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Kelly was an American gangster during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman Charles Urschel in July 1933, for which he and his gang earned $200,000 ransom. [1] [2] John Allen Kendrick: 1897–1960
June 2 - Early in the morning, as Chicago Heights gangster Girolamo "James" Lamberta is leaving the roadhouse of friend and fellow gangster, Philip Piazza, with two female friends in the Chicago suburb of Thornton, unknown assassins fire on the group with shotguns, instantly killing Lamberta and one of the women, while wounding the other woman.
1 Chicago Outfit (Al Capone Gang) 2 Valley Gang. 3 Genna Crime Family. 4 North Side Gang. 5 Chicago gang leaders. 6 Prohibition gangs. 7 Racketeers. 8 References ...
The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, which originated in the city's South Side in 1910. The organization is part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
The Saltis–McErlane Gang was the first to use this gun in Chicago. [55] [56] 1920 – Future Outfit consigliere "Paul Ricca" (Felice DeLucia) came to America from Sicily, at age 23, and eventually landed in Chicago, after serving two years in an Italian prison for murder, at age 17. After his prison sentence, Ricca murdered the witness ...
The North Side Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was a primarily Irish-American criminal organization within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. It was the principal rival of the South Side Gang , also known as the Chicago Outfit, the crime syndicate of Italian-Americans Johnny Torrio and Al Capone .
The Cardinelli Gang was the subject of author W.R. Burnett's 1929 novel Little Caesar, which was adapted into the famous 1930 film Little Caesar, starring Edward G. Robinson. Ernest Hemingway wrote a brief vignette about Cardinelli's execution (spelling the name "Sam Cardinella"), headed "Chapter XV" in the 1924 book of short stories In Our Time.
The brothers were Sicilians from the town of Marsala and operated from Chicago's Little Italy and maintained control over the Unione Siciliana. [1] They were allies with fellow Italian gang the Chicago Outfit. After a bloody war led to their demise in the 1920s, the gang was eventually absorbed by the Chicago Outfit.