John
Factor, also known as "Jake the Barber," was born
in England and raised in Poland. He is a brother
of the cosmetic king, Max Factor. In 1943, he was
convicted of reselling bonded whiskey and served
nine years in a Federal prison. Factor sued Roger
Touhy in 1959, for slander, when he wrote a book
stating that the kidnaping of John Factor was faked
in1933. In December 1959, Roger Touhy was killed
as he entered the apartment building of his sister.
John Factor was part owner of the Stardust Hotel
and the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas. On December
24, 1962, President Kennedy granted a full and unconditional
pardon to John "Jake the Barber" Factor for his
1943 conviction, and spared his possible deportation
by the United States Immigration Service.
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