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De Vol was an American criminal, bank robber, prison escapee, and Depression-era outlaw. He was connected to several Midwestern gangs during the 1920s and 1930s, most often with the Barker–Karpis gang and Holden–Keating gang, and was also a former partner of Harvey Bailey's early in his criminal career. [2] [5] Benny and Stella Dickson: No ...
The gangsters, armed with shotguns, begin firing at the policemen, killing Detectives Charles Walsh and Harold Olson, and wounding Detective Michael Conway. As the gangsters are fleeing the scene of the shootout, Genna is hit in the leg, severing his femoral artery. Genna is finally cornered while taking refuge in a nearby basement, where he is ...
A former World War I war hero, Weiss was among Dion O'Bannion's top enforcers in the North Side Gang during the early 1920s. [1] [5] [6] [8] Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen: 1901–1927 1900s–1920s New York gangster involved in bootlegging and labor racketeering during Prohibition.
1920–1933 Providence bootlegger and major organized crime figure in southern New England during Prohibition Kevin Weeks 1: No image available: 1965– 1978–1999 Boston mobster affiliated with the Winter Hill Gang and a later government witness Howard T. "Howie" Winter 1: 1929–2020 1959–2012 Boston mobster, second head of the Winter Hill ...
This list includes gangsters and organized crime figures by area of operation/sphere of influence. Some names may be listed in more than one city. ... (1920–2012 ...
In the 1920s, Italian Mafia families began waging wars for absolute control over lucrative bootlegging rackets. As the violence erupted, Italians fought Irish and Jewish ethnic gangs for control of bootlegging in their respective territories. In New York City, Frankie Yale waged war with the Irish American White Hand Gang.
In the 1920s, Mafia operations in the U.S. were controlled by Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria, whose faction consisted mainly of gangsters from Sicily and the Calabria and Campania regions of Southern Italy.
In 1920, Torrio built an agreement between most of Chicago's bootlegging gangs into a city-wide cartel. [12] The smaller North Side Gang led by Dean O'Banion was of mixed ethnicity and was a member of the bootlegging cartel. In 1924, the North Side Gang discovered that the Genna brothers, close to Torrio's gang, were selling their booze in ...