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Earl J. "Hymie" Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski; [1] January 25, 1898 – October 11, 1926), was a Polish-American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone. He was known as "the only man Al Capone feared".
The Chicago, Illinois Capone home. Al's racketeering business provided well for the family. Somewhere in the years between 1920 and 1921, he bought a home in Chicago that housed Mae and Sonny, as well as members of the Capone family. [9] Mae and Sonny did not make the move from Brooklyn to Chicago to join Al until 1923.
Capone with his mother. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on January 17, 1899. [3] His parents were Italian immigrants Teresa (née Raiola; 1867–1952) and Gabriele Capone (1865–1920), [4] both born in Angri, a small municipality outside of Naples in the province of Salerno.
In January 1925, Capone was ambushed, leaving him shaken but unhurt. Twelve days later, on January 24, Torrio and his wife Anna were ambushed outside their home by Weiss, Drucci, and Moran. Torrio was shot several times and nearly killed. After recovering, he effectively resigned, handed control of the gang to Capone, and fled to New York.
Jack "Machine Gun Jack" McGurn (born Vincenzo Antonio Gibaldi; Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso anˈtɔːnjo dʒiˈbaldi]; July 2, 1902 – February 15, 1936) was a Sicilian-American boxer, mobster, and eventually a made man and caporegime in Al Capone's Chicago Outfit.
(Reuters) - One of Miami Beach's most notorious pieces of real estate is back on the block: the asking price is almost $8.5 million. The sprawling, waterfront compound is where notorious Chicago ...
Prohibition was established in 1920 with the enactment of the 18th Amendment, which banned the distribution of alcoholic beverages, resulting in bootlegging.Among the involved gangs were Dean O'Banion and his mostly Irish group, including Bugs Moran, who became known as the North Side Gang and Al Capone as the leader of the Italian mob on the South Side.
The Keuka “was used by Al Capone’s men in the prohibition days for a speakeasy (from) 1929 to 1931,” he wrote on Facebook. ... Photos show the shipwreck’s stunning — and eerie — scenes.