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Vincenzo Colosimo [2] (Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso koˈlɔːzimo]; February 16, 1878 – May 11, 1920), known as James "Big Jim" Colosimo or as "Diamond Jim", was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who emigrated from Calabria, Italy, in 1895 and built a criminal empire in Chicago based on prostitution, gambling and racketeering.
Big Jim Colosimo centralized control in the early 20th century. Colosimo was born in Calabria , Italy, in 1878, and immigrated to Chicago in 1895, where he established himself as a criminal. By 1909, with the help of bringing Johnny Torrio from New York to Chicago, he was successful enough that he was encroaching on the criminal activity of the ...
1910 – Jim Cosmano, a major Chicago Black Hand leader, is severely wounded in an ambush by Johnny Torrio on a South Side bridge. Cosmano had previously demanded $10,000 and threatened to destroy Colosimo's cafe. June 6, 1910 – Filippo Catalano, an alleged Black hand extortionist, is gunned down after leaving the Vesuvius Restaurant.
"Big Jim" Colosimo, who had become head of a burgeoning vice empire in Chicago is reputed to have invited him to the city to help him deal with Black Hand extortionists. After doing so, Torrio became a top lieutenant in Colosimo's organization, rising to underboss by 1914. [12]
Big Jim Colosimo, "Diamond Jim" (born Vincenzo Colosimo, 1878–1920) Louis Consalvo, "Louie Eggs" (born 1958) Pasquale Conte, "Patty", "Patsy" (1925–2017) Frank Coppa, "Big Frank" (1941-2024) Frank Coppola, "Frank Three Fingers" (born Francesco Paolo Coppola, 1899–1982) Michael Coppola, "Trigger Mike" (1900–1966)
Capone was born in 1899 to Italian immigrants, lived in Brooklyn and moved to Chicago in 1919 at the invitation of Johnny Torrio, who worked for crime boss James “Big Jim” Colosimo as an enforcer.
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1919 – Under the tutelage of forward-thinking racketeer Johnny Torrio, Al Capone stood in front of Jim Colosimo's multi-use house of prostitution the, "Four Deuces", at 2222 S. Wabash Avenue, barkering to male passers-by to enjoy what "Big Jim's" business had to offer. Johnny Torrio also ran Colosimo's holdings from that building.