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Showing posts with label Chicago Outfit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Outfit. Show all posts
16 April 2019

Death of former Chicago gang chief goes unnoticed

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Torrio founded Chicago Outfit and mentored young Al Capone On this date in 1957... Chicago Tribune May 8, 1957 Johnny Torrio, seven...
14 February 2019

Moran's men massacred

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On this date in 1929... Disguised as law enforcement officers, gunmen murdered seven members and associates of George "Bugs" Mor...
24 January 2019

Torrio surrenders Chicago rackets after ambush

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On this date in 1925... Chicago rackets boss Johnny Torrio, at liberty before beginning a nine-month sentence for Prohibition violation...
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25 December 2018

Outfit killer Calabrese dies on Xmas 2012

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On this date in 2012... Frank J. "Frankie Breeze" Calabrese, Sr., seventy-five, a convicted leader of the Chicago Outfit, died...
26 April 2018

Gangster Profile: Ted Newberry

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“He must have done something. They don’t kill you for nothing.” The above quote is credited to gangster Edward “Ted” Newberry, the l...
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25 January 2018

Stroke complications take Capone

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Al Capone, notorious Prohibition Era gang boss of Chicago, died January 25, 1947, at his south Florida home. Dr. Kenneth S. Phillips, who ha...
17 January 2018

Historian reveals identities of Mafia informants

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The FBI makes every effort to hide the identities of its confidential underworld informants. Unlike the famous Joe Valachi and other Bureau ...
08 January 2018

Rude guests pump bullets into their host

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On this date in 1929: Chicago underworld leader and olive oil merchant Pasqualino "Patsy" Lolordo, forty-three, was shot to dea...
04 November 2017

Evidence of some lingering hostility

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Bioff's body lies in the wreckage of his exploded pickup truck (Arizona Republic) On this date in 1955, a former Chicago Outfit me...