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The CHAIRMAN. Paul Ricca, 812 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, Ill., is frequently considered the top ranking member of the Capone syndicate. Mr. Peterson, I think we will interrupt your statement at this point. The couple had four children together, including two adopted sons and two biological daughters. Ralph Capone's conviction was upheld when the case was appealed. He was found not guilty on June 17, 1942. . Mr. Peterson, you are the operating director of the Chicago Crime Commission? In 1944 information was received that Leslie Kruse lived at 4300 Marine Drive. It has been stated that the syndicate owns or controls at least 17 percent of the retail liquor stores in Chicago. Peskin at the hearing denied the assault and stated : This thing is bum publicity for me and no good for the industry. Hetogs was the final member of the crew of burglars who could have been or were involved in the burglary of Accardo's home. That is a generalization. Just recently, however, in 1948, John C. Stofel became the village president out in Cicero and was doing a very excellent job. He was given the nickname Big Tuna by a Chicago newspaper reporter after having his picture taken with a 400-pound tuna he caught off Florida. He has exerted a considerable amount of political influence there. The Big Tuna himself died peacefully in 1992, having served close to a half-century at the helm of the Outfit and never doing any significant time behind bars. The activities of the Capone gang consisted principally of illegal liquor racket, gambling, and allied activities such as dog racing. These men did work for me and did take some spots away from me. Bodies began dropping within days. Capone had already established himself as a tough gunman with the Five Points gang of New York City. The CHAIRMAN. He was also arrested in 1943 as a suspect in the Estelle Carey murder case in Chicago and in 1945 was arrested for questioning in connection with the murder of James "Red" Forsythe, a notorious hoodlum. Nothing had been stolen but the house had been ransacked. Several drug dealers turned up dead, sending a clear message to others looking to make a quick buck. Campagna has made a fortune from gambling activities in Cook County. (Whereupon, at 12: 25 p. m., the committee recessed until 2 : 30 p. m. the same day. And so he bought a twenty-two room mansion at 915 Franklin Avenue for $125,000. Peter G. Tremont owns property in Miami Beach with Ralph Buglio and was associated with Max Caldwell. Then, in 1933, Prohibition ended. As of 1940 he was an executive of the Midwest Oil Corp. which apparently was dissolved about 1941. The chief of police made the statement that he made that offer to him. ; William G. O'Brien, alias William Keough, Chicago, former Nation-wide representative in the Southeast with headquarters in Miami ; William Molasky, St. Louis, indicted with Annenberg on tax charges, formerly associated with Pioneer News Service in St: Louis; Morris Kopit, St. Louis, gambler and associate of Molasky. Evans was born in November 1898 in St. Louis, Mo. Beginning in 1943, following the gang killings of Danny Stanton and Martin "Sonny Boy" Quirk, Sam Hunt became the generalissimo of Chicago's South Side gambling racket. It was just between Lipschultz and the chief of police. As previously indicated, Frank Costello, Joe Adonis, John Torrio, and other members of the gang gained control of legitimate liquor business. That is right. Needless to say, Accardo bought the house for a very nice price. Mr. PETERSON. On May 12, 1920, the press reported that the Chicago headquarters for race information for the entire United States was located in the office of the General News Bureau operated by Mont Tennes at 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago. Among the names contained in this book was that of Tony Accardo, together with his residence address in River Forest, Ill. You have had experience with the FBI in most of the sections of the United States in the matter of Federal law enforcement? The CHAIRMAN. He has since been writing for more than five years, developing his expertise in subjects like Soviet history as well as World War II, and his work has appeared in Esquire, Hyperallergic, Polygon, History Today, and The New York Observer. A separate municipality. These persons were charged with conspiring to violate the Federal lottery laws by distributing price lists across State lines. Of course this didn't sound reassuring to Levinson. He had decided to appoint Joseph Ferriola as boss. Capezio has been engaged in big-time gambling operations in Chicago. The first floor contained a saloon, cafe, and the office of Torrio. They began operations in Louisiana in 1934, and it is claimed that the first year of their activities there netted them about $800,000. That is out of Cicero gambling joints. They recently just built a large addition to it. That is the name that his private telephone number also was listed under. He died of heart failure at Chicagos St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital on May 27, 1992 at age 86. Recently Aiuppa has been allegedly operating the Turf Club and Paddock Lounge, Cicero, gambling joint. Mr. PETERSON. He was tried and acquitted of that charge and was represented by Rothstein's attorney. Campagna originally came from New York City, and at first it is claimed that he hung around Taylor and Halsted Streets in the old "bloody twentieth" ward in Chicago. Months later, Anthony Little Tony Borsellino and Gerald Jerry the Dinger Carusiello were slain with bullets to the back of the head. Las Vegas enforcer Anthony Spilotro was called back to Chicago to oversee this piece of business. In connection with these activities Peskin was associated with individuals who were known to be close to the Capone syndicate. I have that in another paper here, I am sure, but I do not have it with me. In 1932 he was arrested at the Planters Hotel with Frank Rio, Capone's Philadelphia cellmate, Paul Ricca and Michael Costello. However, this conviction was later appealed, and Accardo was ultimately acquitted after a retrial. The price for the misdeed would be paid in blood. On September 25, 1932, a doorman to a road house located on Lake Street west of Mannheim Road was killed. He was picked up, arrested, following that. Accardo was vacationing in California at the time of the robbery. It will define the activity of the gangs, so it does not just cover gambling and slot machines? I think they are all citizens within my knowledge. Several years before he was killed, Colosimo had imported to Chicago a bodyguard by the name of John Torrio. Unfortunately, I was under such pressure in trying to get ready; in fact, I just finished dictating it yesterday before I left and I didn't have extra copies. His brother, Rocco Fischetti, sometimes known as Ralph Fisher, has also been a member of the Capone syndicate since the late 1920's. It is known that a burglary gang has hung around the Primrose Bar in Los Angeles. I would hate to say that definitely, but it could very well be. What is the estimated amount of money he has in those enterprises? Tony Accardo was on a par with Don Carlo Gambino.Low key,gentlemanly and wise.Yet if you messed with him then there was only one outcome.Your life expectancy would not be very long. I wonder if during the lunch hour, from the point where Mr. Peterson leaves off, copies could be made. Luckily for Accardo, he was a close confidant of Ricca, who had actually named him as his underboss before going to prison. His throat had been slashed from ear to ear and he had been shot four times. Among the secret names and addresses of underworld characters found in that address book was that of Humphreys, who was listed as J. Harris, 7701 Bennett Avenue, Chicago. His father was a humble shoemaker and his mother was a homemaker. Specifically this broadcasting station was said to be a highly technical wire-tapping service, sending out radio signals. He was later indicted in connection with this matter, but not convicted. The CHAIRMAN. ), (The committee reconvened at 2: 30 p. m. pursuant to the taking of the noon recess.). Made up of more thrill-seekers than professional criminals, this group would often rob stores and steal cars to entertain themselves. In 1940 a temporary injunction was granted to George McLane on the petition that hoodlums were attempting to take over the financial affairs of the Bartenders and Beverage Dispensers Union, Local 278, in Chicago. He was also one of those arrested in 1935 as a suspect in the murder of Thomas Malloy, boss of the motion-pictures operators' union in Chicago. The CHAIRMAN. When an attempt was made to start in business in competition with the syndicate it would fail, because the new operators could not get a union label on their machines from the electrical workers' union. In the first place, in order to have an understanding of organized crime in America today, it is necessary to review the growth and development of some of the major criminal gangs of approximately three decades ago. The committee should know that that Mr. Peterson made every effort to have a copy of his statement that could be made public in the committee's hands by yesterday, so it could be mimeographed, but he found that the pressure of work was such that he just could not do it. Nitti was attracted to Ricca, so the story goes, because of his intelligence and induced him to work at the Lexington Hotel which was a Capone gang headquarters, as a confidential aid to Nitti. Too much time. The stock is in his son's name at the present time, James Patton; and Robert Larry McCullough, for example, whom I mentioned here, has been the chief of police of the Miami Beach Kennel Club down there to help them maintain law and order, I guess. The offense charged in the indictment was described as follows : Guzik and Kruse financed a scheme whereby miniature broadcasts were used to carry racing information to the 81 Club and so on. He has been prominently identified with big-scale gambling by James M. Ragen up until recent years. Campagna was one of those restrained in that order that I mentioned a few moments ago from looting the treasury of the Bartenders and Beverage Dispensers Union, Local 276 in 1940. These boxes were in Chicago - except in the first ward, where the Century has the monopoly - Cicero, Argo, Calumet City, in Illinois, Hammond, Indiana Harbor, and Whiting. Then Michael Volpe, the man responsible for watching the house, was called to testify. I mentioned a short while ago the records recovered by the Los Angeles Police with reference to Jack I. Dragna and his lieutenant, Mo Mo Adamo. Accardo died of heart and lung diseases, said Carrie Quidayan, night nursing coordinator at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center. It was alleged by the State's attorney's office that Humphreys through his control of certain labor unions had forced the cleaning and dyeing industry and the laundry industry to pay tribute to him. William Roemer, a retired FBI agent who tracked Accardos career for years, said recently he could never charge Accardo but believed he was one of the triggermen in the St. Valentines Day massacre in Chicago in 1929. Seventeen of the defendants were found not guilty and the charges against Humphreys, Al Capone, and others were stricken off with leave to reinstate by the prosecutor's office. He was closely associated with "Big Tim" Murphy, a notorious gang leader. An argument followed and the driver of the car was shot and killed. On October 5 his family reported him missing, and he hasn't been seen since. Ralph Buglio's name was also mentioned in connection with the gang killing of Maurice Enright. Accardo never reached the same level of notoriety as Capone. "Chew Tobacco" Ryan, Hymie "Loud Mouth" Levin - I think that should have been Jack - Harry "Greasy Thumb" Guzik, the owners of the 400 Club at 29 West Randolph, and Maurice L. Goldstein operated an unlicensed radio-broadcasting station in violation of the Federal Communications Act in 1934. It is claimed that. The CHAIRMAN. An expert at deactivating complex alarm systems, known as the most skilled bypass man in the whole Outfit, Mendell was the first to go, disappearing on January 15. That is spelled U-a-l-e or, commonly, Y-a-l-e. The CHAIRMAN. When Torrio became the leader of Chicago's underworld upon the death of Big Jim Colosimo on May 11, he selected, as his chief lieutenant, Al Capone, then 23 years of age. The CHAIRMAN. He was implicated in the million-dollar movie-extortion case along with the other Capone gangsters. On February 14, 1929 - I am sure you are all familiar with the St. Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago. In January of 1978 Accardo and his wife Clarice went to their condo in Indian Wells, to enjoy the sun, entrusting their house to long time friend Michael Volpe. About 1930 it was rumored that Ralph Capone then owned an interest in the Grand Central Surety Co., a bail bond company which signed bonds for numerous well known hoodlums in Chicago, such as Tony Accardo and other members of the Capone syndicate. On May 10, 1920, testimony was given before the Senate Judiciary Committee to the effect that Chicago was the center of race-track information for the entire United States. I have the details of that in our files which I can make available to you. After John Torrio left Chicago about 1929 is when Al Capone became the ruler of Chicago's underworld. The defense attorney represented Ralph Capone as a race-horse man and bookmaker. Accardo would turn out to be a much sharper boss than the man who made him a member at age twenty. Later in a hearing before the United States Board of Tax Appeals beginning in January 1939 to determine the amount of income tax and penalties owing by Humphreys, testimony was given that in addition to the income received from various sources Humphreys received $50,000 ransom paid by the milk wagon drivers union for the release of Robert C. Fitchie in 1931. Public DomainAn undated mugshot of Tony Accardo. The second indictment alleged that four men, Frank J. In other words, the law violators dictate law-enforcement policies and control certain law-enforcement agencies. Who is in charge of the union now? He worked as Capones chauffeur and bodyguard before becoming captain of his own street crew. Joey Batters, died in 1992, five years before Nick Bosa, who has helped the 49ers return to football's biggest stage, was even born. In 1943 Ricca had a suit pending against the tenant and owner of a downtown building for personal injuries suffered during an elevator fall. 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