Chicago outfit
The Chicago Outfit means an Italian-American Mafia - Syndicate of the American Cosa Nostra in Chicago . It is the only independent organization of the American Cosa Nostra outside of New York City that is not controlled by the so-called Five Families there, but acts with them on an equal footing in the so-called National Crime Syndicate .
While the outfit never held a monopoly on organized crime in Chicago , its members are by far the most powerful, violent, and largest criminal organization in the Midwest . The center of the United States up to Las Vegas and parts of Florida is assigned to the outfit as a sphere of influence.
history
Beginnings 1910–1932
Before alcohol prohibition
In the early years of organized crime prior to alcohol prohibition , a number of gangs controlled the north and south sides of New York City; Little Italy in particular was also under the control of the Black Hand Gang . The Unione Siciliana apparently acted as a disguised umbrella organization for the Italian gangsters , whose presidency was fought out gruesomely.
Only in the further course until the 1920s did the crime centralize in Chicago, which was favored by the decline of the Black Hand Gang in New York, since their most important figures, in particular Ignazio "Lupo" Saietta , were arrested at the end of 1909, so that James "Big Jim" Colosimo , the offshoot of the focus in New York City settled Black Handers could quickly eliminate and brought the Italians under his leadership.
"Big Jim" came to Chicago from Calabria as early as 1895 and was practically one of the founding fathers of Italian-style organized crime in the USA. His nephew Johnny Torrio , who actually came from New York, was soon considered to be his strong arm . It was he who introduced Alphonse "Scarface Al" Capone to Chicago in 1919 , who was also a member of the Five Points Gang in New York City like Torrio.
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First questions of power
The conflict between Torrio and Colosimo began with the introduction of alcohol prohibition in 1920. Colosimo did not want to get into this illegal business; Torrio and Capone did so. Ultimately, Torrio commissioned Frankie Yale , who had also been a Five Pointer and had become President of the Unione Siciliana in New York, with the assassination of Colosimo. The police arrested him immediately, but the decisive witness then claimed to have mistaken him; apparently because he feared the revenge of the criminals. At first there was an equilibrium (as it turned out to be unstable) in Chicago ; in the north there was the reason North Side course called gang which predominantly Irish was Torrio and prevailed in the South on an almost completely only Italians, in particular, of course, from Sicilians existing grouping.
At the fault line between the north and south sides lay important allies of Torrio, the Genna family , who made a fortune with cheap booze . The gennas had somehow managed to get a license for industrial alcohol, but apparently they were also able to supply illegal potable alcohol . With that they began to advance to the area of the north side; From a formal point of view, this was not a threat to the illegal serving of beer on the north side, but Dion O'Banion, as boss of the north side, feared (probably rightly) that it would not remain just a question of principle in the long term and complained to Torrio. But from O'Banion's point of view, nothing happened and the long-standing conflict between the north and south sides began, because the north side brought a complete delivery of liquor from the Gennas.
The departure of Torrio
The Gennas were at the height of their power, on November 13, 1924 Angelo Genna even became President of the Unione Siciliana after the previous President Mike Merlo died of cancer on November 8, 1924. This assumption of the presidency was not welcomed by all Sicilians and Italians and certainly Merlo Torrio and Capone were closer than the Gennas. From this feed the theses that the Gennas are now specifically targeted by Capone.
It is definitely clear, however, that the Gennas were still in alliance with Torrio and together the Italians - Torrio and the Gennas - decided on the death of the Irishman O'Banion, especially after the north side also played off Torrio and the Gennas against each other in a brewery takeover . The act was carried out again by Frankie Yale on November 10, 1924, with Mike Genna personally present as the driver of the escape vehicle. Yale shook hands with O'Banion, whereupon John Scalise and his mentor and partner Albert Anselmi , who were then working for the Gennas, opened fire. O'Banion had no suspicions because the perpetrators had allegedly come to the Irishman's flower shop to collect the pre-ordered flowers for Mike Merlo's funeral.
The north side struck back. On January 25, 1925 there was an - at first unsuccessful - assassination attempt on Johnny Torrio and on May 25, 1925 Angelo Genna was murdered. Vincent Drucci , Earl "Hymie" Weiss and Bugs Moran were responsible for both acts . The assassination attempt on Angelo Genna was probably one of the most dramatic incidents of the so-called " drive-by shooting " that has ever happened in reality. Angelo returned fire on the pursuers from the moving car and only his collision with a lantern was his undoing, since he was helplessly exposed to the hail of bullets from the perpetrators.
In response, Scalise, Anselmi, and Mike Genna ambushed the Northsiders George Moran and Vincent Drucci in a similar manner on June 13, 1925 . They shot their car with shotguns, injuring Drucci. About an hour later, Scalise, Genna, and Anselmi sped south on Chicago's Western Avenue . A police force followed them and passed them on the corner of Western and 60th Streets . After the vehicles came to an abrupt halt, the pursuers opened fire. Chicago police officers Charles Walsh and Harold Olsen were killed during the shooting and Michael Conway was seriously wounded. The fourth policeman, William Sweeney , chased the fleeing criminals towards a block. Mike Genna was shot while trying to escape. Scalise and Anselmi were arrested and eventually tried.
All of this had far-reaching consequences, because Johnny Torrio was not killed, but seriously injured. He therefore preferred to go back to Italy with his family and left Al Capone in charge of the outfit . In addition, the important enforcers of the Genna family were initially in prison and then Capone recruited the two proven contract killers for himself.
The Genna family leaves
The Genna family had already lost two brothers, Anthony and Mike, in the battle with the north side. If you take the murder of Anthony on May 24, 1925 as a starting point, then three of the six Genna brothers died within 44 days. In July 1925 Angelo Genna was shot. In addition, there was the murder of member Samuzzo "Samuel" Amatuna on November 13, 1925, who had replaced Angelo as his successor in the Unione Siciliana . When her brother-in-law Henry Spignola was murdered on January 10, 1926 , the remaining brothers gave up the fight and went to Sicily .
According to the reading of the press at the time, Antonio had also fallen into the hands of the same group of perpetrators as his brother Angelo. In contrast to the press at the time, there is even speculation today whether Capone Scalise and Anselmi had directly commissioned Antonio Genna with the murder because, unlike Torrio, he did not tolerate any territorial encroachments by the Gennas or did not agree with their presidency of the Unione Siciliana because he would have preferred to see Antonio Lombardo there.
Now Anselmi and Scalise were so well known by the police that they were among the usual suspects of a gang murder anyway; on the other hand, there is also speculation that Sam Giancana should be a possible killer. However, at the time of the crime, he was not even 18 years old. (Not too young for a murder itself, but perhaps too young for such an important one; his later involvement by Capone's successor Frank Nitti seems to be more likely.)
The removal of Anselmi and Scalise, the armed arm of the Gennas, so to speak, was an important strategic success for Capone, and Capone could certainly be trusted to have deliberately delivered the Gennas to the "north side" without protection. The simple fact remains, however: The Gennas had penetrated their territory from the perspective of the north side, Torrio had done nothing, but instead organized the murder of O'Banion together with the Gennas. Now half of the Genna brothers were dead, the rest of the family and Torrio fled to Italy. It is probably today's Al Capone myth that obstructs such simple facts. But this myth only developed through the coming arguments with the north side, in which Capone became the archetype of the mafioso, who has developed into a cliché through corresponding films from Hollywood .
Capone definitely took care of the leader of the North Side Gang . Hymie Weiss , his assistant Patrick Murray and possibly his bodyguard and chauffeur Sam Peller and lawyer William O'Brien were gunned down on October 11, 1926 with the help of submachine guns and shotguns. The perpetrators had rented two houses and opened fire when the victims passed the old O'Banion flower shop ( "Schofield's flower shop" 738 North State Street ). Weiss was taken to the hospital with ten hits, where he died shortly afterwards and Murray did not survive either.
In other parts of the city, too, conflicts between competing gangs that were actually connected to the outfit had escalated . So was u. a. On August 6, John "Mitters" Foley , a member of the Sheldon Gang , was shot dead by Frank Koncil as Foley ventured into the Saltis-McErlane Gang area. On October 20, John "Dingbat" O'Berta and Joe Saltis organized a meeting at the Sherman Hotel ; In addition to the two, Al Capone , George "Bugs" Moran , Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci , Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik , Ralph Sheldon , William Skidmore , Maxie Eisen , Myles O'Donnell , Jack Zuta and Christian P. "Barney" Bertsche part. First a general armistice for all existing hostilities was decided, then the territories were again staked out; there was temporary peace between the gangs.
Al Capone and Joseph Aiello
If Capone had trouble with Sicilians, it was from a completely different corner. Torrio and Capone, as non-Sicilians, could not become members of the Unione Siciliana; However, Mike Merlo was her confidante there and when he died of cancer in 1924, the aforementioned presidency of the Genna clan came about, although Capone would have preferred Antonio Lombardo in this position, who was then at least considered consigliere since 1925 .
Lombardo ran the import business Antonio Lombardo & Co. - his "Co." was Joseph Aiello . The Aiellos were a family of Mustache Petes and had u. a. supplies the Genna distilleries with sugar. Whether Aiello had an eye on the Unione's presidential position from the start remains speculation, but his financial ambition had risen and he apparently wanted to expand his control over the joint business. In any case, there were a number of quarrels between him and Lombardo and thus ultimately thought through to the end, this also meant the opposition with Al Capone, who was behind Lombardo.
This fact then became apparent and resulted in a $ 35,000 offer to the boss of Capone's hangout, the Bella Napoli Café , owned by Joe Esposito , to poison Capone's soup. However, he betrayed this plan to Capone, who saw himself in understandable fear. And this fear was justified, because Aiello began in the course of 1927 to rally a number of killers from all over the United States, who should now take down Capone and Lombardo. A trail of blood began to run through Chicago as many of these hired killers were themselves victims of Al Capone:
- May 25, 1927: Tony Torchio
- June 1, 1927: Lawrence LaPresta
- 29-30. June 1927: Diego Attlomionte , Numio Jamerrico and Lorenzo Alagna
- July 11, 1927: Giovanni Blandini
- July 17, 1927: Dominic Cinderello
- September 24, 1927: Sam Valente from Cleveland
The police could not ignore this series and they became aware of other contacts, such as the one to Angelo La Mantio from Milwaukee . To end the series, Aiello's arrest was ordered.
When Capone heard of the arrest, he tried to take advantage of the situation and posted numerous men in front of the police station in order to shoot Aiello after the expected release. This march was apparently so conspicuous that three of his people were arrested right in front of the police building. Aiello therefore left the building under police protection and he and some of his brothers first went to New Jersey to be on the safe side. In order to survive against Capone, Aiello now allied with the North Side Gang under the leadership of George "Bugs" Moran .
Moran could use help too, as Vincent Drucci was killed on April 4, 1927 during an arrest. Moran's contract killers were the brothers Frank and Peter Gusenberg . It was now up to them to take care of Lombardo, which they managed on September 7, 1928 in Chicago Street . The other side owed nothing, and on November 10, 1927, Robert and Frank Aiello were murdered in Springfield , Illinois .
In view of the death of Lombardo, Aiello now wanted to risk the presidency of the Unione Siciliana and invited to a Mafia meeting in the Statler Hotel in Cleveland to discuss his presidency. However, the police received a tip and arrested 23 members of the meeting; including Joe Profaci and Joseph Magliocco .
Valentine's Day massacre
When the Gusenberg brothers switched off Lombardo's brother ( Pasqualino Lolordo ) on January 8, 1929 , Capone must have decided to take the drastic measures that resulted in the so-called Valentine's Day massacre of February 14, 1929, which ushered in the end of the North Side Gang ; u. a. the Gusenberg brothers were killed. At first, this also meant that Aiello soon rose to be the boss of this group and tried to win new allies in the Capone camp. So he apparently tried to win Albert Anselmi and John Scalise , who Capone had taken from the Genna family . He also tried to convince the new head of the Unione , Joseph "Hop Toad" Giunta , to remove Al Capone.
To this day it is unclear whether the three really let Aiello turn them around; in any case, Al Capone got wind of the contact and apparently didn't take any more risks. However, whether he really laid hands on May 7, 1929 with the help of a baseball bat, as shown in numerous Mafia films , is more doubtful today and is considered one of numerous ineradicable legends surrounding the American Cosa Nostra .
Nevertheless, Aiello managed to get himself elected President of the Unione Siciliana at a meeting in Atlanta . The fact that he was then able to take up and exercise his office was certainly also due to Al Capone's one-year prison sentence, which he had to serve for carrying a hidden weapon. The detention began on May 16, 1929 and ended prematurely on March 17, 1930 because of good conduct.
Barely in freedom, Capone organized the elimination of some Aiello people, so u. a. those of Peter "Ashcan" Insertio and Aiello's bodyguard Jack Costa . Aiello is said to have hid in the house of the Unione's treasurer , Pasquale "Presto" Prestogiacomo , at 205 Kolmar Avenue . When he left it on October 23, 1930 to flee to Mexico , he was struck down by the sheaf of a submachine gun that was fired from a window on the second floor in the block opposite. Aiello fell down the front stairs and staggered around the corner of the house, but now came into the field of fire of another shooter from the third floor of a house and was finally struck down; 59 bullets hit his body.
The tax and Al Capone
As early as 1927, the American tax authorities, the IRS , showed their first interest in Al Capone and his untaxed income. His brother Ralph Capone and his friend and colleague Jake Guzik had already been convicted of tax evasion in 1930 . On February 25, 1931, Capone was convicted of a trivial matter: he had not accepted the date of a subpoena. The sentence was six months, but Capone was released on bail. Finally, on June 5, 1931, there was a $ 200,000 tax evasion charge. Of the 23 charges, Capone was found guilty on only five counts on October 17, 1931, including three serious offenses, each of which could result in a five-year prison sentence. The sentence was announced on October 24, 1931: Al Capone was fined $ 50,000 for tax evasion in connection with money laundering, plus almost $ 8,000 in court costs and eleven years in prison.
Capone, who like the entire outfit in the war of Castellammare 1930-1931 was actually not involved at all, left the front row of the American Cosa Nostra, while other bosses, especially in New York, were dead or otherwise sidelined. Although in custody, Capone could serve as head of Outfit for at least another year and received relevant visits; both Meyer Lansky and Anthony Accardo are on the visitor list. Presumably this continued business continuity was the reason to move Capone from Atlanta to the notorious prison island of Alcatraz after three years .
Chicago 1933 – today
Frank Nitti and Paul Ricca
After the end of alcohol prohibition , the outfit was looking for new fields of activity; he therefore expanded to the west and intensified his activities in the direction of union corruption, legal and illegal gambling and usury of credit. The influence began to grow beyond the city proper, spreading to Milwaukee , Madison , Kansas City , Hollywood and other parts of California . By infiltrating the unions, the outfit even had an impact on film production in Hollywood.
Paul Ricca in particular pulled the strings ; however, the press had identified Frank Nitti as the new boss in Chicago. Nitti was also sentenced to 18 months in prison in 1930; In view of his fame as an important "enforcer" of Capone and his obvious guidance over the street gang of the outfit , that seemed to be the case. The search pressure from the authorities therefore concentrated on Nitti.
Ricca and others were quite happy with it at first, as activities outside of Chicago were not disrupted and Paul Ricca even became a member of the National Crime Syndicate . However, when the infiltration in Hollywood was exposed in 1943 and a hearing was imminent, a meeting took place in Nitti's house on March 18, 1943. His popularity was now seen as a risk and Nitti was officially deposed as a result. In view of the upcoming hearing because of the infiltration of the film studios in Hollywood, his dismissal and a possibly fatal illness, Nitti committed suicide on March 19, 1943. Nitti had every reason to expect his murder anyway, since Ricca might not have taken the risk of potential informants from the authorities.
In the same year, Paul Ricca was convicted of skimming the film studios, but he established an active position of consigliere with himself ; d. H. the advisory function was practically converted into presidential leadership. This management model then evidently passed on to other successors such as Anthony Accardo and Joseph Aiuppa . That way, Ricca was even able to rule out of prison, especially when he managed to get his transfer to Leavenworth Federal Prison . Eventually, with the help of the political ties of the Genovese family under Frank Costello , he was released, and the overall circumstances of these events then in themselves sparked a hearing in the United States Congress .
From Anthony Accardo to Sam Giancana
The importance of Anthony Accardo stems from the simple fact that he was at the head of the organization for a far longer period than Al Capone. Thus spoke Paul Ricca , who in 1945 went to prison, mutatis mutandis about Accardo that this would have shown before breakfast more brain than Capone throughout the day. Under his leadership, the outfit expanded considerably, including gaining control of Las Vegas and reducing the influence of the families there from New York City. Most of the western US was probably under the control of the outfit at the time .
In December 1946, Accardo took part, along with various other high-ranking mafiosi, in the so-called Havana Conference , which is said to have taken place in Havana in the Hotel Nacional de Cuba and is considered the most important summit since the Atlantic City Conference of 1929, as it is an important point for the next few decades. His consigliere Charles “Trigger Happy” Fischetti and Salvatore “Mooney Sam” Giancana were also present.
When the FBI began to scrutinize the outfit , Accardo negotiated a gentlemen's agreement with the other Mafia families not to fight each other. Even after his replacement as boss, he was still the “ Consigliere ” in Chicago after 1962 and thus continued to play an important role in day-to-day business, business activities and contract killings. In the 1960s, the construction of the many casinos in Las Vegas began with the help of Meyer Lansky , funds from the Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund , Sydney Korshak, and Jimmy Hoffa .
Under Hoffa, the collaboration between the Teamsters and the American Cosa Nostra intensified. When she had to leave Cuba after the Cuban Revolution , she settled in Florida and helped set up the "Local 320" of the Teamster union in Miami , in which Santo Trafficante, Jr. moved an office. Hoffa had sent Rolland McMaster to Florida to do the job with David Yarras and Barney Baker . Yaras was a follower of Sam Giancana , who had replaced Accardo as head.
After his admission to the Cosa Nostra and his temporary rise to the leadership of the Outfit , Giancana was commissioned by the CIA in 1959, together with other members of the organization, to murder Fidel Castro , who had taken power in Cuba in January 1959 . There is evidence that John F. Kennedy had ties with Giancana during his presidency. Under Kennedy, attempts to eliminate Fidel Castro with the help of the mobsters are said to have continued - the multi-stage plan ( Operation Mongoose ) goes back to his initiative on November 30, 1961.
In 1966 Giancana was forced by his own people to give up his position as boss. The final reason for the forced resignation was provided by his refusal to share the winnings from the casinos he operated across Latin America and the public display of himself alongside celebrities, particularly singers Phyllis McGuire and Frank Sinatra . After his disempowerment, Giancana left Chicago in 1967 and went to Cuernavaca , Mexico .
Fast leadership changes
Salvatore "Sam" Battaglia then took over, but was sentenced to fifteen years in prison a year later. It is unclear who became the direct successor. According to a report by the Chicago Tribune , Paul Ricca and Anthony Accardo are said to have taken the summer months to initially decide in favor of Jackie Cerone . Cerone was indicted in 1969 and convicted in 1970 and so another protégé of Sam Giancana, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio , followed. but who was also convicted of bank fraud in 1971, sent to prison and replaced by Joseph John Aiuppa .
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It was around this time that the outfit, along with the Civella family from Kansas City, Missouri , the Balistrieri family from Milwaukee, and the Cleveland family , began the financial skimming of casinos in Las Vegas . After four casinos were bought with the help of the Teamsters union , Allen Glick - casino owner and front man for the mobsters - was ordered to install Frank Rosenthal as casino manager. From this position Rosenthal ran the casinos, while Outfit member Anthony Spilotro protected the Mafia's investments from other criminals.
In 1983 Joseph Aiuppa and a host of other gangsters were charged with illegally skimming the casinos, and in 1986 Aiuppa was sentenced to 28½ years in prison.
Joseph Ferriola was named as the new boss and Aiuppa's former driver Samuel "Sam Wings" Carlisi succeeded him when Ferriola died in 1989 after a heart transplant. On December 15, 1992, he was on trial with his driver and deputy James Marcello and five other members. On December 16, 1993, all of the accused were sentenced under the charges. In 1996, Ferriola's sentence was set at 13 years in prison and when he was diagnosed with cancer he relinquished control of the day-to-day affairs of Outfit that he had previously exercised from prison.
When Joseph Aiuppa was arrested in 1986, he had put John DiFronzo in charge of activities in the western outskirts. Although he was also convicted in 1993, the judgment was overturned on appeal and DiFronzo was released in 1994. In 1996 he took on the role of head of Ferriola's outfit and largely retired from the business 18 years later, in 2014. Since then, Salvatore "Solly D." DeLaurentis has been the acting boss of the outfit.
organization
Head of the outfit
The head of a family can not always be identified so clearly; especially if another family member comes to the fore due to a prison sentence. The external view does not always make it easy to recognize a new head as such or to determine his exact term of office. The Chicago Crime Commission , which repeatedly tries to identify the executives, is doing educational work .
In addition, a presidential system seems to be establishing itself to a certain extent ; d. H. the head shifts his power more to a so-called “acting boss” and / or “street boss”, who in turn continue to recognize the head as such, even if B. should be in custody. Particularly noticeable in this sense with the outfit is that former bosses were often active as consigliers afterwards , which of course always feeds speculation as to how far they had not remained the actual head of the family and how much power they had really given up.
| Period | Surname | Nickname | Lifetime | Cause of death | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910-1920 | Giacomo "James" Colosimo | Big Jim | 1878-1920 | shot on May 11, 1920 | Client: Johnny Torrio / Perpetrator: Frankie Yale |
| 1920-1925 | Giovanni "Johnny" Torrio | Johnny the Fox | 1882-1957 | Heart attack | resigned |
| 1925-1931 | Alphonse Gabriel Capone | Scarface Al | 1899-1947 | lung infection | Imprisoned 1931–1939 |
| 1931-1943 | Francesco Raffaele Nitto (Nitti) | The Enforcer | 1886-1943 | Suicide | discontinued |
| 1943-1947 | Paul Ricca | The Waiter | 1897-1972 | Heart attack | resigned / became consigliere |
| 1947-1957 | Antonino Joseph Accardo | Joe Batters | 1906-1992 | Heart failure | resigned / became consigliere |
| 1957-1966 | Salvatore Giancana | Mooney Sam | 1908-1975 | shot dead on June 19, 1975 | Fled to Mexico in 1966 |
| 1966 | Salvatore Joseph Battaglia | Samuel Teets | 1908-1973 | natural death | Imprisoned 1967–1973 |
| 1967-1969 | Jackie Cerone | "Jackie The Lackey" | 1914-1996 | natural death | from 1985 imprisoned until his death |
| 1969-1971 | Felix Anthony Alderisio | Milwaukee Phil | 1912-1971 | natural death | Imprisoned 1967–1969 |
| 1971-1986 | Joseph John Aiuppa | Joey Doves | 1907-1997 | natural death | Imprisoned 1986–1996 |
| 1986-1989 | Joseph Ferriola | Joe Nagall | 1927-1989 | natural death | |
| 1989-1996 | Samuel A. Carlisi | Sam Wings | 1914-1997 | Heart attack | Detained 1996–1997 |
| 1996-2018 | John DiFronzo | No nose | 1928-2018 | Alzheimer | semi-retired since 2014 |
Acting boss
- 2014 – today: Salvatore "Solly D" DeLaurentis
Street Boss (Front Boss)
- 1996–2007: James "Jimmy the Man" J. Marcello; was Underboss until 1996 / imprisoned since 2007
- 2007–2012: Michael "Fat Mike" Sarno ; * 1958 – today; detained since 2012
- 2012 – today: Louis “Louie Tomatoes” Marino
Underboss of the outfit
The underboss is number two in the criminal family, he is the deputy director of the syndicate. He gathers information for the boss, gives orders and instructions to the subordinates. In the absence of the boss, he leads the organization.
| Period | Surname | Nickname | Lifetime | Cause of death | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910-1920 | Giovanni "Johnny" Torrio | Johnny the Fox | 1882-1957 | Heart attack | became boss in 1920 |
| 1920-1925 | Alphonse Gabriel Capone | Scarface Al | 1899-1947 | lung infection | became boss in 1925 |
| 1925-1931 | Francesco Raffaele Nitto (Nitti) | The Enforcer | 1886-1943 | Suicide | became boss in 1931 |
| 1931-1943 | Louis Campagna | Little New York | 1900-1955 | Heart attack | Imprisoned 1943–1947 |
| 1943-1947 | Antonino Joseph Accardo | Joe Batters | 1906-1992 | Heart failure | became boss in 1947 |
| 1947-1957 | Salvatore Giancana | Mooney Sam | 1908-1975 | shot dead on June 19, 1975 | became boss in 1957 |
| 1957-1967 | Felix Anthony Alderisio | Milwaukee Phil | 1912-1971 | natural death | became boss in 1967 or 1969 |
| 1967-1985 | John Phili Cerone | Jackie The Lackey | 1914-1996 | natural death | Imprisoned 1985–1996, possibly head or acting boss from 1967–1969 |
| 1986-1992 | Ernest Rocco Infelise | Rocky | 1924-2005 | natural death | Imprisoned 1993–2005 |
| 1992-1996 | James J. Marcello | Jimmy the Man | 1943 – today | became Street Boss in 1996 | |
| 1996-2006 | Anthony Zizzo | Little Tony | 1935 - ???? | possibly murdered in 2006 | disappeared on August 31, 2006 |
| 2006-2009 | Joseph Andriacchi | Joe the Builder | 1932 – today | resigned / became Acting Consigliere in 2012 | |
| 2009 – today | Salvatore Cataudella | Sammy Cards |
Consigliere of the outfit
At the same level as the underboss is the consigliere , the advisor to the criminal family. It is usually an older member of the family who has great respect within the family and can therefore exert considerable influence.
| Period | Surname | Nickname | Lifetime | Cause of death | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925-1928 | Antonio Lombardo | Tony the Scourge | 1892-1928 | shot | Client: Giuseppe Aiello / Organizer: George "Bugs" Moran |
| 1928-1947 | Charles Fischetti | Trigger Happy | 1891-1951 | Heart attack | resigned |
| 1947-1957 | Paul Ricca | The Waiter | 1897-1972 | Heart attack | resigned / was boss until 1947 |
| 1957-1992 | Antonino Joseph Accardo | Joe Batters | 1906-1992 | Heart failure | was boss until 1957 |
| 1992-1999 | Angelo J. LaPietra | The hook | 1920-1999 | natural death | Detained 1986–1999 |
| 1999-2007 | Joseph Patrick Lombardo, Sr. | Joey the clown | 1929-2019 | has been detained since 2007 | |
| 2007-2009 | Alfonso Tornabene | Al the Pizza Man | 1923-2009 | Gastric ulcer | |
| 2009 – today | Marco D'Amico | The Mover | 1936 – today | Imprisoned 1993–2005 |
Acting Consigliere
- 2012–2015: Joseph "Joe the Builder" Andriacchi; resigned / was underboss until 2009
- 2015 – present: John "Pudgy" Matassa, Jr.
Members and Associates
“The Mafia would never think of writing, let alone lists of members; a bureaucracy like in the P2 also not; it would not only disturb the flexibility and changeability of the clan, it would destroy it completely. ”This sentence about the original Mafia in Sicily and Italy also applies to the American Cosa Nostra and thus the Chicago outfit .
From this point of view, there can never be, by definition, a complete list of members; but through the necessary external presentation on the one hand and the investigative knowledge of the authorities on the other hand, the affiliation of the most important members can be recognized and determined in the long term. As the rule of silence ( omertà ) is increasingly being broken by the members of the mafia themselves, the information situation for outsiders has improved significantly.
In addition, there is the lack of clarity due to the hierarchy in the family itself, which also allows associates and collaboration with outsiders. In particular, the group of people now classified as Kosher Nostra was simply added to the Sicilian Mafia in the past. Meyer Lansky in particular was z. B. was not a member of the Chicago Outfit or any other clan of the Mafia; Nevertheless, he held a seat on the " Commission " of the National Crime Syndicate and thus had a significant influence on the Chicago outfit:
Subordinate full members
Well-known full members ("Made Men") were:
| Surname | Nickname | Lifetime | Cause of death | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Alex | Gussie | 1916-1998 | Heart attack | native Greek / died in custody |
| Harry Aleman | The hook | 1939-2010 | Lung cancer | Successor to Jake Guzik |
| Samuel Sammuzzo Amatuna | Samoots | 1899-1925 | shot dead on November 13, 1925 | 1925 President of the Unione Siciliana , Genna family |
| Donald Angelini | The Wizard of Odds | 1926-2000 | natural death | |
| James Belcastro | Mad bomber | 1895-1946 | Heart attack | Bomb specialist of the outfit |
| Dominic Blasi | Butch | 1911-1993 | natural death | |
| Michael Blasi | ||||
| Marcello Giuseppe Caifano | John Marshall | 1911-2003 | natural death | 42 gang , imprisoned 1980–1990 / guardian in Las Vegas |
| Richard Scully Cain | Richard Scalzetti | 1931-1973 | shot dead on December 20, 1973 | Police officer / involved in Operation Mongoose |
| Anthony Centracchio | 1929-2001 | cancer | ||
| William Daddano, Sr. | Willie Potatoes | 1912-1975 | natural death | 42-gang / imprisoned 1966–1975 |
| Filippo D'Andrea | Phil D | 1890s- ?? | 1934–1941 President of the Unione Siciliana / nephew of Anthony D'Andrea | |
| Mario Anthony DeStefano | 1915-1975 | Heart attack | Brother of Sam DeStefano | |
| Michael DeStefano | Brother of Mario & Sam DeStefano | |||
| Charles Carmen Inglesia | Chuckie English | ???? - 1985 | ||
| Frank Ferraro | Strongy | |||
| Charles Fischetti | Trigger Happy | 1891-1951 | Heart attack | Nephew of Al Capone / implicated in the murder of Bugsy Siegel |
| Rocco Fischetti | Ralph Fisher | 1903-1964 | Heart attack | Bodyguard of Al Capone / brother of Charles Fischetti |
| Joseph Gagliano | Pip the blind | |||
| Charles Gioe | Cherry nose | ???? - 1954 | shot on August 18, 1954 | Unterführer |
| Joseph Giunta | Hop Toad | 1887-1929 | murdered on May 7, 1929 | Client: Al Capone / 1929 President of the Unione Siciliana |
| Nick M. LoCoco | The stick | ???? - 1987 | ||
| John Manzella | Johnny the Bookie | |||
| Michael Marcello | Mickey | Half-brother of James J. Marcello | ||
| Jack McGurn | Machine gun | 1902-1936 | shot on February 15, 1936 | Organizer of the Valentine's Day massacre |
| Charles Anthony Nicoletti | Chuckie Typewriter | 1916-1977 | shot dead on March 29, 1977 | is traded as a potential murderer of John F. Kennedy |
| Dominick Palermo | Tootsie | ???? - 1997 | Successor to Albert Tocco in the Chicago Heights | |
| Rosario Priolo | Horse | 1901-1972 | natural death | |
| John (Filippo Sacco) Roselli | Handsome Johnny | 1905-1976 | Barrel murder | Involvement in the CIA Operation Mongoose |
| Gerald Hector Scarpelli | 1938-1989 | Suicide | Contract killer under Joseph Ferriola | |
| Anthony John Spilotro | Tony the Ant | 1938-1986 | slay | see also the film Casino |
| Albert Caesar Tocco | 1929-2005 | Heart attack | Detained 1988–2005 | |
| Franklin Rio | Frank Cline | 1895-1935 | Heart attack | Al Capone's most loyal bodyguard |
Associate
| Surname | Nickname | Lifetime | Cause of death | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Morris Bioff | Willie | 1900-1955 | Car bomb | Kosher Nostra / became the Pentito |
| Samuel DeStefano | Mad Sam | 1909-1973 | shot dead on April 14, 1973 | Perpetrator: Anthony Spilotro / 42-gang member |
| Ken Eto | Tokyo Joe | 1919-2004 | natural death | |
| James Earl Files | Jimmy | 1942-today | potential killer of John F. Kennedy | |
| Allen R. Glick | 1942-today | Front man for casinos | ||
| Gustav Greenbaum | Gus | 1894-1958 | murdered on December 3, 1958 | Manager of the Las Vegas Casino / took over the Flamingo from Bugsy Siegel |
| Jake Guzik | Greasy Thumb | 1886-1956 | Myocardial infarction | Kosher Nostra |
| Murray Humphreys | The Camel | 1899-1965 | Heart attack | |
| Michele Merlo | Mike | 1880-1924 | cancer | 1921–1924 President of the Unione Siciliana |
| Frank Lawrence Rosenthal | Lefty | 1929-2008 | Myocardial infarction | organized the Stardust, Fremont, Marina and Hacienda casinos in Las Vegas |
| Francis John Schweihs | Frank the German | 1932-2008 | cancer | Sometimes with the death of Marilyn Monroe associated |
| Ralph Sheldon | Founder of the Sheldon Gang / member of Ragen's Colts | |||
| John Paul Spilotro | Paulie | Brother of Anthony Spilotro | ||
| Michael Peter Spilotro | Mickey | 1944-1986 | slay | younger brother of Anthony Spilotro |
| Victor P. Spilotro | 1933-1996 | natural death | oldest brother of Anthony Spilotro | |
| Dave Yaras | Yiddles Miller | 1912-1974 | murdered | Ragens Colts / childhood friend of Jack Ruby |
In art
The Chicago outfit is featured in numerous gangster films, such as:
- Scarface (1932) The film describes the career of the gangster Tony "Scarface" Camonte, who worked for the boss of the outfit Louis Costillo in the 1920s.
- Al Capone (film) (1959) A film about Al Capone and Johnny Torrio.
- Chicago Massacre (OT: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre) (1967) Film based on the Valentine's Day massacre of Al Capone.
- Bullitt (1968) The film begins with an associate in the outfit fleeing to San Francisco to testify against the criminal organization.
- Revolt in the Underworld (OT: The Outfit) (1973) About the Chicago Outfit.
- Capone (1975) Describes the rise and fall of Al Capone and his influence on the power struggles of the 1920s and 1930s in Chicago.
- The Untouchables (1987) Describes the authorities' fight against Al Capone.
- Casino (1995) by Martin Scorsese describes the influence of the Chicago outfit on businesses in Las Vegas.
- Payback (1999) The professional robber Porter takes on one of the bosses in the outfit.
- Road to Perdition (2002) The film describes the war between a renegade killer and his former boss John Rooney, the aging boss of an Irish gangster gang who works with the outfit.
- Public Enemies (2009) The relationship between Dillinger and the outfit are discussed.
- Chicago Overcoat (2009) A film about a Chicago Mafia family based on the Chicago outfit.
- The Return of Joe Rich (2011) Film about a Chicago mafia family, based on the Chicago outfit.
literature
- Robert Nippoldt : gangsters. The bosses of Chicago . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2005, ISBN 978-3-8067-2941-2 .
- John Binder: The Chicago Outfit . Arcadia Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-2326-7 .
- Gus Russo: The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America . Bloomsbury, USA 2002, ISBN 1-58234-279-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chicago Outfit Chart 2010. (No longer available online.) Mobbedup.com, February 11, 2014, archived from the original on February 21, 2014 ; accessed on March 7, 2017 .
- ^ Lawless Decade - The Rise and Fall of Big Jim
- ↑ The American Mafia - What do we know about Frankie Yale?
- ^ The Chicago Crime Szenes Project - Angelo Genna's Violent Life and Death
- ↑ Chronicle of the Cosa Nostra and its connection to other OK groups. ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) at: www.8ung.at
- ↑ www.ipsn.org "Friends In High Places" of November 3, 2001 (English)
- ↑ HAVANA CONFERENCE: DECEMBER 20, 1946. Mob Museum , accessed October 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Conbook Magazine - Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana: Where America's Underworld went in and out ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2017 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.
- ^ David Kaiser : The Road to Dallas. The Assassination of John. F. Kennedy. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 2008, ISBN 978-0-674-02766-4 , pp. 55-67.
- ↑ The American Mafia - Battaglia, Salvatore (1908–1973)
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, November 15, 1967; P. 38
- ↑ American News Post - Judge Bob Bastone, Is The Chicago Outfit Dead? ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2017 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.
- ↑ The Hoffa Files: How This Tough Guy Made Las Vegas ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.klas-tv.com (English)
- ↑ Gangsters Inc. - Chicago Boss: Joseph "Joey Doves" Aiuppa
- ↑ www.time.com “Blood Threat”, February 3, 1986
- ^ La Cosa Nostra Database - Samuel Carlisi
- ↑ Chicago Tribune - Top Mobster Sentenced To 12 1/2 Years In Prison
- ↑ Gangster Report - High-ranking Chicago mobster plays peacemaker
- ↑ Werner Raith: Parasites and cartridge. Book Guild Gutenberg, 1990, ISBN 3-7632-3737-2 , p. 111.
