0-688-04350-X