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Everleigh clubs
Everleigh clubs- a high-class brothel which operated in Chicago, Illinois from February 1900 until October 1911. It was owned and operated by Ada and Minna Everleigh. -
“Big Jim” Colosimo
was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who built a criminal empire in Chicago based on prostitution, gambling, and racketeering. Immigrating from Italy in 1895, he gained power through petty crime and the heading of a chain of brothels. He would lead what would become the Chicago Outfit, years after his death, from about 1902 until his death in 1920. -
Al capone
An American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931. -
Johnny Torrio
known as "The Fox" and as "The Immune", was an Italian American mobster who helped build the criminal empire known as the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s that was later inherited by his protégé, Al Capone. -
Dion O'Bannion
an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s.On November 10, 1924, on the pretense of buying flowers for a fellow mobster's funeral, gangster Frankie Yale and two compatriots visited O'Bannion's flower shop. As O'Bannion extended his hand to Yale, Yale suddenly grabbed his arm with both hands, and the two gunmen with him pulled out pistols and emptied them into O'Bannion. He died instantly. -
Hymie Weiss
An American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone. After O’Banion’s murder on Nov. 10, 1924, Weiss took command of the North Side Gang and swore to avenge his friend’s death. On Jan. 12, 1925, Weiss and his men were suspected of opening fire on Al Capone’s limousine in front of a South Side restaurant; Capone was not present at the time. Twelve days later, Weiss and Moran ambushed Johnny Torrio, who head the South Side Gang, outside h -
Bugs Moran
was a Chicago Prohibition-era gangster.On February 14, 1929, in an event which has become known as the Saint Valentine's Day massacre, seven members of his gang were gunned down in a warehouse, supposedly on the orders of Moran's rival Al Capone.He has been credited with popularizing the act of driving by a rival's hangout and spraying it with gunfire, now referred to as a drive-by shooting. -
Joe Aiuppa
known as "Doves," "Mourning Doves," "O'Brien," or "Joey DBy 1935 Aiuppa worked for the Capone mob as an enforcer. He would rise through the ranks and be given the territory of Cicero to run. Mob boss Sam Giancana was overheard on a wiretap expressing his true feelings about his underling, talking to Frank Ferraro: "If Joey Aiuppa comes whining to you tell him to go to hell. He says he's broke. We gave him Cicero. Cicero is a great territory. If he can't make it there he can't make it anywhere." -
Lords of the levee
A 1943 non-fiction book by longtime Chicago Tribune reporters Lloyd Wendt and Herman Kogan in one of three collaborations about the city of Chicago, focusing on its politicians "Bathhouse" John Coughlin and "Hinky Dink" Kenna, notorious alderman for the City of Chicago's lakeside First Ward. -
Anthony Accardo
known as "Joe Batters" or"Big Tuna", rose from small-time hoodlum to the position of day-to-day boss of the Chicago Outfit in 1947, to ultimately become the final Outfit authority in 1972, until his death. Accardo moved The Outfit into new operations and territories, greatly increasing its power and wealth during his tenure as boss. -
Frank calabrese
A made man and a caporegime who ran major loan sharking and illegal gambling operations for the Chicago Calabrese's arrest record dates back to 1954, when he served two years in prison for a violation of the Dyer Act (auto theft). He was The Outfit's Chinatown, or 26th Street, crew boss who provided loans to hundreds of customers at exorbitant interest rates that varied from one percent to 10 percent per week. The federal government estimates that Calabrese's crew grossed more than $2,600,000. -
Sam Giancana
A Sicilian American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit fromWhen Anthony "Tough Tony" Accardo stepped down as the head of the Chicago Outfit (as the city's branch of the Mafia was known) in the mid-1950s, Giancana ascended to the top spot. By 1955, he controlled the gambling and prostitution operations, narcotics trafficking, and other illegal industries in his hometown. Under his leadership, the Chicago Mafia grew from a relatively small-scale racket to a full-fledged criminal organization. -
Tony Spilotro
An Italian-American mobster and enforcer for the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1970s and 1980s. His job was to protect and oversee the Outfit's illegal casino profits (the "skim"). Spilotro replaced Outfit member Marshall Caifano in Las Vegas. -
Joseph Lombardo
known as "Joe Padula," "Lumbo," and "Lumpy", is an imprisoned American mafioso and a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization. He is currently alleged to either be the Consigliere or Boss of the Outfit.
