Chicago Mob

Everleigh Club

Oct 24, 1911

Everleigh Club: High-Class Brothel.

"Big Jim" Colosimo

May 10, 1920

“Big Jim” Colosimo: Giacomo Colosimo, an Italian-American Mafia crime boss. Criminal Empire based on prostitution, and gambling. Began the Chicago Outfit. Was shot and killed by an assassination attack.

Johnny Torrio

May 11, 1920

Johnny Torrio: Known as “The Fox” and as “The Immune”, an Italian-American Mobster who help build a Criminal Empire(Chicago Outfit) and hired for an assassination of “Big Jim” Colosimo the head of Chicago Outfit, where the murder took place on May 11, 1920, in the main foyer of Colosimo's Cafe. No one was ever prosecuted. Torrio took over the deceased Colosimo's vast criminal kingdom and started to venture into bootlegging, which later was inherited by Al Capone.

Dion O'bannion

Dec 19, 1921

Dion O’Bannion: Irish-American Mobster, main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during Chicago Bootlegging Wars. He arranged for beer suppliers in Canada to start shipments immediately, and also struck deals with whiskey and gin distributors. O'Banion pioneered Chicago's first liquor hijacking on December 19, 1921.

Anthony Acardo

Nov 10, 1926

Anthony Acardo: Became the final Outfit authority in 1972. During Prohibition Accardo received the "Joe Batters" nickname from Capone himself due to his skill at hitting a couple of Outfit traitors with a baseball bat at a dinner. Part of St. Valentines Day Massacre, and assassination of Hymiw Weiss.

Joe Aiuppa

Nov 10, 1926

Joe Aiuppa: A Chicago Mobster who became a leader of the Chicago Outfit. First, was a former boxer then later Aiuppa rose through the ranks of the Outfit, beginning as a driver for higher ranking Outfit leaders such as Tony Accardo before graduating to operating several gambling establishments.

Al Capone

Feb 10, 1929

Al Capone: Alphonse Gabriel Capone, was an American Gangster. Runned the Chicago Outfit, known as the Capones, was dedicated to smuggling, bootlegging, and prostitution. Capone ordered the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Chicago's North Side.

Lords of the Levee

Nov 11, 1943

Lords of the Levee: Book by long time Chicago Tribune reporters Lloyd Wendt and Herman Kogan in one of three collaborations about the city of Chicago, focusing on its politicians John Coughlin and Kenna, notorious alderman for the City of Chicago's lakeside First Ward.

Sam Giancana

Nov 10, 1952

Sam Giancana: Sicilian American Mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-1966. Developed a reputation for being an excellent getaway driver, a high earner, and a vicious killer, also credited with the murder of Chicago "Policy King" Theodore Roe in 1952.

Frank Calabrese

Nov 10, 1954

Frank Calabrese: Ran major illegal gambling operations for the Chicago Outfit. He was a Crew boss who provided loans to hundreds of customers at exorbitant interest rates that varied from one percent to 10 percent per week.

Joseph Lombardo

Nov 11, 1963

Joseph Lombardo: High ranking member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization. Lombardo began his Outfit career as a jewel thief and as a juice loan collector.[3] In 1963, Lombardo was arrested and charged with kidnapping and loan sharking.

Tony Spilotro

Nov 11, 1975

Tony Spilotro: An Italian-American Mobster and enforcer for the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1970s and 1980s. His job was to protect and oversee the Outfit’s illegal casino profits. He murdered Tamara Rand, a millionaire real estate broke.