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Earl J. "Hymie" Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski; [1] January 25, 1898 – October 11, 1926), was a Polish-American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone. He was known as "the only man Al Capone feared".
The North Side Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was a primarily Irish-American criminal organization within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. It was the principal rival of the South Side Gang , also known as the Chicago Outfit, the crime syndicate of Italian-Americans Johnny Torrio and Al Capone .
September 20 – Members of the North Side Gang, including George "Bugs" Moran, Earl "Hymie" Weiss, Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci, Peter Gusenberg, and Frank "Tight Lips" Gusenberg attempt to kill Al Capone in a drive-by shooting at Capone's Cicero headquarters, firing hundreds of rounds from multiple vehicles as they pass in front of the building.
CHICAGO — The now-convicted son-in-law of former Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios was allegedly “good friends” with notorious mob hit man Frank “The German” Schweihs and once ...
First known as the "Fat Boy" and later "the Large Guy," Mike Sarno is now 64 years old and said to be a fraction of his former self, in health, size and power.
CHICAGO — After serving 20 years in state prison for murder, former gangbanger Tyrone Muhammad never expected to return to the city’s tough South Side and find Venezuelan migrants and the ...
Participants in organized crime in Chicago at various times have included members of the Chicago Outfit associated with Al Capone, the Valley Gang, the North Side Gang, Prohibition gangsters, and others.
October 8, 1871 – Much of the city's population lost everything, including for 300 people their lives, to a fire that lasted 36 hours and brought rampant looting. [5]1879 – Michael Cassius McDonald, lived in the midst of what was called "Hair-Trigger Block," was a gambling kingpin who understood the power of a bribe.