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The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, which originated in the city's South Side in 1910.
Capone with his mother. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on January 17, 1899. [3] His parents were Italian immigrants Teresa (née Raiola; 1867–1952) and Gabriele Capone (1865–1920), [4] both born in Angri, a small municipality outside of Naples in the province of Salerno.
In the early 1900s [timeframe?] Waukesha County, Wisconsin was a big resort area and vacation spot for people living in Chicago. [1] Among the people who visited Oconomowoc's for a little rest and relaxation were Chicago's most notorious gangsters, such as Baby Face Nelson, Bugs Moran, John Dillinger and Al Capone. [2]
In 1930, President Herbert Hoover's work on behalf of Chicago's "Al Capone problem" began to "get legs." A Washington, D.C. special prosecutor Dwight H. Green was appointed to Chicago to capture the Chicago gangsters and send them to jail, particularly Al Capone. Green had access to all the government ammunition needed for the job.
The drink may have been the preferred beverage of Al Capone, whose gang dominated Chicago's South Side. [2] The gin imported by Capone's rivals on the North Side of Chicago was smooth, and usually consumed with ginger ale. [2] However, the gin consumed by Al Capone's gang had a rougher finish, and required more sweeteners to make it palatable. [2]
A quarter century after "investigative reporter" Geraldo Rivera probed the so-called mystery of Al Capone's vaults, yet another mystery surrounding the infamous mobster is causing a stir: his vats ...
John Scalise. John Scalise (born Giovanni Scalise, 1900, Castelvetrano, Sicily – May 7, 1929, Chicago) was an American organized crime figure of the early 20th century and, with partner Albert Anselmi, was one of the Chicago Outfit's most successful hitmen in Prohibition-era Chicago.
The Hawthorne Smoke Shop (later known as the Ship [1]) was a gambling casino owned by American gangster Al Capone and run by fellow gangsters Frankie Pope, manager of horse racing at the Hawthorne, and Pete Penovich Jr., manager of games of chance. [2] [3] It was located in Cicero, Illinois, where Capone had fled to escape Chicago police ...