In 1933 Jerome Factor, the 19 year old son of John “Jake the Barber” Factor, an international con man who got his schemes funded by the great criminal genius Arnold Rothstein and Al Capone, was kidnapped from his mothers Chicago apartment by mobsters. After his release his father , John “Jake the Barber” Factor was also kidnapped. On that night, my father and grandparents were also swept up in that kidnapping. Jake Factor was a friend of my family. He later ran the Las Vegas hotel casino The Stardust. The real owners were the Chicago Outfit. The Stardust was the casino portrayed in the movie “Casino” as the Tangiers. Jake Factor was replaced by Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal in the early 1960’s. Rosenthal’s character was played by Robert De Niro.