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Chicago Cubs may have fixed the 1918 world series
It is believed that the Chicago Cubs fixed the world series just so that they could make money. The mob had to do something with this also. -
Prohibition
Prohibition" ("Volstead Act") took effect and was the "Law of the Land" for 13 years. While all legitimate estabishments that served alcohol had to close because of Prohibition, it's estimated that 200,000 speakeasies sprang up across the country to take their places. Between 1920 and 1928 the U.S. Treasury Department, which oversaw bringing bootlegged alcohol-making gangs - which included bathtub gin made by locals - to justice, fired 706 agents and prosecuted another 257 agents for taking brib -
Tommy gun is born
In 1920 the Tommy gun was the top gun choice for Chicago gangsters -
Headquarters
Al Capone established his headquarters at the Lexington Hotel, at the corner of 22nd Street and Michigan Avenue, in Chicago. He also gained control of the Chicago suburb of Cicero, IL, as a "safe base" for his illegal operations. -
Frank Capone dead
Violently predictable Frank Capone, brother of Al Capone, was killed by Cicero, IL, policemen during a gunfight which broke out in the City during the 1924 Chicago elections, during strong-arming support at the polls of gangster-backed, Republican politician Joseph Z. Klenha. Brother Al made sure his brother, Frank, had a "lavish" send-off at his funeral -
Sneek attack
North Side Gang members Hymie Weiss, George "Bugs" Moran and Vincent "Schemer" Drucci followed the limousines that Al Capone and Johnny Torrio were riding in to a restaurant, at south 55th Street and west State Street. Both limousines were fired on in a hail of gunfire, but neither Capone, nor Torrio were hurt. However, Torrio's chauffer and dog were killed in the attack
