Arthur Adler

Arthur Adler was a Gambino crime family associate and brother of Sanford Adler. Sanford invested in Benjamin Siegel's The Flamingo casino. Later within 24 hours of Seigel's execution in Virginia Hill's Beverly Hills home at 810 North Linden Drive on June 20, 1947. Following the murder Joe Rosen, David Berman, Charlie Resnick were kidnapped by Joe Rosen divided up their shares of The Flamingo. This included Siegel's mistress Virginia Hill's pimp Joe Epstein and Meyer Lansky along with Gus Greenbaum and Moe Sedway. Arthur's brother Sanford took The Flamingo's gaming license and failed to make an adequate profit after the death of Seigel. In an angry fit he went to the Tax Commission in Carson City and physically hit mobster Morris Rosen, and within 24 hours disposed of his stock in the Flamingo and fled to California. Sanford's brother, Arthur Adler was murdered by Anthony Spilotro.

Further reading
*Moquin, Wayne and Charles Lincoln Van Doren. The American Way of Crime: A Documentary History. New York: Praeger, 1976. ISBN 0275220605
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