Charles Gioe

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Charles "Cherry Nose" Gioe (* unknown; † August 18, 1954 ) was an American mobster and a high-ranking member of the La Cosa Nostra family in Chicago , known as the Chicago Outfit .

In particular, he was involved in the large-scale Hollywood squeeze in the 1930s .

Life

Little is known about Gioe's early life. On February 17, 1930, he was arrested along with Anthony Accardo - later boss of the outfit - because he had a concealed weapon with him. In addition to Lawrence "Dago" Mangano, Gioe was the closest confidante of Accardo. It was such contacts from Gioe that should make him a high-ranking mafioso himself.

Under Frank Nitti, Gioe made it to the position of Unterführer ("lieutenant") in the outfit, as he was considered a specialist in extortion itself and in particular also in the Blackmail method .

Nitti and the outfit were already looking for new sources of income; For this purpose some members and associates were sent to the west of the USA and so Gioe came to Des Moines in the state of Iowa to support the activities of the outfit there.

Eventually he returned to Chicago and left the business in Des Moines to Louis "Cock-Eyed Louie" Fratto of his own rank .

In any case, he soon appeared in the company of Willie Bioff and George Brown, who had started ripping out the film studios in Los Angeles and Hollywood .

At the end of the 1930s, the activities were exposed and various charges were brought. On October 18, 1941, Gioe was indicted along with Bioff, Brown and Louis Campagna . Bioff and Brown, both not full members of the outfit, did not stick to the omertà and spoke out against mafia greats like Paul Ricca , Philip D'Andrea , John Roselli , Lou Kaufman, Frank Nitti and Gioe. This enabled Bioff and Brown to reduce their sentences; shortly after Bioff's testimony, Nitti committed suicide.

Gioe was sentenced to ten years in prison on December 31, 1941. Together with the other convicts, Gioe was released on parole in 1947 , although Senator Estes Kefauver had protested.

After his release, Gioe became the second man behind Paul Ricca and Louis Campagna and was thus at the top of the outfit. During the 1950s, after Ricca withdrew, Gio got caught up in the conflict between Anthony Accardo and Sam Giancana .

On August 18, 1954, Gio was shot dead by other gangsters controlled by Joseph Glimco because he was unfortunately there when Glimco had an argument with a building contractor.

literature

  • William Roemer: The Genuine Godfather ; Ivy books; September 1996; ISBN 0804114641

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ May, Allan. "The Guileless Gangster." Crime Magazine. April 2000 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Smith, Sandy. "Glimco Sought for Quizzing in Gioe's Slaying." Chicago Daily Tribune. August 20, 1954. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.crimemagazine.com
personal data
SURNAME Gioe, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cherry Nose (Spitzneme)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-American mafioso
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1954