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  • 6/27/2025
Exploring the origin of Chicago's organised crimes in the 1800s, with the start of racing rackets.

Uncover the intricate web of criminal enterprises, from notorious mob families to high-stakes heists, as we delve into the compelling stories behind the criminal masterminds and law enforcement efforts to bring them to justice.

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00:00:00The
00:00:27story I am about to tell you
00:00:29is about the outfit rackets
00:00:31the men who ran them
00:00:33why they lost them
00:00:34and who controls them today
00:00:36and also includes
00:00:38my story
00:00:40One of the earliest gambling rackets
00:00:57to be organized into a multi-million dollar racket in Chicago
00:01:01was policy gambling
00:01:03Policy gambling was introduced to Chicago by three men
00:01:11a white man named Patsy King
00:01:14an Asian named King Fu
00:01:16and a black street hustler named Policy Sam Young
00:01:20who arrived in Chicago
00:01:22in 1885
00:01:23They set up shop in the black community of Bronzeville on the south side
00:01:28Players tried to guess three numbers from 1 through 78
00:01:33that were drawn from a tumbling drum
00:01:36or a wheel
00:01:37A two-number betting combination was called a saddle
00:01:41and a three-number combination a gig
00:01:44and a four-number combination a horse
00:01:47and the odds were high on the four-number combination
00:01:51and bets were taken at cigarette stores
00:01:55garages, barbershops, and apartments
00:01:58Policy offices were set up
00:02:01anywhere they could find space
00:02:03The game flourished
00:02:06and by 1938
00:02:0718 million a year was being bet on Chicago policy wheels
00:02:12It was estimated that there were 4,200 policy stations
00:02:16and 100,000 people played
00:02:19on the west and south sides of the city
00:02:21It was big business
00:02:23There were many policy kings across Chicago over the years
00:02:29Here are just a few
00:02:30John Mushmouth Johnson
00:02:33became known as the black gambling king of Chicago
00:02:36Johnson was involved in gambling for nearly 25 years
00:02:41He organized and expanded the policy racket here in Chicago
00:02:45He opened his own nickel gaming house
00:02:49on Clark Street in the 1880s
00:02:51and he amassed a fortune running illegal gambling operations
00:02:55including policy
00:02:57from the mid-1880s through 1907
00:03:01He was a nightclub owner and a savvy businessman
00:03:04and a political operator
00:03:06He was smart
00:03:08He dumped his illegal income into legitimate businesses
00:03:12and he bought protection from politicians
00:03:15He amassed a fortune
00:03:17and the outfit and the government were watching
00:03:20the massive amounts of money being made
00:03:23off policy gambling
00:03:25The Jones brothers were also policy kings
00:03:30They were the best organized
00:03:32and were by far the biggest policy operators in the city
00:03:36And these are their names
00:03:38Edward Big Ed Jones
00:03:41George Jones
00:03:43and Mac Jones
00:03:44In 1946
00:03:46The Jones brothers sat at the top
00:03:49of a $25 million a year policy syndicate in Chicago
00:03:53And along with all the money
00:03:56came some really bad things for the brothers
00:03:59Kidnappings
00:04:00death threats
00:04:02corrupt politics
00:04:03violence
00:04:04and jail time
00:04:05were a big part of the brothers lives
00:04:08And because of their immense wealth
00:04:10It shed the light on the brothers
00:04:13and the feds were watching
00:04:14And in 1941
00:04:16they made their move
00:04:17All were arrested
00:04:19But Ed Jones took the fall for his brothers
00:04:22And was sentenced to 18 months
00:04:24in prison on tax evasion
00:04:26And jail is where he met Sam Giancana
00:04:30And Sam Giancana and him became friends
00:04:34And Jones taught Giancana everything about the policy business
00:04:39And when they got out of prison
00:04:41Jones staked Giancana a hundred grand
00:04:44And they went into business together
00:04:47Over the next couple of years
00:04:49Giancana made a fortune for himself in the outfit
00:04:52And this pushed Giancana up the ladder
00:04:56within the outfit
00:04:57Greed got the better of Giancana
00:05:01And he decided friendship meant nothing
00:05:03And years later
00:05:05He forced Eddie Jones and his brothers
00:05:07out of the policy business
00:05:09Giancana threatened Jones
00:05:12and told him
00:05:13Take the money
00:05:14and go to Mexico
00:05:16or else
00:05:18And that's exactly what he did
00:05:21Because the outfit at that time
00:05:24was just too powerful
00:05:25In the 1950s
00:05:29Ricardo and Giancana
00:05:30decided they wanted it all
00:05:32And the Chicago outfit
00:05:34started aggressively moving in
00:05:36on policy gambling
00:05:37on the south and west sides
00:05:39Tony Ricardo gave Sam Giancana the nod
00:05:44And Giancana sent thugs
00:05:46like the Caifano brothers
00:05:47Cerrone
00:05:49and many others out to wage war
00:05:51on policy makers
00:05:52This war went on for years
00:05:56And by the early 1950s
00:05:58And by the early 1950s
00:05:58the Jones brothers were long gone
00:06:00and threatened into retirement
00:06:03And the only one left standing
00:06:05was Teddy Rowe
00:06:06Rowe was the last member of Chicago's
00:06:10Big 12 policy syndicate
00:06:12organized in 1932
00:06:14He fought the outfit tooth and nail
00:06:17And when Giancana and Rowe met
00:06:19for the first time
00:06:20It was clear they hated each other
00:06:22And after their second meeting
00:06:25Rowe and his men killed
00:06:27one of Giancana's men
00:06:28in a gunfight
00:06:29on the south side
00:06:30after the outfit's botched
00:06:33kidnapping attempt
00:06:34A few months later
00:06:36the outfit retaliated
00:06:38and gunned down Rowe
00:06:39And in 1952
00:06:41the war was winding down
00:06:43and it was won by the outfit
00:06:45Or so they thought
00:06:47Less than two weeks
00:06:49after Rowe's killing
00:06:50Tony Accardo and Jake Guzik
00:06:53were indicted by the U.S. attorney
00:06:55for failure to pay income tax
00:06:57on their policy revenue
00:06:59Some speculated
00:07:01it was one of two reasons
00:07:02Teddy Rowe was killed
00:07:04One for killing Giancana's bodyguard
00:07:08or two because Rowe informed the feds
00:07:11on how to catch outfit policy operators
00:07:14evading taxes
00:07:15Rowe testified at the Kefauver hearings
00:07:18and named prominent wheel operators
00:07:20that included two Chicago outfit mobsters
00:07:24When Rowe was killed
00:07:26it signaled the end of an era
00:07:28The rule of black policy kings
00:07:31was over in Chicago
00:07:33Theodore Rowe, a.k.a. Robin Hood
00:07:38was laid to rest at Lincoln Cemetery
00:07:41on the south side
00:07:42The politicians in Springfield
00:07:48seen the money being made by the outfit
00:07:50And in 1974
00:07:53policy came to an end
00:07:55And the state lawmakers
00:07:57took it away from the outfit
00:07:58when they launched the Illinois State Lottery
00:08:01And just like that
00:08:03the state became the new landlords
00:08:04of the policy game here in Illinois
00:08:06And the state overzealously expanded it
00:08:11into a dozen different games
00:08:13and scratch-off ticket games
00:08:15In the first year
00:08:17the state brought in $150 million
00:08:20And this was just the beginning
00:08:22In 2019
00:08:24the lottery generated approximately
00:08:27$3 billion in revenue
00:08:29And over the past 47 years
00:08:32it has brought in over $100 billion
00:08:35for the state of Illinois
00:08:36The three men that created policy
00:08:43were very smart men
00:08:44They didn't have a product
00:08:47and yet they made millions
00:08:49They didn't have to create a product
00:08:51store a product
00:08:53or ship a product
00:08:54like you would with cigarettes
00:08:56alcohol
00:08:57or drugs
00:08:58And what they did was
00:09:01they set up one spot
00:09:03to take the bets and the money
00:09:04and another spot
00:09:06to pay out the winners
00:09:07And there weren't very many winners
00:09:09And a lot of policy
00:09:12millionaires were created
00:09:14during this time
00:09:15And a lot of them
00:09:17were black policy millionaires
00:09:19And that's why the outfit took it
00:09:21And that's now why
00:09:23the state has it
00:09:25By the turn of the century
00:09:32Chicago had become
00:09:34the center
00:09:35of the horse racing world
00:09:37Betting on horse racing
00:09:40is one of the oldest vices
00:09:42and one of the most corrupt sports
00:09:44in the history of Chicago
00:09:46Residents first started watching
00:09:48the sport in the early 1830s
00:09:50And by the 1930s
00:09:53spectator horse racing
00:09:54became a huge attraction
00:09:56And by the mid-1930s
00:09:59the city of Chicago
00:10:00had six racetracks
00:10:02more than any other city
00:10:04in the country
00:10:04There was Lincoln Fields
00:10:08Aurora Downs
00:10:11Harlem Racetrack
00:10:14Washington Park
00:10:17Garfield Park
00:10:19and Hawthorne Park
00:10:22And over the next couple of decades
00:10:25some would disappear
00:10:26and were replaced
00:10:28with new more modern tracks
00:10:30like Sportsman's Park
00:10:31Belmoral Park
00:10:34Maywood Park
00:10:36and Arlington Park
00:10:38In the early years of racing
00:10:42in September of 1891
00:10:45the Chicago police raided
00:10:47Garfield Park Racetrack
00:10:49They arrested jockeys
00:10:51bookmakers
00:10:52bettors
00:10:53and managers
00:10:5433 people were arrested
00:10:56in this raid
00:10:57Three days later
00:10:59on September 5, 1891
00:11:02500 cops came back
00:11:04and raided the park again
00:11:06and arrested 125 people
00:11:09for gambling
00:11:10The next day
00:11:12the mob killed
00:11:13two police officers
00:11:14and a horse owner
00:11:16and a horse owner
00:11:16was killed
00:11:17Tempers flared
00:11:19and because of this
00:11:20the track was closed
00:11:21by reformed mayor
00:11:23Republican
00:11:24Hempstead Washburn
00:11:25in early 1892
00:11:27and because of the violence
00:11:30and race fixing
00:11:31but mainly the race fixing
00:11:33horse racing was banned
00:11:35in Illinois
00:11:36from 1905
00:11:38till 1927
00:11:40when a bill
00:11:41legalizing
00:11:42power mutual racing
00:11:43was passed
00:11:44by the Illinois legislature
00:11:46Hawthorne Park
00:11:49opened in 1891
00:11:51it was a home
00:11:53away from home
00:11:53to Al Capone
00:11:54when Capone
00:11:56was chased out of Chicago
00:11:57in 1924
00:11:59by reformed mayor
00:12:00William Emmett
00:12:01Capone took over
00:12:03the town of Cicero
00:12:04and set up headquarters
00:12:06at the Hawthorne Hotel
00:12:07the hotel was a little
00:12:10over a mile away
00:12:11from Hawthorne Park
00:12:12Capone and his bodyguards
00:12:15would regularly
00:12:16hop in the car
00:12:17and off to the track
00:12:18they would go
00:12:19Capone spent a lot
00:12:22of time gambling
00:12:23at the park
00:12:23in the gold cup room
00:12:24it was rumored
00:12:26Capone was connected
00:12:27to the track owners
00:12:28and was involved
00:12:30in the building
00:12:31of Sportsman's Park
00:12:32it was built
00:12:33right next door
00:12:34to Hawthorne Park
00:12:35Capone was sending
00:12:37suitcases of cash
00:12:38to the contractor
00:12:39building Sportsman's
00:12:41into a horse track
00:12:42but it started out
00:12:45as a dog track
00:12:46and was run by
00:12:47Al Capone
00:12:48in the mid 1920s
00:12:49Capone used to
00:12:51fix the races
00:12:52by feeding
00:12:52greasy hamburgers
00:12:54to every greyhound
00:12:55but the one
00:12:56he planned to bet on
00:12:57Sportsman's sometimes
00:13:00held boxing matches
00:13:01between races
00:13:02up on the third floor
00:13:03dog racing was illegal
00:13:06and the track
00:13:07was quickly shut down
00:13:08and in 1932
00:13:10horse racing started
00:13:12at Sportsman's Park
00:13:13Capone never got to see
00:13:16the horses run
00:13:17at Sportsman's Park
00:13:18because he was imprisoned
00:13:19for tax evasion
00:13:21in 1931
00:13:23the involvement
00:13:25and consistent
00:13:26fixing of races
00:13:27by gangsters
00:13:28is what led
00:13:30to the state
00:13:30getting involved
00:13:31or so they said
00:13:33decades later
00:13:35we now know
00:13:36this was a lie
00:13:37because the race
00:13:38fixing continued
00:13:39and decades later
00:13:41it was clear
00:13:42this was all
00:13:44about the money
00:13:44mainly the massive
00:13:46tax revenue
00:13:47being collected
00:13:48by the state
00:13:48in 1927
00:13:51Illinois lawmakers
00:13:52became the racetracks
00:13:54partners
00:13:54when they legalized
00:13:56betting
00:13:57the state now
00:13:58had control
00:13:59of licensing fees
00:14:00and regulations
00:14:01and they also had
00:14:03the tracks
00:14:04levy a tax
00:14:05on winners
00:14:06and some of the
00:14:08politicians of the
00:14:09times
00:14:09invested in these
00:14:11tracks
00:14:11because up until
00:14:131990
00:14:14it was the only
00:14:15place to gamble
00:14:16in the Chicagoland area
00:14:18publicly
00:14:19and legally
00:14:20the tracks
00:14:22were packed
00:14:22with people
00:14:23spending money
00:14:24for over 94 years
00:14:26and the state
00:14:28made a fortune
00:14:28in tax revenue
00:14:30and capitalized
00:14:31all the way around
00:14:33by forcing
00:14:34racetrack owners
00:14:35to fill
00:14:36political campaign
00:14:37coffers
00:14:38with cash
00:14:39it was a win-win
00:14:42for politicians
00:14:43and a win-lose
00:14:45for the betters
00:14:47prohibition made
00:14:57the outfit millions
00:14:58and this led to
00:14:59the modern structure
00:15:00that lasted
00:15:01for nearly
00:15:02a hundred years
00:15:03the rise of the
00:15:09Chicago outfit
00:15:10started on
00:15:11January 17th
00:15:121920
00:15:13and what ended
00:15:15up being
00:15:15one hell of a
00:15:16New Year's present
00:15:17for what would
00:15:18soon become
00:15:19the Chicago outfit
00:15:20the federal government
00:15:22gift wrap
00:15:23prohibition
00:15:24for the mob
00:15:24in the package
00:15:26was hundreds
00:15:26of millions
00:15:27of dollars
00:15:28in revenue
00:15:28from booze
00:15:29and along with
00:15:31that came
00:15:32casino gambling
00:15:33slots
00:15:34sports betting
00:15:35policy betting
00:15:36prostitution
00:15:38and drugs
00:15:39big Jim
00:15:42Colisimo
00:15:43was one of
00:15:43the outfit's
00:15:44first bosses
00:15:44he reigned
00:15:46from 1910
00:15:47to 1920
00:15:48a total
00:15:49of 10 years
00:15:50the violence
00:15:53started months
00:15:54after prohibition
00:15:55kicked off
00:15:56when gang boss
00:15:57Johnny Torrio
00:15:58and Al Capone
00:15:59decided to kill
00:16:01big Jim
00:16:02Colisimo
00:16:02aka Diamond Jim
00:16:05for not allowing
00:16:06Torrio and Capone
00:16:07to expand
00:16:08into the manufacturing
00:16:09end of the bootlegging
00:16:10business
00:16:11in May of 1920
00:16:13the two brought
00:16:14in a hitter
00:16:15out of New York
00:16:15Brooklyn crime boss
00:16:18Frankie Yale
00:16:18to do the job
00:16:20this takeover
00:16:22was the opening
00:16:23salvo
00:16:23in what would
00:16:24become
00:16:2413 years of hell
00:16:26for the city
00:16:27of Chicago
00:16:28over the 13 years
00:16:32of prohibition
00:16:33hundreds were
00:16:34murdered
00:16:34and over 100
00:16:35people were killed
00:16:36in bombings
00:16:37street warfare
00:16:39became part
00:16:40of everyday life
00:16:40here in Chicago
00:16:41it was in fact
00:16:43Johnny Torrio
00:16:44that purchased
00:16:45the first Tommy guns
00:16:46used in the street
00:16:48warfare here in Chicago
00:16:49to enforce territory
00:16:51disputes
00:16:52related to
00:16:54operational expansion
00:16:55the big money
00:16:57was in the bootlegging
00:16:58aspect
00:16:59taking control
00:17:00of abandoned breweries
00:17:01warehouses
00:17:02and trucks
00:17:03were essential
00:17:04to feed the appetite
00:17:05of the thousands
00:17:07of speakeasies
00:17:08set up across the city
00:17:09at first
00:17:11there were dozens
00:17:12upon dozens
00:17:13of gangs
00:17:13operating independently
00:17:15throughout the city
00:17:16and violence
00:17:17was the only way
00:17:18to consolidate
00:17:19the gangs
00:17:20under one flag
00:17:21the Capone flag
00:17:23and along with
00:17:25the millions
00:17:25of dollars
00:17:26came massive
00:17:27corruption
00:17:27police corruption
00:17:29and political
00:17:30corruption
00:17:30that had not
00:17:32been seen
00:17:32before
00:17:33or after
00:17:34prohibition
00:17:35a forgotten
00:17:38figure in gang
00:17:39history
00:17:39was the head
00:17:40of the Chicago
00:17:41branch
00:17:41of the Sicilian
00:17:42Union
00:17:42Mike Merlo
00:17:44he was a bootlegger
00:17:46who used his
00:17:46position at the union
00:17:47to mediate disputes
00:17:49among the Chicago
00:17:50gangs
00:17:51and he kept the peace
00:17:53for the first
00:17:53four years
00:17:54of prohibition
00:17:55when Merlo
00:17:57died of cancer
00:17:58on November 8th
00:17:591924
00:18:00his death
00:18:01reignited warfare
00:18:03across the city
00:18:04Lombardo
00:18:06a Capone ally
00:18:07became the new
00:18:07head of the Chicago
00:18:08branch
00:18:09Lombardo
00:18:10was no Mike Merlo
00:18:11and because Capone
00:18:13got his guy in
00:18:14it angered
00:18:15Aiello
00:18:16and years later
00:18:18Joe Aiello
00:18:19would take action
00:18:21against
00:18:22Tony Lombardo
00:18:23over the next
00:18:27nine years
00:18:28high profile
00:18:29killings of rivals
00:18:30like Dean O'Banion
00:18:31and many others
00:18:33would become
00:18:34the norm
00:18:34here in Chicago
00:18:35on November 10th
00:18:381924
00:18:39Frankie Yale
00:18:40found O'Banion
00:18:42clipping chrysanthemums
00:18:43in the back room
00:18:44of his flower shop
00:18:45Frankie Yale
00:18:47walked up
00:18:48introduced himself
00:18:50and shook his hand
00:18:51he held his grip firm
00:18:53and gunmen
00:18:54John Scalise
00:18:55and Albert Anselmi
00:18:57fired two bullets
00:18:58into O'Banion's
00:18:59chest and throat
00:19:00one of them
00:19:02fired a single
00:19:03shot in the back
00:19:04of his head
00:19:04as he laid on the floor
00:19:06the killing of O'Banion
00:19:08sparked years
00:19:09of bad blood
00:19:10that would run red
00:19:11through the streets
00:19:12of Chicago
00:19:12The reason O'Banion
00:19:15was killed
00:19:16was because he set up
00:19:17Torrio
00:19:17during a brewery purchase
00:19:19In January of 1925
00:19:24retribution for the O'Banion
00:19:26killing came
00:19:27Capone was ambushed
00:19:29at the Hawthorne Hotel
00:19:31leaving him shaken
00:19:32but unhurt
00:19:3312 days later
00:19:35on January 24th
00:19:38Torrio
00:19:38was returning
00:19:39from a shopping trip
00:19:40with his wife
00:19:41when he was shot
00:19:42several times
00:19:43by Hyden Wright
00:19:44both Moran
00:19:45and Gucci
00:19:46after recovering
00:19:49he resigned
00:19:50and handed control
00:19:51to Capone
00:19:52Johnny Torrio
00:19:54reigned as boss
00:19:56from 1920
00:19:57to 1925
00:19:59a total of 5 years
00:20:01Capone became
00:20:03the new boss
00:20:04and just like that
00:20:06a 60 million dollar
00:20:07a year organization
00:20:09fell into his lap
00:20:11Al Capone reigned
00:20:14as boss
00:20:15from 1925
00:20:16to 1931
00:20:18a total
00:20:19of 6 years
00:20:20The new Northside
00:20:24gang leader
00:20:25Jaime Weiss
00:20:25demanded vengeance
00:20:27for O'Banion's death
00:20:29and he went after
00:20:30Capone allies
00:20:31he started
00:20:32with the Jenna brothers
00:20:33on May 26th
00:20:361925
00:20:37Angelo Jenna
00:20:38was shot
00:20:39by 3 Northside
00:20:40gang members
00:20:41and died
00:20:41in a hospital
00:20:42as he lay dying
00:20:44he refused
00:20:45to name his shooters
00:20:46and Mike Jenna
00:20:48was killed
00:20:48by police
00:20:49a few weeks later
00:20:50while Anthony Jenna
00:20:52was murdered
00:20:53by the Northside gang
00:20:54a couple of months later
00:20:55Angelo's brother-in-law
00:20:58Henry Spignoli
00:20:59was killed
00:21:00the following year
00:21:01and that was it
00:21:03the rest of the
00:21:04Jenna's
00:21:05fled Chicago
00:21:06and returned
00:21:07to Sicily
00:21:08Jaime Weiss
00:21:12the new leader
00:21:12of the Northside gang
00:21:14was killed
00:21:15on October 11th
00:21:161926
00:21:17Weiss and his entourage
00:21:19were pulling up
00:21:20in a car
00:21:21and were crossing
00:21:22the street
00:21:23next to
00:21:23Holy Name Cathedral
00:21:24when machine gunners
00:21:26from across the street
00:21:27up on the second floor
00:21:29opened fire
00:21:31Weiss was shot
00:21:32ten times
00:21:33and later died
00:21:35at a hospital
00:21:36five were shot
00:21:38in this incident
00:21:39and two were killed
00:21:40The next
00:21:43Northsider
00:21:44to be killed
00:21:45was Vincent
00:21:46the Schemer
00:21:47Drucci
00:21:47He was killed
00:21:49by cops
00:21:49on April 4th
00:21:501927
00:21:52Drucci was killed
00:21:54sitting in a squad car
00:21:55by Detective
00:21:56Dan Healy
00:21:57Some say
00:21:59Dan Healy
00:21:59was on the Capone
00:22:00payroll
00:22:01and his job
00:22:02was to get rid
00:22:03of opposing mobsters
00:22:04In fact
00:22:06Healy
00:22:06who hated
00:22:07all gangsters
00:22:08probably had
00:22:09some rough remarks
00:22:10in the car
00:22:10towards Drucci
00:22:11who probably
00:22:12went ballistic
00:22:13and tried
00:22:14to get Healy's gun
00:22:15It resulted
00:22:17in Healy
00:22:17wrestling the gun
00:22:18from Drucci
00:22:19and shooting him
00:22:20to death
00:22:21Tony Lombardo
00:22:25head of the
00:22:25Sicilian Union
00:22:26was killed
00:22:27on September 7th
00:22:281928
00:22:29Joseph Lillardo
00:22:31was suspected
00:22:32in the slaying
00:22:33of Tony Lombardo
00:22:34He was a bodyguard
00:22:36for Lombardo
00:22:37They claim
00:22:38he set it up
00:22:39He claims
00:22:41he was shooting
00:22:41at the shooters
00:22:42as they were
00:22:43shooting at Lombardo
00:22:44Joseph Ferraro
00:22:46was also killed
00:22:47in this incident
00:22:48Eight years
00:22:52after Frankie Yale
00:22:53murdered
00:22:53Big Jim Colosimo
00:22:55On July 1st
00:22:571928
00:22:58Frankie Yale
00:22:59was killed
00:22:59in New York
00:23:00He was chased down
00:23:02by five Capone
00:23:03gunmen
00:23:04in his car
00:23:04When he crashed
00:23:06they opened fire
00:23:07on him
00:23:07killing him
00:23:08Cops repeatedly
00:23:10questioned Capone
00:23:11about the Yale murder
00:23:13but nothing ever
00:23:14came of it
00:23:15Yale's murder
00:23:18was never solved
00:23:19This was the first time
00:23:20that the Thompson
00:23:21submachine gun
00:23:22was used
00:23:23in a New York
00:23:24gangland hit
00:23:25Yale's killers
00:23:27were said to be
00:23:28Capone gunmen
00:23:29Tony Accardo
00:23:31Fred the Killer
00:23:32Burke
00:23:33Gus Winkler
00:23:35George Shotgun
00:23:37Ziegler
00:23:38Louis Little
00:23:39New York
00:23:40Compagnia
00:23:41Most of these
00:23:42hitmen are believed
00:23:43to have participated
00:23:44in the St. Valentine's Day
00:23:47Massacre
00:23:47seven months
00:23:49later
00:23:49By far
00:23:53the biggest
00:23:54bloody climax
00:23:55of Prohibition
00:23:56related killing
00:23:57came on
00:23:58February 14th
00:23:591929
00:24:00when seven
00:24:02associates
00:24:02of the Moran
00:24:03gang
00:24:04one of Capone's
00:24:05longtime enemies
00:24:06were shot
00:24:08to death
00:24:08by two men
00:24:09dressed as
00:24:09policemen
00:24:10and two
00:24:11dressed as
00:24:12gangsters
00:24:13the St. Valentine's
00:24:23Day Massacre
00:24:24remains an
00:24:25unsolved crime
00:24:26and was never
00:24:27officially linked
00:24:28to Capone
00:24:29Bugs Moran
00:24:31and the Moran
00:24:31gang faded away
00:24:33after this
00:24:33and that was
00:24:35the last major
00:24:35hurdle for Capone
00:24:36it was said
00:24:39these Capone
00:24:40gunmen
00:24:40were responsible
00:24:41for the killing
00:24:42of these seven men
00:24:43Tony Accardo
00:24:45Fred the Killer Burke
00:24:47Gus Winkler
00:24:48and George
00:24:50Shotgun Ziegler
00:24:51over the years
00:24:54there have been
00:24:55disputes between
00:24:56law enforcement
00:24:57and historians
00:24:58as to the
00:24:59participation
00:24:59by Tony Accardo
00:25:01in the murder
00:25:02of Frankie Yale
00:25:03and the murder
00:25:04of seven
00:25:05on St. Valentine's Day
00:25:06the men
00:25:08the men that were
00:25:08directly connected
00:25:09to these events
00:25:10are all dead
00:25:11and because of this
00:25:12we will never know
00:25:14for sure
00:25:14the two
00:25:18Tommy guns used
00:25:20in the St. Valentine's
00:25:21Day Massacre
00:25:22and the one used
00:25:23in Yale's murder
00:25:24were found in the
00:25:25possession
00:25:26of Fred the Killer
00:25:27Burke
00:25:28the guns were
00:25:29definitively
00:25:30ballistically linked
00:25:31to both of these crimes
00:25:33and they were found
00:25:35in Burke's hideout
00:25:35after he was arrested
00:25:37for killing a Michigan cop
00:25:39he pled guilty
00:25:41to the cop killing
00:25:42and kept his mouth shut
00:25:44and never admitted
00:25:45to anything related
00:25:47to Yale
00:25:47or the massacre
00:25:49he never stood trial
00:25:51for either of these crimes
00:25:52and died in jail
00:25:55in 1940
00:25:56the last high profile
00:26:01killing
00:26:02of the Prohibition era
00:26:03was Joe Aiello
00:26:05he was killed
00:26:07on October 23rd
00:26:081930
00:26:09he was a Chicago
00:26:11bootlegger
00:26:11who had a long
00:26:12standing blood feud
00:26:13with the Chicago
00:26:14outfit
00:26:15and boss
00:26:16Al Capone
00:26:17Capone gunman
00:26:19ambushed him
00:26:20as he exited
00:26:21a Chicago apartment
00:26:22building
00:26:22where he had been
00:26:24hiding out
00:26:24they shot him
00:26:2659 times
00:26:27it is said
00:26:30Louis Compagnia
00:26:32is suspected
00:26:32of putting together
00:26:33the hit
00:26:34on Aiello
00:26:35some say
00:26:36he was the shooter
00:26:37we'll never know
00:26:39Joseph Aiello
00:26:43was killed
00:26:44because he was
00:26:45the chief architect
00:26:46in the murder
00:26:47of Sicilian Union
00:26:48boss
00:26:49Tony Lombardo
00:26:50on October 17th
00:26:551931
00:26:56Capone was found
00:26:57guilty on 22 counts
00:26:59of federal income
00:27:00tax evasion
00:27:01and was sentenced
00:27:02to 11 years
00:27:03in federal prison
00:27:04he was sent
00:27:05to Atlanta
00:27:06federal prison
00:27:07first
00:27:07and then sent
00:27:08to Alcatraz
00:27:09on November 16th
00:27:121939
00:27:13Al Capone
00:27:14was released
00:27:15after having
00:27:16served 7 years
00:27:176 months
00:27:18and 15 days
00:27:20he paid all
00:27:22his fines
00:27:22and back taxes
00:27:23and Al Capone
00:27:25never returned
00:27:26to Chicago
00:27:27suffering from syphilis
00:27:30he had deteriorated
00:27:31greatly during
00:27:31his confinement
00:27:32once released
00:27:35once released
00:27:35from the rock
00:27:36Capone went
00:27:36to his Florida
00:27:37home
00:27:37on Palm Island
00:27:38and 8 years later
00:27:40on January 25th
00:27:421947
00:27:43he died
00:27:44Al Capone
00:27:48never returned
00:27:48to Chicago
00:27:49alive
00:27:49but his body
00:27:51was sent back
00:27:52to Chicago
00:27:52and he was buried
00:27:54at Mount Olivet
00:27:55Cemetery
00:27:55and later moved
00:27:57to the family plot
00:27:58at Mount Carmel
00:28:00over Al Capone's
00:28:0312 year involvement
00:28:04with the outfit
00:28:05authorities claim
00:28:07he is responsible
00:28:08for hundreds
00:28:09of murders
00:28:10politicians realized
00:28:16outlawing alcohol
00:28:16was a failure
00:28:18on many levels
00:28:19some claim
00:28:20the murders
00:28:21and corruption
00:28:22played a role
00:28:22in the reversal
00:28:24in policy
00:28:24that took place
00:28:26on December 5th
00:28:271933
00:28:27when the
00:28:3021st Amendment
00:28:31was ratified
00:28:32in this proclamation
00:28:33from President Roosevelt
00:28:35the 21st Amendment
00:28:37repealed the 18th Amendment
00:28:38of January 16th
00:28:401919
00:28:41ending the unpopular
00:28:44nationwide
00:28:45prohibition of alcohol
00:28:46when prohibition
00:28:49officially ended
00:28:50the gangsters
00:28:52had the trucks
00:28:52warehouses
00:28:54and in some cases
00:28:55the breweries
00:28:56some sold
00:28:58their equipment
00:28:58for pennies
00:28:59on the dollar
00:28:59and others
00:29:01opened legitimate
00:29:02distributorships
00:29:03because booze
00:29:05was big business
00:29:06politicians
00:29:07also became
00:29:08big investors
00:29:09in these distributorships
00:29:11and this was based
00:29:13on their own policy
00:29:15and over the next
00:29:1670 plus years
00:29:17the outfit
00:29:18was completely
00:29:19pushed out
00:29:20of the alcohol
00:29:21business
00:29:22this is where
00:29:30the outfit's
00:29:31future leadership
00:29:31came from
00:29:32the 42 gang
00:29:34these guys
00:29:35would run the
00:29:36rackets across
00:29:36Chicago
00:29:37for decades
00:29:39the 42 gang
00:29:45is one of the
00:29:45oldest gangs
00:29:46in Chicago
00:29:47it was a
00:29:48teenage street gang
00:29:49that started
00:29:50during prohibition
00:29:51the 42 gang
00:29:53served as a
00:29:54teen farm team
00:29:55for future members
00:29:56of the Chicago
00:29:58outfit
00:29:58these are just a
00:30:01few of the
00:30:0142 gang members
00:30:03including future
00:30:05upper echelon
00:30:06members
00:30:06of the Chicago
00:30:07outfit
00:30:08Sam Mooney
00:30:11Giancana
00:30:12Sam Teets
00:30:14Bataglia
00:30:15Luigi
00:30:17Cockey
00:30:17Louie
00:30:18Frotto
00:30:18Felix
00:30:20Milwaukee
00:30:21Phil
00:30:21Eldoricio
00:30:22Mad
00:30:24Sam
00:30:24DiStefano
00:30:25Charles
00:30:27Chucky
00:30:27Nicoletti
00:30:28Fiori
00:30:30Fifi
00:30:30Buccieri
00:30:31William
00:30:32Smokes
00:30:33Aloisio
00:30:34Frank
00:30:35Skid
00:30:36Caruso
00:30:36William
00:30:38Willie
00:30:38Potatoes
00:30:39Dead Adano
00:30:40Joey
00:30:42DeVarco
00:30:42Marcelo
00:30:44Caifano
00:30:45Mario
00:30:47DeStefano
00:30:48Bruno
00:30:49Tassion
00:30:50Jackie
00:30:52Cerrone
00:30:52and Butch
00:30:54Blassie
00:30:54In 1931
00:30:58of the original
00:30:59members
00:30:59over 30
00:31:00had been killed
00:31:01or imprisoned
00:31:02on a variety
00:31:03of charges
00:31:04including murder
00:31:06armed robbery
00:31:07and sexual
00:31:08assault
00:31:09The gang
00:31:11operated
00:31:11and had members
00:31:12in Italian
00:31:13neighborhoods
00:31:13across the city
00:31:14The gang
00:31:16became notorious
00:31:17for committing
00:31:18every crime
00:31:18on the list
00:31:19and the 42
00:31:21gang soon
00:31:21emerged as
00:31:22one of the
00:31:22most violent
00:31:23gangs in the
00:31:24city
00:31:24but they
00:31:26suffered heavy
00:31:27losses due
00:31:27to wars
00:31:28with rival
00:31:28gangs
00:31:29The gang
00:31:30also had
00:31:31a high rate
00:31:32of arrests
00:31:32for murders
00:31:33of robbery
00:31:34victims
00:31:34suspected
00:31:35informants
00:31:36and police
00:31:37officers
00:31:38In 1928
00:31:41a number
00:31:42of 42
00:31:42gang members
00:31:43were being
00:31:44held at the
00:31:45Illinois State
00:31:45Boys Reformatory
00:31:47in St.
00:31:48Charles
00:31:48One day
00:31:50William Butler
00:31:51commander
00:31:52of the facility
00:31:53received the
00:31:54following threat
00:31:55from a gang
00:31:55member
00:31:56Unless you
00:31:57let our pals
00:31:58go
00:31:58we will come
00:31:59down there
00:32:00and kill
00:32:00everybody we
00:32:01see
00:32:01We've got
00:32:03plenty of men
00:32:04and some
00:32:04machine guns
00:32:05Butler was
00:32:07going to
00:32:08dismiss it
00:32:08but Chicago
00:32:10police officials
00:32:11advised him
00:32:11to take it
00:32:12seriously
00:32:13After this
00:32:15Butler called
00:32:16up to
00:32:16Illinois National
00:32:17Guard
00:32:17to defend
00:32:18the reformatory
00:32:19Several days
00:32:21later
00:32:21three juvenile
00:32:22gang members
00:32:23led by
00:32:23Crazy Patsy
00:32:25Stefanelli
00:32:25were caught
00:32:27outside the
00:32:28reformatory
00:32:28walls
00:32:29Once they
00:32:31were taken
00:32:31into custody
00:32:32the boys
00:32:33bragged that
00:32:33they were a
00:32:34scouting party
00:32:35sent to
00:32:36infiltrate
00:32:36machine gunners
00:32:37into the
00:32:38facility
00:32:38In 1930
00:32:40Crazy Patsy
00:32:42Stefanelli
00:32:42was killed
00:32:43by the
00:32:44Chicago police
00:32:45The St.
00:32:46Charles
00:32:47incident
00:32:47was widely
00:32:48covered
00:32:48by the
00:32:49Chicago
00:32:49press
00:32:50and many
00:32:51critics
00:32:51called for
00:32:52a tougher
00:32:52stance
00:32:53against
00:32:53juvenile
00:32:54offenders
00:32:54The Chicago
00:32:56Tribune
00:32:57declared
00:32:57that the
00:32:57only decision
00:32:58facing
00:32:59authorities
00:32:59was whether
00:33:01to sentence
00:33:02gang members
00:33:03to Joliet
00:33:03prison
00:33:04or send
00:33:05them
00:33:05to the
00:33:06electric
00:33:07chair
00:33:07When I
00:33:11was a
00:33:11young man
00:33:12I used
00:33:12to work
00:33:12with my
00:33:13grandfather
00:33:13and
00:33:16one of
00:33:17his friends
00:33:17was an
00:33:18original
00:33:1942 gang
00:33:20member
00:33:20and he
00:33:22was a
00:33:22heavyweight
00:33:23in the
00:33:24outfit
00:33:25He ran
00:33:26the neighborhood
00:33:26of Bridgeport
00:33:27for a long
00:33:27time
00:33:28and his
00:33:30name was
00:33:30Frank Caruso
00:33:32and his
00:33:34street name
00:33:35was Skid
00:33:35When I
00:33:37was a
00:33:37kid
00:33:38we had
00:33:38a shop
00:33:39my cousins
00:33:40had a shop
00:33:40in the
00:33:41garage
00:33:42in the
00:33:42back
00:33:42and that
00:33:44was
00:33:44a few
00:33:45doors
00:33:45down
00:33:46from
00:33:46Mr.
00:33:47Caruso's
00:33:47house
00:33:48and my
00:33:50grandfather
00:33:50used to
00:33:51go over
00:33:51there
00:33:51and do
00:33:51a little
00:33:52work
00:33:52My
00:33:53grandfather
00:33:54would walk
00:33:54in and he
00:33:55would greet
00:33:55him and be
00:33:56happy to
00:33:56see him
00:33:56and then he
00:33:57would see
00:33:58me
00:33:58behind him
00:33:59lugging his
00:34:00tools
00:34:00and they
00:34:02would talk
00:34:02while he
00:34:02would work
00:34:03and he
00:34:03would watch
00:34:05us
00:34:05and he
00:34:07always
00:34:07told me
00:34:10that
00:34:11I should
00:34:13get an
00:34:14honorable
00:34:14profession
00:34:15and he
00:34:16always said
00:34:17my grandfather
00:34:18was an
00:34:18honorable
00:34:18man
00:34:19and that
00:34:21word
00:34:21honorable
00:34:22didn't mean
00:34:25much to me
00:34:25back then
00:34:26but it
00:34:26means something
00:34:26to me
00:34:27today
00:34:27he used
00:34:30to tell
00:34:30me
00:34:31your grandfather
00:34:33is an
00:34:34honorable
00:34:34man
00:34:34being a
00:34:37craftsman
00:34:38carpenter
00:34:39is an
00:34:40honorable
00:34:40profession
00:34:41you should
00:34:43listen and
00:34:43learn from
00:34:44him
00:34:44because he's
00:34:45the best
00:34:46and he
00:34:49always used
00:34:49to give me
00:34:50you know
00:34:5020 bucks
00:34:51every time
00:34:51I'd go there
00:34:52which was a
00:34:53handful of
00:34:54times
00:34:54over the
00:34:54years
00:34:55between him
00:34:56and my
00:34:56grandfather
00:34:57I think
00:34:58Mr. Caruso
00:34:59was born
00:34:59in 1911
00:35:00my grandfather
00:35:01was born
00:35:01in 1915
00:35:02so they
00:35:03lived through
00:35:04the Capone
00:35:06era
00:35:06Nitti
00:35:07Giancana
00:35:09and nobody
00:35:12knew better
00:35:12than Mr. Caruso
00:35:13what it was
00:35:14all about
00:35:14and I think
00:35:17he was trying
00:35:17to warn me
00:35:18about the
00:35:18influences
00:35:19that were
00:35:21taking place
00:35:22in the Bridgeport
00:35:22community
00:35:23because there
00:35:23were gangsters
00:35:24everywhere
00:35:24in the 70s
00:35:25when I was
00:35:25growing up
00:35:25and all the
00:35:28young guys
00:35:28wanted to be
00:35:29like them
00:35:29and I'm
00:35:33thinking back
00:35:33now
00:35:34that it was
00:35:35a warning
00:35:35that it was
00:35:37a warning
00:35:38to stay
00:35:40away from it
00:35:40because I
00:35:41believe
00:35:41in his old
00:35:42age he had
00:35:43a change
00:35:43of heart
00:35:44and my
00:35:46grandfather
00:35:47wanted to
00:35:48teach me
00:35:49because
00:35:50he didn't
00:35:53want that
00:35:53for me
00:35:54and he
00:35:55took a lot
00:35:56of time
00:35:56and patience
00:35:57to teach
00:35:57me a lot
00:35:58of things
00:35:58I didn't
00:36:00go quite
00:36:01down the
00:36:01road
00:36:01they thought
00:36:02I would
00:36:03when my
00:36:05grandfather
00:36:06died
00:36:06I regretted
00:36:08that I
00:36:09did not
00:36:10take the
00:36:12time to
00:36:13finish learning
00:36:14from the
00:36:14greatest
00:36:15teacher I
00:36:15would ever
00:36:15have
00:36:16they were
00:36:20both right
00:36:21and I
00:36:24wish now
00:36:24I had
00:36:24listened
00:36:25that's for
00:36:26sure
00:36:26it was a
00:36:28warning
00:36:28that went
00:36:29unheeded
00:36:30prohibition
00:36:37ended
00:36:38and nitty
00:36:38shifted
00:36:39towards drugs
00:36:40and the
00:36:41extortion
00:36:41racket
00:36:42and lost
00:36:43big
00:36:43Frank
00:36:47Nitty
00:36:47was the
00:36:48boss
00:36:48of the
00:36:48Chicago
00:36:49outfit
00:36:49from
00:36:501931
00:36:51to
00:36:521943
00:36:52he
00:36:54held
00:36:54the
00:36:54longest
00:36:55term
00:36:55as
00:36:55outfit
00:36:56boss
00:36:56in
00:36:56Chicago
00:36:57to
00:36:57date
00:36:58lasting
00:36:5912
00:37:00years
00:37:00in
00:37:051931
00:37:06both
00:37:07Nitty
00:37:07and Capone
00:37:07were convicted
00:37:08of tax
00:37:09evasion
00:37:09and sent
00:37:10to prison
00:37:11Nitty
00:37:12received
00:37:12an 18-month
00:37:13sentence
00:37:14while Capone
00:37:15was sent
00:37:15away
00:37:15for 11
00:37:16years
00:37:16while
00:37:19Frank
00:37:19Nitty
00:37:19was gone
00:37:20Paul
00:37:20the waiter
00:37:21Rika
00:37:21held the
00:37:22reins
00:37:22and when
00:37:24Nitty
00:37:24was seated
00:37:24he immediately
00:37:26encountered
00:37:26problems
00:37:27on the
00:37:29afternoon
00:37:30of December
00:37:3019th
00:37:311932
00:37:32Mayor
00:37:33Cermak's
00:37:34special
00:37:34police
00:37:35detail
00:37:35headed
00:37:36by
00:37:36detectives
00:37:37sergeants
00:37:38Harry
00:37:38Lang
00:37:38and Harry
00:37:39Miller
00:37:39raided
00:37:41Nitty's
00:37:41headquarters
00:37:42Lang
00:37:43fired
00:37:43five
00:37:44shots
00:37:44hitting
00:37:45Nitty
00:37:45three
00:37:45times
00:37:46Nitty
00:37:47would
00:37:47survive
00:37:48but he
00:37:49was charged
00:37:50with attempted
00:37:50murder
00:37:51Lang
00:37:52actually
00:37:53shot
00:37:53and grazed
00:37:54himself
00:37:54in the
00:37:55neck
00:37:55to make
00:37:56it look
00:37:56good
00:37:56lucky
00:37:58for
00:37:58Nitty
00:37:58it was
00:37:59later
00:37:59exposed
00:38:00at
00:38:00trial
00:38:00as a
00:38:01setup
00:38:01by
00:38:02Lang
00:38:02and his
00:38:03crew
00:38:03on
00:38:04orders
00:38:05from
00:38:05Mayor
00:38:05Anton
00:38:06Cermak
00:38:06was
00:38:08never
00:38:09charged
00:38:09in
00:38:10this
00:38:10shooting
00:38:10and
00:38:11Nitty
00:38:11now
00:38:12knew
00:38:12the
00:38:12mayor
00:38:12wanted
00:38:13him
00:38:13dead
00:38:13and
00:38:14sent
00:38:14the
00:38:14cops
00:38:14to
00:38:15try
00:38:15and
00:38:15kill
00:38:15him
00:38:15there
00:38:17was
00:38:17another
00:38:17hard
00:38:17lesson
00:38:18Nitty
00:38:18would
00:38:18learn
00:38:19no
00:38:20one
00:38:20man
00:38:21is
00:38:21more
00:38:21important
00:38:21than
00:38:22the
00:38:22preservation
00:38:23of
00:38:24the
00:38:24outfit
00:38:24months
00:38:28later
00:38:28on
00:38:29February
00:38:2915
00:38:301933
00:38:31Mayor
00:38:32Anton
00:38:33Cermak
00:38:33was
00:38:33attending
00:38:34a
00:38:34campaign
00:38:34event
00:38:35for
00:38:35Roosevelt
00:38:35in
00:38:36Miami
00:38:37Florida
00:38:37Cermak
00:38:39was
00:38:39standing
00:38:40next
00:38:40to
00:38:40Roosevelt
00:38:41and
00:38:41Cermak
00:38:42was
00:38:42gunned
00:38:42down
00:38:43and
00:38:44on
00:38:44March
00:38:446
00:38:44he
00:38:45died
00:38:45from
00:38:45his
00:38:46wounds
00:38:46this
00:38:48incident
00:38:48was
00:38:49reported
00:38:49by the
00:38:50press
00:38:50to be
00:38:50an
00:38:50assassination
00:38:51attempt
00:38:51on
00:38:52Roosevelt
00:38:52Chicago
00:38:54reporter
00:38:55Walter
00:38:55Winchell
00:38:56claimed
00:38:56the
00:38:56outfit
00:38:57sent
00:38:57Zangara
00:38:58to
00:38:58kill
00:38:58Cermak
00:38:59for
00:38:59trying
00:39:00to
00:39:00kill
00:39:00Nitty
00:39:00and
00:39:02also
00:39:02wanted
00:39:02to
00:39:03send
00:39:03a
00:39:03message
00:39:03to
00:39:04all
00:39:04politicians
00:39:05that
00:39:05did
00:39:06not
00:39:06want
00:39:06to
00:39:06fall
00:39:06in
00:39:07line
00:39:07after
00:39:08Cermak's
00:39:09death
00:39:09the
00:39:10message
00:39:10was
00:39:10sent
00:39:11loud
00:39:11and
00:39:11clear
00:39:11and
00:39:12no
00:39:12Chicago
00:39:13mayor
00:39:13would
00:39:14publicly
00:39:14condemn
00:39:15outfit
00:39:15leaders
00:39:16their
00:39:16politicians
00:39:17judges
00:39:18or
00:39:19cops
00:39:1914
00:39:21days
00:39:22after
00:39:22Cermak's
00:39:23death
00:39:23assassin
00:39:24Giuseppe
00:39:25Zangara
00:39:25was executed
00:39:27in the arms
00:39:27of old
00:39:28Sparky
00:39:28the famed
00:39:30electric chair
00:39:30at the
00:39:31Florida State
00:39:32Prison
00:39:32at Rayford
00:39:33it was one
00:39:34of the
00:39:35quickest
00:39:35trials
00:39:35and
00:39:36executions
00:39:37in
00:39:38American
00:39:38history
00:39:38there's
00:39:42a strong
00:39:42possibility
00:39:43there was
00:39:43no
00:39:44involvement
00:39:44in
00:39:44Cermak's
00:39:45death
00:39:45by the
00:39:46Chicago
00:39:47outfit
00:39:47and
00:39:48boss
00:39:48Frank
00:39:48Nitti
00:39:49either
00:39:50way
00:39:50the
00:39:50outfit
00:39:51benefited
00:39:51from
00:39:52people
00:39:52thinking
00:39:53they
00:39:53had
00:39:54killed
00:39:54Cermak
00:39:55and
00:39:56this
00:39:57put
00:39:57fear
00:39:57into
00:39:57all
00:39:58politicians
00:39:58in
00:39:59Chicago
00:39:59for
00:40:00decades
00:40:00to
00:40:00come
00:40:01their
00:40:02motto
00:40:02was
00:40:03go
00:40:04along
00:40:04or
00:40:05else
00:40:06Mayor
00:40:10Cermak
00:40:11was laid
00:40:11to rest
00:40:12at
00:40:12Bohemian
00:40:13National
00:40:13Cemetery
00:40:14on the
00:40:15north
00:40:15side
00:40:15of
00:40:16Chicago
00:40:16after
00:40:21Cermak's
00:40:22death
00:40:22Nitti
00:40:23immediately
00:40:23expanded
00:40:24operations
00:40:25and set
00:40:26out to
00:40:26fill the
00:40:27void
00:40:27in the
00:40:28lost
00:40:28revenue
00:40:28from
00:40:29booze
00:40:29so he
00:40:31turned
00:40:31the
00:40:31outfit's
00:40:32focus
00:40:32to the
00:40:32labor
00:40:33unions
00:40:33mainly
00:40:34in
00:40:34California
00:40:35Nitti
00:40:37and other
00:40:37bosses
00:40:37over the
00:40:38next
00:40:3860
00:40:39years
00:40:39would
00:40:40keep
00:40:40the
00:40:40old
00:40:40school
00:40:41rackets
00:40:41intact
00:40:42they
00:40:43still
00:40:43had
00:40:43casino
00:40:44gambling
00:40:44the
00:40:45sports
00:40:45book
00:40:46slot
00:40:47machines
00:40:47prostitution
00:40:48and
00:40:49drugs
00:40:50and
00:40:50they
00:40:50were
00:40:51making
00:40:51headway
00:40:51into
00:40:52the
00:40:52labor
00:40:52unions
00:40:52here
00:40:53in
00:40:53Chicago
00:40:53in
00:40:56the
00:40:56early
00:40:561940s
00:40:57Nitti
00:40:58made
00:40:58a
00:40:58big
00:40:59mistake
00:40:59when
00:41:00he
00:41:00took
00:41:00the
00:41:00Capone
00:41:00reputation
00:41:01to
00:41:01Hollywood
00:41:02in
00:41:03a
00:41:03failed
00:41:03attempt
00:41:03to
00:41:04extort
00:41:04the
00:41:04film
00:41:04studios
00:41:05Nitti
00:41:08convinced
00:41:08the
00:41:09outfit
00:41:09leadership
00:41:09his
00:41:10takeover
00:41:11plan
00:41:11would
00:41:11work
00:41:12Chicago
00:41:14mobster
00:41:14Johnny
00:41:14Roselli
00:41:15gained
00:41:16control of
00:41:16the
00:41:16projectors
00:41:17union
00:41:17and threatened
00:41:19the studios
00:41:19with strikes
00:41:20and other
00:41:21labor problems
00:41:22if they did
00:41:23not pay
00:41:23up
00:41:24after the
00:41:26projectors
00:41:26union
00:41:26takeover
00:41:27was complete
00:41:28Nitti
00:41:29sent
00:41:29Willie
00:41:30the
00:41:30pimp
00:41:30B
00:41:30off
00:41:30to
00:41:31Hollywood
00:41:31to
00:41:32start
00:41:32extorting
00:41:33the
00:41:33film
00:41:33studios
00:41:34B
00:41:36off
00:41:36immediately
00:41:36got himself
00:41:37in
00:41:37trouble
00:41:37and
00:41:38to
00:41:38stay
00:41:39out
00:41:39of
00:41:39jail
00:41:39started
00:41:40cooperating
00:41:41with
00:41:41law
00:41:41enforcement
00:41:42and
00:41:43that
00:41:43resulted
00:41:43in
00:41:44indictments
00:41:44against
00:41:45several
00:41:45high-ranking
00:41:46members
00:41:46of the
00:41:47Chicago
00:41:48outfit
00:41:48in
00:41:521943
00:41:53the
00:41:54upper
00:41:54echelon
00:41:54of
00:41:54the
00:41:55Chicago
00:41:55outfit
00:41:56was
00:41:56indicted
00:41:56for
00:41:57extorting
00:41:58the
00:41:58Hollywood
00:41:58film
00:41:59industry
00:41:59Phil
00:42:00D'Andrea
00:42:01Louis
00:42:02Little
00:42:03New York
00:42:03Compagnia
00:42:04Nick
00:42:06Cercella
00:42:06Charles
00:42:08Cherry
00:42:08Nose
00:42:08Gio
00:42:09Rika
00:42:10and
00:42:11Johnny
00:42:12Roselli
00:42:12were
00:42:13all
00:42:13accused
00:42:14of
00:42:14extorting
00:42:14money
00:42:15from
00:42:15the
00:42:15movie
00:42:16studios
00:42:16including
00:42:18Columbia
00:42:18Pictures
00:42:19Metro
00:42:20Goldwyn
00:42:20Mayor
00:42:21Paramount
00:42:22Pictures
00:42:23RKO
00:42:24Pictures
00:42:24and
00:42:2520th Century
00:42:26Fox
00:42:27On
00:42:29March
00:42:2918th
00:42:301943
00:42:31Rika
00:42:32and
00:42:32the
00:42:32outfit
00:42:33leadership
00:42:33met
00:42:34with
00:42:34Nitti
00:42:34Since
00:42:35the
00:42:35movie
00:42:36studio
00:42:36racket
00:42:37was
00:42:37Nitti's
00:42:37idea
00:42:38Rika
00:42:39and
00:42:39the
00:42:39outfit
00:42:39leaders
00:42:40demanded
00:42:41that
00:42:41Nitti
00:42:41plead
00:42:42guilty
00:42:42to
00:42:43extortion
00:42:44charges
00:42:44to
00:42:45save
00:42:45them
00:42:45from
00:42:46prison
00:42:46and
00:42:48reality
00:42:48smacked
00:42:49Nitti
00:42:49in the
00:42:49face
00:42:50when
00:42:50he
00:42:50found
00:42:50out
00:42:50he
00:42:51really
00:42:51wasn't
00:42:52the
00:42:52boss
00:42:52and
00:42:53was
00:42:53just
00:42:53a
00:42:54figure
00:42:54head
00:42:54after
00:42:56the
00:42:56meeting
00:42:56Nitti
00:42:57decided
00:42:57he
00:42:57was
00:42:58not
00:42:58going
00:42:58to
00:42:58do
00:42:58another
00:42:59stint
00:42:59in
00:42:59prison
00:43:00some
00:43:01some
00:43:01say
00:43:01it
00:43:01was
00:43:01due
00:43:01to
00:43:02his
00:43:02severe
00:43:02claustrophobia
00:43:03and
00:43:04others
00:43:04claim
00:43:05he
00:43:05was
00:43:05dying
00:43:05of
00:43:05cancer
00:43:06Nitti
00:43:07shot
00:43:08himself
00:43:08to
00:43:08death
00:43:08the
00:43:09next
00:43:09day
00:43:09and
00:43:10Rika
00:43:10now
00:43:11became
00:43:12the
00:43:12official
00:43:12boss
00:43:12of
00:43:13the
00:43:13outfit
00:43:13and
00:43:14Louis
00:43:14Compagnia
00:43:15became
00:43:15underboss
00:43:16and
00:43:17Tony
00:43:17Accardo
00:43:18became
00:43:19the
00:43:19enforcement
00:43:20chief
00:43:20Willie
00:43:26the
00:43:26pimp
00:43:26Bioff
00:43:27was
00:43:27placed
00:43:27in
00:43:28the
00:43:28witness
00:43:28protection
00:43:28program
00:43:29but
00:43:30resurfaced
00:43:3112
00:43:31years
00:43:31later
00:43:32in
00:43:32Vegas
00:43:32under
00:43:33the
00:43:33name
00:43:34William
00:43:34Nelson
00:43:35he
00:43:36was
00:43:36recognized
00:43:37and
00:43:37the
00:43:38outfit
00:43:38quickly
00:43:38took
00:43:39its
00:43:39revenge
00:43:39for
00:43:40ratting
00:43:40them
00:43:40out
00:43:41a
00:43:42bomb
00:43:42was
00:43:42placed
00:43:42in
00:43:43his
00:43:43car
00:43:43and
00:43:44there
00:43:44was
00:43:44nothing
00:43:45left
00:43:45of
00:43:45him
00:43:45or
00:43:46his
00:43:46car
00:43:47on
00:43:49December
00:43:5030th
00:43:501943
00:43:51Rika
00:43:52and
00:43:53his
00:43:53associates
00:43:53were
00:43:53convicted
00:43:54of
00:43:54extortion
00:43:55and
00:43:55sentenced
00:43:56to
00:43:5610
00:43:56years
00:43:56each
00:43:57in
00:43:57federal
00:43:57prison
00:43:58Rika
00:43:59began
00:43:59his
00:44:00sentence
00:44:00at
00:44:01the
00:44:01federal
00:44:01penitentiary
00:44:02in
00:44:02Atlanta
00:44:02and
00:44:05Frank
00:44:06Nitti
00:44:06a
00:44:06very
00:44:06powerful
00:44:07man
00:44:07in
00:44:07the
00:44:07Chicago
00:44:08outfit
00:44:08died
00:44:10sitting
00:44:10in
00:44:10the
00:44:10grassy
00:44:11mud
00:44:11of
00:44:11an
00:44:11Illinois
00:44:12central
00:44:12railroad
00:44:13line
00:44:13in
00:44:13North
00:44:14Riverside
00:44:14on
00:44:15March
00:44:1619th
00:44:171943
00:44:18he
00:44:19was
00:44:1962
00:44:20years
00:44:20old
00:44:21Frank
00:44:23Nitto
00:44:23aka
00:44:24Frank
00:44:25the
00:44:25enforcer
00:44:25Nitti
00:44:26was laid
00:44:27to rest
00:44:27at
00:44:27Mount Carmel
00:44:28Cemetery
00:44:29in
00:44:29Hillside
00:44:30Illinois
00:44:30Sam
00:44:38Giancana
00:44:39was the
00:44:39frontman
00:44:40that led
00:44:41the
00:44:41policy
00:44:41takeover
00:44:42and opened
00:44:43the door
00:44:43to the
00:44:44Teamsters
00:44:44bank
00:44:45and used
00:44:46it
00:44:46to expand
00:44:47gambling
00:44:48internationally
00:44:49for the
00:44:50bosses
00:44:50Sam
00:44:54Giancana
00:44:54was the
00:44:55boss
00:44:55of the
00:44:55outfit
00:44:56for nine
00:44:56years
00:44:57from
00:44:571957
00:44:58to
00:44:591966
00:45:00after the
00:45:03death
00:45:04of Nitti
00:45:04Rika
00:45:05with the
00:45:05assistance
00:45:06of
00:45:06Accardo
00:45:07ran
00:45:08the
00:45:08outfit
00:45:08into
00:45:08the
00:45:091950s
00:45:10as
00:45:10the
00:45:1150s
00:45:11began
00:45:12Rika
00:45:12started
00:45:13passing
00:45:13more
00:45:13of the
00:45:14day
00:45:14to
00:45:14day
00:45:14operation
00:45:15of the
00:45:16outfit
00:45:16to
00:45:16Accardo
00:45:17in
00:45:181957
00:45:19Rika
00:45:20suddenly
00:45:21told
00:45:21Accardo
00:45:21that he
00:45:22wanted
00:45:22Sam
00:45:23Giancana
00:45:24a Rika
00:45:24protege
00:45:25to take
00:45:26Accardo's
00:45:26position
00:45:27Accardo
00:45:29was facing
00:45:29tax evasion
00:45:30charges
00:45:31and Rika
00:45:32allegedly
00:45:32wanted him
00:45:33to disappear
00:45:33from the
00:45:34public
00:45:34view
00:45:35although
00:45:36unhappy
00:45:37with the
00:45:37demotion
00:45:38Accardo
00:45:38accepted
00:45:39it
00:45:39joining
00:45:40Rika
00:45:40semi
00:45:41retirement
00:45:42however
00:45:43it
00:45:44was
00:45:44understood
00:45:44that
00:45:45Giancana
00:45:46had to
00:45:46get
00:45:46Accardo
00:45:47and Rika
00:45:47approval
00:45:48for
00:45:49all
00:45:49major
00:45:49transactions
00:45:50particularly
00:45:52hits
00:45:53Giancana
00:45:57joined
00:45:58the
00:45:5842
00:45:58gang
00:45:59it
00:46:00was
00:46:00a
00:46:00juvenile
00:46:00street
00:46:01crew
00:46:01and
00:46:02he
00:46:02worked
00:46:02for
00:46:02political
00:46:03boss
00:46:03and
00:46:03gangster
00:46:04Joe
00:46:05Esposito
00:46:05Giancana
00:46:07was
00:46:07considered
00:46:08to be
00:46:08a
00:46:08great
00:46:08wheel
00:46:09man
00:46:09a
00:46:10big
00:46:10earner
00:46:10and
00:46:11a
00:46:11vicious
00:46:11killer
00:46:12after
00:46:13Giancana
00:46:14murdered
00:46:14his
00:46:14boss
00:46:15Esposito
00:46:15the
00:46:1642
00:46:17gang
00:46:17became
00:46:18an
00:46:18extension
00:46:18of
00:46:19the
00:46:19outfit
00:46:20the
00:46:21outfit
00:46:21leadership
00:46:21was
00:46:22very
00:46:22weary
00:46:23at
00:46:23first
00:46:23of
00:46:24the
00:46:2442
00:46:25members
00:46:25they
00:46:26thought
00:46:26they
00:46:26were
00:46:27a
00:46:27bit
00:46:27too
00:46:27wild
00:46:28but
00:46:30Giancana's
00:46:31reputation
00:46:31got him
00:46:32noticed
00:46:32by
00:46:33Frank
00:46:33Nitti
00:46:34Paul
00:46:34Rika
00:46:35and
00:46:36Tony
00:46:36Accardo
00:46:37Giancana
00:46:39did
00:46:40multiple
00:46:40prison
00:46:41terms
00:46:41in
00:46:42Joliet
00:46:42Leavenworth
00:46:44and
00:46:44Terre Haute
00:46:45Federal
00:46:45Prison
00:46:46by the
00:46:47time he
00:46:47was 20
00:46:48years old
00:46:48he was
00:46:49the prime
00:46:49suspect
00:46:50in
00:46:50three
00:46:50murders
00:46:51over
00:46:52his
00:46:53criminal
00:46:53career
00:46:53he is
00:46:54suspected
00:46:55in
00:46:55ordering
00:46:56and
00:46:56participating
00:46:57in
00:46:58dozens
00:46:58of
00:46:59murders
00:46:59and
00:47:0032
00:47:01years
00:47:01later
00:47:01he
00:47:02would
00:47:02become
00:47:03the
00:47:03boss
00:47:03of
00:47:04the
00:47:04Chicago
00:47:05outfit
00:47:05in
00:47:091957
00:47:10Giancana
00:47:11was
00:47:11now
00:47:11the
00:47:12head
00:47:12of
00:47:12the
00:47:12outfit
00:47:12and
00:47:13his
00:47:13first
00:47:14priority
00:47:14was
00:47:14to
00:47:15consolidate
00:47:15illegal
00:47:16lottery
00:47:16rackets
00:47:17in
00:47:17Chicago
00:47:18he
00:47:19did
00:47:19this
00:47:19successfully
00:47:20and
00:47:21filled
00:47:21the
00:47:21outfit's
00:47:22pockets
00:47:22with
00:47:22millions
00:47:23Giancana
00:47:25did
00:47:25this
00:47:26through
00:47:26murdering
00:47:27those
00:47:27who
00:47:28did
00:47:28not
00:47:28go
00:47:28along
00:47:28with
00:47:29the
00:47:29program
00:47:29Giancana
00:47:32was a
00:47:32natural
00:47:32born
00:47:33killer
00:47:33he
00:47:34was
00:47:34a
00:47:34bit
00:47:34more
00:47:35sadistically
00:47:35violent
00:47:36than
00:47:36Capone
00:47:37and
00:47:37Nitti
00:47:37combined
00:47:38the
00:47:39first
00:47:40disaster
00:47:40for
00:47:40Giancana
00:47:41took
00:47:42place
00:47:42when
00:47:42he
00:47:42attended
00:47:43the
00:47:43national
00:47:43summit
00:47:44of
00:47:44mob
00:47:44bosses
00:47:45held
00:47:46in
00:47:46Appalachian
00:47:46New
00:47:47York
00:47:47he
00:47:48was
00:47:48the
00:47:48outfit's
00:47:49representative
00:47:49at
00:47:50the
00:47:50summit
00:47:50that
00:47:51ended
00:47:51up
00:47:51exposing
00:47:52the
00:47:52heresy
00:47:53of
00:47:53the
00:47:53nationwide
00:47:54syndicate
00:47:54that
00:47:55Hoover
00:47:55claimed
00:47:56did
00:47:57not
00:47:57exist
00:47:58after
00:47:59the
00:48:00raid
00:48:00Buffalo
00:48:01crime
00:48:01boss
00:48:02Stefano
00:48:02Magadino
00:48:03and
00:48:03Giancana
00:48:04were
00:48:05overheard
00:48:05on a
00:48:06wiretap
00:48:06saying
00:48:07the
00:48:07meeting
00:48:08should
00:48:08have
00:48:08occurred
00:48:08in
00:48:09the
00:48:09Chicago
00:48:09area
00:48:10Giancana
00:48:11claimed
00:48:12that
00:48:12the
00:48:12Chicago
00:48:13area
00:48:13was
00:48:13the
00:48:14safest
00:48:14place
00:48:14in
00:48:15the
00:48:15world
00:48:15for
00:48:16a
00:48:16major
00:48:16underworld
00:48:17meeting
00:48:17because
00:48:18he
00:48:18had
00:48:19several
00:48:19police
00:48:19chiefs
00:48:20on
00:48:21his
00:48:21payroll
00:48:21Giancana
00:48:26frequently
00:48:26spent
00:48:27time
00:48:27away
00:48:27from
00:48:27Chicago
00:48:28and
00:48:29invested
00:48:29in
00:48:30Las
00:48:30Vegas
00:48:30as
00:48:31well
00:48:31as
00:48:32in
00:48:32offshore
00:48:32casinos
00:48:33in
00:48:33Iran
00:48:33Cuba
00:48:35and
00:48:35Great
00:48:35Britain
00:48:36following
00:48:37the
00:48:37death
00:48:37of
00:48:38his
00:48:38wife
00:48:38Angeline
00:48:39in
00:48:391954
00:48:40Giancana
00:48:42was linked
00:48:42to a
00:48:43series
00:48:43of
00:48:43attractive
00:48:44women
00:48:44including
00:48:45the
00:48:45singer
00:48:46Phyllis
00:48:46Maguire
00:48:47and
00:48:48call
00:48:48girl
00:48:49Judith
00:48:49Exner
00:48:50a
00:48:51woman
00:48:51who
00:48:52he
00:48:52allegedly
00:48:52would
00:48:53share
00:48:53with
00:48:54the
00:48:54future
00:48:54president
00:48:55John
00:48:55F
00:48:56Kennedy
00:48:56claims
00:48:58have
00:48:58been
00:48:59made
00:48:59over
00:48:59the
00:48:59decades
00:49:00that
00:49:00Sam
00:49:00Giancana
00:49:01and
00:49:01the
00:49:01outfit
00:49:02were
00:49:03responsible
00:49:03for
00:49:04handing
00:49:04the
00:49:04presidential
00:49:05election
00:49:05to
00:49:06John
00:49:06F
00:49:07Kennedy
00:49:07because
00:49:09of
00:49:09his
00:49:09father's
00:49:10past
00:49:10ties
00:49:10to
00:49:10Chicago
00:49:11during
00:49:12Prohibition
00:49:13nothing
00:49:14could be
00:49:14further
00:49:15from
00:49:15the
00:49:15truth
00:49:16the
00:49:16outfit
00:49:17leadership
00:49:17hated
00:49:18the
00:49:18Kennedy
00:49:19brothers
00:49:19and
00:49:20viewed
00:49:20them
00:49:21as
00:49:21spoiled
00:49:22rich
00:49:22kids
00:49:22that
00:49:23couldn't
00:49:23be
00:49:23trusted
00:49:24to
00:49:25leave
00:49:25them
00:49:25alone
00:49:25the
00:49:27outfit
00:49:28backed
00:49:28Richard
00:49:28Nixon
00:49:29for
00:49:29president
00:49:30and
00:49:30when
00:49:31Kennedy
00:49:31won
00:49:31big
00:49:32problems
00:49:33came
00:49:33for
00:49:33the
00:49:33outfit
00:49:34but
00:49:35one
00:49:35of
00:49:36President
00:49:36Kennedy's
00:49:37first
00:49:37steps
00:49:37when he
00:49:38took
00:49:38office
00:49:38was
00:49:39to
00:49:39appoint
00:49:40his
00:49:40mob
00:49:40hating
00:49:40brother
00:49:41Robert
00:49:42Kennedy
00:49:42to
00:49:43attorney
00:49:43general
00:49:44and
00:49:45one
00:49:45of
00:49:45Robert's
00:49:46priorities
00:49:46was
00:49:47going
00:49:47after
00:49:48Ricardo
00:49:48Rika
00:49:49Giancana
00:49:50and
00:49:51all
00:49:51top
00:49:52echelon
00:49:52mobsters
00:49:53about
00:49:55the
00:49:55same
00:49:55time
00:49:56that
00:49:56Bobby
00:49:56Kennedy
00:49:56was
00:49:57waging
00:49:57war
00:49:57on
00:49:58the
00:49:58outfit
00:49:58Giancana
00:50:00and
00:50:00another
00:50:01mob
00:50:01boss
00:50:01Santo
00:50:02Traficante
00:50:02were
00:50:03contacted
00:50:04by the
00:50:04CIA
00:50:05in a
00:50:06complex
00:50:07plot
00:50:07to
00:50:07assassinate
00:50:08Cuban
00:50:08leader
00:50:09Fidel
00:50:10Castro
00:50:10Castro
00:50:12kicked
00:50:12the mob
00:50:13out of
00:50:13Cuba
00:50:13after
00:50:14his
00:50:141959
00:50:15revolution
00:50:16Chicago
00:50:18outfit
00:50:18associate
00:50:19Johnny
00:50:20Roselli
00:50:20was also
00:50:21involved
00:50:22and
00:50:22he
00:50:23was
00:50:23the
00:50:23go
00:50:23between
00:50:24in
00:50:24the
00:50:25CIA
00:50:25plot
00:50:26during
00:50:30Giancana's
00:50:31reign
00:50:31the
00:50:31violence
00:50:32escalated
00:50:32and
00:50:33for
00:50:33years
00:50:34cops
00:50:34kept
00:50:35finding
00:50:35people
00:50:35murdered
00:50:36in
00:50:37the
00:50:37trunks
00:50:37of
00:50:37their
00:50:37cars
00:50:38it
00:50:39was
00:50:39in
00:50:40fact
00:50:40Giancana
00:50:41that
00:50:41started
00:50:41leaving
00:50:42the
00:50:42bodies
00:50:42in
00:50:42the
00:50:42trunks
00:50:43of
00:50:43cars
00:50:43after
00:50:45the
00:50:45outfit
00:50:45tortured
00:50:46and
00:50:46murdered
00:50:46the
00:50:46victims
00:50:47and
00:50:48others
00:50:48were
00:50:48being
00:50:49blown
00:50:49up
00:50:49in
00:50:49car
00:50:50bottles
00:50:50these
00:50:51terror
00:50:51tactics
00:50:52were
00:50:52used
00:50:52a lot
00:50:53during
00:50:54Sam
00:50:54Giancana's
00:50:55term
00:50:55as
00:50:56boss
00:50:56under
00:50:59the
00:50:59reins
00:50:59of
00:51:00Nitti
00:51:00and
00:51:01then
00:51:01Giancana
00:51:02the
00:51:02bodies
00:51:03just
00:51:03kept
00:51:03piling
00:51:04up
00:51:04the
00:51:07first
00:51:07documented
00:51:08involvement
00:51:08by the
00:51:09Chicago
00:51:09outfit
00:51:09in
00:51:10Las
00:51:10Vegas
00:51:10started
00:51:12with
00:51:12enforcer
00:51:12Marshall
00:51:13Caifano
00:51:14in
00:51:15the
00:51:151940s
00:51:16Caifano
00:51:16was sent
00:51:17to
00:51:17Los
00:51:17Angeles
00:51:17by
00:51:18Paul
00:51:18Rica
00:51:19and
00:51:19Tony
00:51:20Accardo
00:51:20this
00:51:21started
00:51:22the
00:51:22Las
00:51:22Vegas
00:51:23partnership
00:51:23between
00:51:24the
00:51:24Chicago
00:51:24outfit
00:51:25and
00:51:26the
00:51:26New
00:51:26York
00:51:26mob
00:51:27and
00:51:28it
00:51:28started
00:51:28at
00:51:28Virginia
00:51:29Hills
00:51:29Beverly
00:51:30Hills
00:51:30home
00:51:30with
00:51:31Caifano
00:51:32associate
00:51:32Alan
00:51:33Smiley
00:51:34Smiley
00:51:36was there
00:51:36when
00:51:36Siegel
00:51:37was shot
00:51:37to death
00:51:38by another
00:51:38man
00:51:39and
00:51:40soon
00:51:40after
00:51:41Gus
00:51:41Greenbaum
00:51:42the
00:51:42Chicago
00:51:43outfit's
00:51:43chief
00:51:44bookie
00:51:44arrived
00:51:45at
00:51:45Siegel's
00:51:46Flamingo
00:51:46Hotel
00:51:47in
00:51:47Las
00:51:47Vegas
00:51:48and
00:51:48said
00:51:49we're
00:51:49taking
00:51:50over
00:51:50and
00:51:51the
00:51:51outfit
00:51:52now
00:51:52had
00:51:52their
00:51:52foot
00:51:53in
00:51:53the
00:51:53door
00:51:53Marshall
00:51:55Caifano
00:51:55ran
00:51:56the
00:51:56juice
00:51:56loans
00:51:56and
00:51:57street
00:51:57rackets
00:51:57in
00:51:58Las
00:51:58Vegas
00:51:58for
00:51:59nearly
00:51:59two
00:51:59decades
00:52:00and
00:52:01he
00:52:01was
00:52:01suspected
00:52:02of
00:52:02several
00:52:03unsolved
00:52:03killings
00:52:04including
00:52:05the
00:52:051950
00:52:06murder
00:52:06of
00:52:07former
00:52:07Chicago
00:52:08police
00:52:08lieutenant
00:52:09William
00:52:10Drury
00:52:10and
00:52:11the
00:52:121952
00:52:13strangulation
00:52:13murder
00:52:14of
00:52:14mobster
00:52:15Russian
00:52:16Louis
00:52:16Strauss
00:52:17and
00:52:18and the
00:52:181973
00:52:19shotgun
00:52:20killing
00:52:20of
00:52:20police
00:52:21officer
00:52:21Richard
00:52:22Kane
00:52:23in
00:52:251943
00:52:26Caifano
00:52:27associate
00:52:27Nick
00:52:28Surcella
00:52:28was facing
00:52:30an extortion
00:52:30trial
00:52:31Surcella's
00:52:32girlfriend
00:52:33Estelle
00:52:34Carey
00:52:34a former
00:52:35dice girl
00:52:36was about
00:52:37to cooperate
00:52:37with federal
00:52:38prosecutors
00:52:39days later
00:52:41her burned
00:52:42battered
00:52:43and ice
00:52:43picked
00:52:44body
00:52:44was found
00:52:45in a
00:52:45north side
00:52:46apartment
00:52:46building
00:52:46at 512
00:52:48west
00:52:48Addison
00:52:49Caifano
00:52:50was a prime
00:52:51suspect
00:52:52in this murder
00:52:53but the case
00:52:54was never
00:52:55solved
00:52:56in the 1950s
00:53:00Giancana
00:53:00and Caifano
00:53:02pushed out
00:53:02the last
00:53:03black policy
00:53:04king
00:53:04Theodore
00:53:05Rowe
00:53:05Giancana's
00:53:07guys tried
00:53:08to kidnap
00:53:08Rowe
00:53:09and killed
00:53:10Caifano's
00:53:10brother
00:53:11in the process
00:53:12Leonard
00:53:13Fat Lenny
00:53:14Caifano
00:53:14Leonard
00:53:16Caifano
00:53:17was Sam
00:53:17Giancana's
00:53:18boyhood
00:53:18pal
00:53:19and
00:53:19bodyguard
00:53:20Teddy
00:53:22Rowe
00:53:22and four
00:53:23of his
00:53:23bodyguards
00:53:24three of
00:53:25which were
00:53:25off-duty
00:53:25Chicago
00:53:26cops
00:53:27were forced
00:53:28off the
00:53:28road
00:53:28by Lenny
00:53:29Caifano
00:53:29with him
00:53:31was his
00:53:31brother
00:53:31Marshall
00:53:32Caifano
00:53:33and Vincent
00:53:34Lally
00:53:34Lenny
00:53:36Caifano
00:53:37pulled a
00:53:37gun
00:53:38and a
00:53:38gun
00:53:38battle
00:53:39ensued
00:53:39and Rowe's
00:53:40bodyguards
00:53:41pulled out
00:53:42shotguns
00:53:43and ended
00:53:43up killing
00:53:44Lenny
00:53:45Caifano
00:53:45after
00:53:48Fat Lenny's
00:53:48murder
00:53:49Sam
00:53:49Giancana
00:53:50with the
00:53:51full power
00:53:51of the
00:53:51outfit
00:53:52behind him
00:53:53led a
00:53:53month-long
00:53:54terror
00:53:54campaign
00:53:55through the
00:53:55black
00:53:56neighborhoods
00:53:56of Chicago
00:53:57where Rowe
00:53:58was hiding
00:53:59out
00:53:59dozens
00:54:00were shot
00:54:01at
00:54:01or
00:54:02blackjacked
00:54:02a lot
00:54:03of black
00:54:04hoodlums
00:54:04simply
00:54:05disappeared
00:54:05and others
00:54:06just left
00:54:07town
00:54:07forever
00:54:08Rowe
00:54:10was holed
00:54:10up in his
00:54:11mansion
00:54:11on South
00:54:12Michigan
00:54:12Avenue
00:54:13protected
00:54:14by a
00:54:14small
00:54:14army
00:54:15of
00:54:15bodyguards
00:54:16but it
00:54:17was over
00:54:17and he
00:54:18knew it
00:54:18and on
00:54:19August 1st
00:54:201952
00:54:21Rowe
00:54:22was told
00:54:23by doctors
00:54:23that he
00:54:24had
00:54:24incurable
00:54:25cancer
00:54:25and after
00:54:26that
00:54:27Rowe
00:54:27stopped
00:54:28hiding
00:54:28he
00:54:29dismissed
00:54:30his
00:54:30bodyguards
00:54:31and on
00:54:31August 4th
00:54:321952
00:54:33he dressed
00:54:34in a
00:54:35three-piece
00:54:35suit
00:54:35and a
00:54:36hat
00:54:36and
00:54:37strolled
00:54:37down
00:54:37Michigan
00:54:38Avenue
00:54:38they
00:54:39killed
00:54:40him
00:54:40with
00:54:40eight
00:54:40shots
00:54:41to the
00:54:41head
00:54:41before
00:54:42he
00:54:42reached
00:54:42the other
00:54:43side
00:54:43of the
00:54:43street
00:54:44and
00:54:45Marshall
00:54:45Caifano
00:54:46was the
00:54:47prime
00:54:47suspect
00:54:47in this
00:54:49killing
00:54:49and many
00:54:50other
00:54:51unsolved
00:54:52killings
00:54:53by the
00:54:571950s
00:54:58more outfit
00:54:59connected
00:55:00casinos
00:55:00began to
00:55:01pop up
00:55:02on the
00:55:02strip
00:55:02there
00:55:03was the
00:55:04sands
00:55:04the
00:55:05dunes
00:55:05the
00:55:06Riviera
00:55:06the
00:55:07Tropicana
00:55:08and the
00:55:08Stardust
00:55:09most of
00:55:10these
00:55:11casinos
00:55:11were
00:55:11financed
00:55:12or
00:55:12refinanced
00:55:13with
00:55:13millions
00:55:14of
00:55:14dollars
00:55:14in
00:55:14loans
00:55:15from
00:55:16the
00:55:16mob
00:55:16dominated
00:55:16Teamsters
00:55:17Central
00:55:18States
00:55:18Pension
00:55:18Fund
00:55:19Moe
00:55:20Dalitz
00:55:21was close
00:55:21to
00:55:22Teamsters
00:55:22Union
00:55:22President
00:55:23Jimmy
00:55:23Hoffa
00:55:24and
00:55:25Moe
00:55:25played
00:55:25an
00:55:26instrumental
00:55:26role
00:55:26in
00:55:27helping
00:55:27secure
00:55:28some
00:55:29of
00:55:29these
00:55:29early
00:55:29loans
00:55:30to
00:55:30mob
00:55:31families
00:55:31across
00:55:32the
00:55:32country
00:55:32Moe
00:55:33was
00:55:34referred
00:55:34to
00:55:34as
00:55:34Mr.
00:55:35Las
00:55:35Vegas
00:55:35he
00:55:36would
00:55:36usher
00:55:37the
00:55:37mob
00:55:37into
00:55:37the
00:55:3820th
00:55:38century
00:55:39in
00:55:39Vegas
00:55:40in
00:55:41the
00:55:41late
00:55:411960s
00:55:43Caifano's
00:55:43legal
00:55:44troubles
00:55:44caught up
00:55:45with him
00:55:45and this
00:55:46would force
00:55:47Rika and
00:55:48Accardo
00:55:48and Giancana
00:55:49to replace
00:55:50Caifano
00:55:51with
00:55:52enforcer
00:55:52Anthony
00:55:53Spilatro
00:55:54in 1971
00:55:56and
00:55:57this
00:55:57was
00:55:58the
00:55:58beginning
00:55:58of
00:55:59the
00:55:59windfall
00:56:00that
00:56:00was
00:56:00to
00:56:00come
00:56:00for
00:56:01the
00:56:01outfit
00:56:01over
00:56:02the
00:56:02next
00:56:03decade
00:56:03and
00:56:03a
00:56:03half
00:56:04Giancana
00:56:08had
00:56:08become
00:56:08a
00:56:08problem
00:56:09for
00:56:09the
00:56:09bosses
00:56:09he
00:56:10was
00:56:10fast
00:56:11becoming
00:56:11a
00:56:11celebrity
00:56:12of
00:56:12sorts
00:56:12and
00:56:13he
00:56:13was
00:56:14out
00:56:14in
00:56:14the
00:56:14public
00:56:14view
00:56:15shoulder
00:56:17to
00:56:17shoulder
00:56:17with
00:56:18stars
00:56:18and
00:56:19his
00:56:19face
00:56:19was
00:56:20in
00:56:20the
00:56:20papers
00:56:20every
00:56:20day
00:56:21and
00:56:22this
00:56:22violated
00:56:23Ricardo
00:56:24Enrique's
00:56:25low-key
00:56:26policy
00:56:26in
00:56:281965
00:56:29Giancana
00:56:30was
00:56:30convicted
00:56:31of
00:56:31contempt
00:56:31court
00:56:32he
00:56:33served
00:56:33one
00:56:33year
00:56:34in
00:56:34prison
00:56:34after
00:56:35his
00:56:36release
00:56:36from
00:56:36prison
00:56:37Giancana
00:56:38fled
00:56:38to
00:56:39Mexico
00:56:39and
00:56:40in
00:56:401974
00:56:41he
00:56:42was
00:56:42deported
00:56:42to
00:56:43the
00:56:43United
00:56:43States
00:56:44and
00:56:44then
00:56:45returned
00:56:45to
00:56:45Chicago
00:56:46after
00:56:51Giancana's
00:56:52return
00:56:53to
00:56:53the
00:56:53United
00:56:53States
00:56:54police
00:56:55sent a
00:56:55detail
00:56:56to
00:56:56guard
00:56:56his
00:56:57house
00:56:57because
00:56:58the
00:56:58next
00:56:59day
00:56:59he
00:56:59was
00:56:59to
00:56:59be
00:57:00taken
00:57:00to
00:57:00Washington
00:57:01by
00:57:01federal
00:57:01agents
00:57:02to
00:57:02testify
00:57:03before
00:57:03the
00:57:04church
00:57:04committee
00:57:04which
00:57:05was
00:57:05investigating
00:57:06the
00:57:06CIA
00:57:07and
00:57:08mob
00:57:08activities
00:57:09someone
00:57:10didn't
00:57:10want
00:57:11him
00:57:11back
00:57:11in
00:57:11Chicago
00:57:12and
00:57:13they
00:57:13surely
00:57:13didn't
00:57:14want
00:57:14him
00:57:14testifying
00:57:15at
00:57:15the
00:57:15church
00:57:15hearings
00:57:16there
00:57:17were
00:57:17many
00:57:17reasons
00:57:18the
00:57:18bosses
00:57:19wanted
00:57:19Giancana
00:57:20dead
00:57:20on
00:57:22June
00:57:2219
00:57:221975
00:57:24a
00:57:25gunman
00:57:25secretly
00:57:26entered
00:57:26his
00:57:26home
00:57:26and
00:57:27shot
00:57:27Giancana
00:57:28in
00:57:28the
00:57:28head
00:57:28and
00:57:29neck
00:57:29seven
00:57:30times
00:57:30with
00:57:30a
00:57:31.22
00:57:31caliber
00:57:31pistol
00:57:32Giancana's
00:57:34caretaker
00:57:35found his
00:57:36body on
00:57:36the floor
00:57:37of the
00:57:37basement
00:57:37kitchen
00:57:38where he
00:57:38was frying
00:57:39sausage
00:57:39and
00:57:40peppers
00:57:40he
00:57:41let
00:57:42somebody
00:57:42in
00:57:42he
00:57:43knew
00:57:43and
00:57:44they
00:57:44claim
00:57:45that
00:57:45somebody
00:57:45was
00:57:46Tony
00:57:46Spolatro
00:57:47others
00:57:48claim
00:57:49it was
00:57:49Giancana's
00:57:50driver
00:57:50Butch
00:57:51Blassie
00:57:52within
00:57:53days
00:57:53of
00:57:53Giancana's
00:57:54murder
00:57:55an
00:57:55FBI
00:57:56wiretap
00:57:57picked
00:57:57up
00:57:57Michael
00:57:57Corbett
00:57:58the
00:57:59corrupt
00:57:59police
00:57:59chief
00:58:00of
00:58:00Willow
00:58:00Springs
00:58:01and
00:58:02mobster
00:58:02outfit
00:58:03capo
00:58:04Salvatore
00:58:04Bastone
00:58:05discussing
00:58:07Tony
00:58:07Spolatro's
00:58:08role in
00:58:09the murder
00:58:09of
00:58:09Giancana
00:58:10Sam
00:58:12sure
00:58:12loved
00:58:12the
00:58:12little
00:58:13guy
00:58:13in
00:58:13Oak
00:58:13Park
00:58:14talking
00:58:15about
00:58:15Tony
00:58:15Spolatro
00:58:16yeah
00:58:17he was
00:58:18effing
00:58:18crazy
00:58:19about
00:58:19him
00:58:19Sam
00:58:20put
00:58:21Tony
00:58:21on
00:58:21the
00:58:21map
00:58:22thought
00:58:22he
00:58:23was
00:58:23gonna
00:58:23be
00:58:23a
00:58:23big
00:58:24effing
00:58:24man
00:58:24someday
00:58:25did
00:58:26you
00:58:26know
00:58:26that
00:58:26after
00:58:27Marshall
00:58:27Caifano
00:58:28got out
00:58:28of
00:58:28Las
00:58:28Vegas
00:58:29it
00:58:30was
00:58:30Sam
00:58:30who
00:58:30wanted
00:58:31Tony
00:58:31Spolatro
00:58:32out
00:58:32there
00:58:32even
00:58:33even
00:58:33even
00:58:33even
00:58:33lately
00:58:34with
00:58:34all
00:58:34the
00:58:34problems
00:58:35with
00:58:35the
00:58:35skim
00:58:35and
00:58:36all
00:58:36Sam
00:58:36always
00:58:37stood
00:58:37behind
00:58:38the
00:58:38guy
00:58:38Tony
00:58:39was
00:58:39over
00:58:39to
00:58:40Sam's
00:58:40house
00:58:40all
00:58:40the
00:58:41time
00:58:41he
00:58:42lived
00:58:42right
00:58:42by
00:58:43there
00:58:43did
00:58:44you
00:58:44know
00:58:44Tony
00:58:45even
00:58:45figured
00:58:45out
00:58:45a
00:58:46way
00:58:46where
00:58:47he
00:58:47could
00:58:47get
00:58:47in
00:58:47through
00:58:47the
00:58:48back
00:58:48of
00:58:48Sam's
00:58:48place
00:58:49without
00:58:49anybody
00:58:50seeing
00:58:50him
00:58:51he
00:58:52go
00:58:52through
00:58:53other
00:58:53people's
00:58:53yards
00:58:54go
00:58:54over
00:58:54fences
00:58:55all
00:58:55sorts
00:58:56of
00:58:56crap
00:58:56when
00:58:58Corbett
00:58:59asked
00:58:59for
00:58:59the
00:58:59reason
00:59:00for
00:59:00the
00:59:00murder
00:59:00Bastone
00:59:01said
00:59:02there's
00:59:03never
00:59:03just
00:59:03one
00:59:03reason
00:59:04for
00:59:04what
00:59:04happened
00:59:04to
00:59:05Sam
00:59:05there's
00:59:06a
00:59:06million
00:59:06of
00:59:06them
00:59:07let's
00:59:08just
00:59:08say
00:59:08Sam
00:59:09should
00:59:09have
00:59:09remembered
00:59:09what
00:59:10happened
00:59:10to
00:59:11Bugsy
00:59:11Siegel
00:59:12and
00:59:14that
00:59:14was
00:59:14it
00:59:15for
00:59:15Sam
00:59:16Mooney
00:59:16Giancana
00:59:18Sam
00:59:20Giancana
00:59:21was
00:59:21interred
00:59:22next
00:59:22to
00:59:22his
00:59:22wife
00:59:22Angeline
00:59:23in
00:59:24the
00:59:24family
00:59:24mausoleum
00:59:25at
00:59:26Mount Carmel
00:59:27Cemetery
00:59:27in
00:59:28Hillside
00:59:29Illinois
00:59:29the
00:59:33next
00:59:34chapter
00:59:34covers
00:59:35the
00:59:35outfit
00:59:35bosses
00:59:36and
00:59:36the
00:59:36murder
00:59:36of
00:59:37their
00:59:37top
00:59:37loan
00:59:37shark
00:59:38and
00:59:39a
00:59:39rogue
00:59:39outfit
00:59:39burglary
00:59:40crew
00:59:40that
00:59:41robbed
00:59:41the
00:59:41wrong
00:59:42man's
00:59:42house
00:59:42and
00:59:43covers
00:59:44the
00:59:44outfit's
00:59:45multi-million
00:59:46dollar
00:59:46chop shop
00:59:47racket
00:59:47that
00:59:48caused
00:59:48an
00:59:48internal
00:59:49war
00:59:49that
00:59:50cost
00:59:50many
00:59:51lives
00:59:52and
00:59:53the
00:59:54other
00:59:55do
00:59:56move
00:59:57or
00:59:58an
00:59:58comment
01:00:00or
01:00:00the
01:00:01house
01:00:01or
01:00:02the
01:00:02house
01:00:03or
01:00:03the
01:00:04house
01:00:05or
01:00:06the
01:00:07house
01:00:07and
01:00:07the
01:00:07house
01:00:09who
01:00:09or
01:00:10and
01:00:10else
01:00:10will
01:00:11see you
01:00:12in the
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