Mike Potson: The Silent Partner of Organized Crime in the United States by Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, January 12, 2019 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ All that we really know about the Greek immigrant, whose name eventually became Mike Potson, was that he was an extremely active criminal. Published accounts from 1917 to his death in 1955 vary considerably on the full extent and exact natures of his daily crimes.  Curiously while none of the journalists or historians who write about crime in the United States deny Potson's dedicated “work ethic,” few have taken the trouble to incorporate more than one or two of his most publicized offenses against society. For over fifty years Potson was a very hard working pimp, gambler (including being an op...