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Hyman Abrams

Russian-American gangster (1901–1975)

Summary

Russian-American gangster (1901–1975)

Field	Value
name	Hyman Abrams
caption	Hyman Abramovitz
birth_date
birth_place	Vilnius, Russian Empire
death_date	January 1975 (aged 73)
death_place	Las Vegas, Nevada
nationality	American
known_for	Mafia associate, Mafia financier
education	The Mather School
spouse	Harriet Janice Allison

Hyman Abrams (born Abramovitz; May 1, 1901 – January 1975) was an American businessman, Boston mobster, and high-ranking member under Charles "King" Solomon during Prohibition.

Biography

Abrams was born into a Jewish family in Vilnius, Russian Empire (now Lithuania), the son of Israel and Ethel "Etta" Dimenstein Abramovitz. They immigrated to Boston in 1906. He became a U.S. citizen in 1923, when he changed his surname to Abrams. He started out as a restaurateur in Boston. 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.

In 1968, Abrams married Harriet Janice Allison, a dancer in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1971. He died in January 1975 in Las Vegas.

References

Fox, Stephen. Blood and Power: Organized Crime in Twentieth-Century America. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989.

References

Staff (June 19, 1913). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=73870469 "Boston Public School Graduates Number 9,789"]. ''The Boston Globe''.
''U.S., Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794–1995''
Marschall, John P.. (February 1, 2008). "Jews in Nevada: A History". University of Nevada Press.
''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]].
Clarke, Norm. (April 3, 2016). "Lansky Heirs at Odds". [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]].
(August 25, 2014). "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]].
''Nevada, U.S., Divorce Index, 1968–2015''
''U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014''

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