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In the 1920s, he was the one to coin the term, "Public Enemy", concerning Chicago's organized crime figures. In the 1930s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) started using this term for the hoodlums and "n'er-do-wells" who would plague various parts of the nation.
Chicago Outfit. The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or The Organization) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, which originated in the city's South Side in 1910. The organization is part of the larger Italian-American Mafia .
Chicago Outfit and Genna crime family. The North Side Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was an Irish-American criminal organization within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. It was the principal rival of the South Side Gang, also known as the Chicago Outfit, the crime syndicate of Italian-Americans ...
Valley Gang. The Valley Gang was an Irish-American street gang in Chicago, Illinois during the early 20th century, which ultimately made the transition to organized crime and became a de facto extension of the Chicago Outfit under Al Capone . Formed in the 1890s, the Valley Gang was based in Chicago's Bloody Maxwell section on 15th Street ...
February 20 - John "Smiling Jack" O'Brien, Chicago labor racketeer and cop killer. March 31 - Dennis "Dinny" Meehan, leader of the White Hand Gang. May 11 – James "Big Jim" Colosimo, Chicago prostitution and gambling racketeer. June 17 - Patrick "Paddy the Bear" Ryan, Valley Gang leader.
Lawrence Mangano. Lawrence "Dago Lawrence" Mangano (February 27, 1892 – August 3, 1944) was a Chicago organized crime figure and member of the Chicago Outfit during the 1920s to the 1940s. He was a relative of Joseph Mangano and Philip Mangano, of Chicago, and a suspected relative of New York City Mafia Boss Vincent Mangano .
11 years imprisonment (1931) Signature. Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( / kəˈpoʊn /; [1] January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname " Scarface ", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931. His seven-year ...
Sangerman's Bombers were a criminal group of bombers based in Chicago during the 1920s. The successors of Sweeney's Bombers, the gang was formed by Joseph Sangerman in the early-1920s, shortly after the arrests of the Sweeney gang in 1921. Hired out primarily by Chicago politicians and organized crime groups (such as Al Capone 's Chicago Outfit ...