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  2. Chicago Outfit - Wikipedia

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    Street Boss – Albert "Albie the Falcon" Vena [69] – born in 1948. Part of the new administration following the retirement of John DiFronzo. [68] Vena was once a powerful capo of the Grand Avenue crew and replaced Joseph Lombardo after his 2007, conviction of a 1974 murder. [70] By 2000, Vena had been acquitted of 2 murders. [71]

  3. Joseph Giunta (mobster) - Wikipedia

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    As a result, according to legend, Giunta and his co-conspirators (Albert Anselmi and John Scalise) were beaten and shot to death by Capone at a party. [1] Their bodies were found the next day in Hammond, Indiana. [1] Giunta was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.

  4. Anthony Zizzo - Wikipedia

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    Anthony Zizzo was born on August 3, 1935, in the Little Italy neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.His parents were Italian immigrants who had settled in the United States. . Zizzo grew up in a working-class family, and like many young men in his neighborhood, he became involved in organized crime at a young

  5. John Scalise - Wikipedia

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    John Scalise. John Scalise (born Giovanni Scalise, 1900, Castelvetrano, Sicily – May 7, 1929, Chicago) was an American organized crime figure of the early 20th century and, with partner Albert Anselmi, was one of the Chicago Outfit's most successful hitmen in Prohibition-era Chicago.

  6. Genna crime family - Wikipedia

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    The Genna brothers operated from Chicago's Little Italy, bordered by the Chicago River in the east, Kinzie street in the north, Kedzie avenue in the west, and Roosevelt road in the south. [3] At the onset of Prohibition, the Genna gang was a member of Torrio's beer cartel, agreeing to sell its alcohol only within its territory.

  7. Monuments relating to the Haymarket affair - Wikipedia

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    Haymarket Martyrs' Monument in Forest Home Cemetery. Following the Haymarket affair, trial and executions, the five dead defendants—George Engel, Adolph Fischer, Louis Lingg, Albert Parsons, and August Spies—were buried at the German Waldheim Cemetery (later merged with Forest Home Cemetery) in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

  8. List of American painters exhibited at the 1893 World's ...

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    Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois Edward Lamson Henry: The County Fair: Oil on canvas 1891 The Wedding Day (A Virginia Wedding) Oil on canvas 1890 Before the Days of Rapid Transit [108] Watercolor Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, New York Albert Herter: Portrait of Mrs. H. (Adele Herter) Oil on canvas The Great Mystery ...

  9. 1924 United States Senate election in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Newton Jenkins, lawyer and candidate for 27th Ward Chicago alderman in 1920 [3] Medill McCormick, incumbent U.S. senator; ... Albert Wirth (Socialist Labor) Results