tony accardo testimony
TESTIMONY OF VIRGIL W. PETERSON, OPERATING DIRECTOR, CHICAGO CRIME COMMISSION, REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION. It was alleged that from June 1, 1928, to the date of indictment, O'Hara had conspired with others to get applications for moving-picture operators through the department of moving picture operators and gas and electricity of the city. Another individual who has come to the forefront particularly in recent years in Sam "Mooney" Gincanna, 1147 Wenonah Avenue, Oak Park, Ill. In 1932 he was arrested at the Planters Hotel with Frank Rio, Capone's Philadelphia cellmate, Paul Ricca and Michael Costello. For the sake of clarity, I am going to review very briefly the Capone syndicate. In 1929 the Federal grand jury charged Ralph Capone with failure to pay income taxes - November 1, 1929. The five New York families and the Chicago family, known as The Outfit, held the most power. When he went to work one morning he found his store in a mess. [CDATA[ On June 7, 1934, when he was arrested, he was in the company of Matt Capone, Ralph Capone, brothers of Al, and Denis Cooney, who was a powerful figure in the Capone syndicate. Phil went to Vegas, sent to kill Sunshine on suspician that he was stealing some of it. I think he was shot in connection with a union election out there. The Italian-American Mafia, known as La Cosa Nostra, was doing great. He is an associate of many of the most important members of the Capone outfit, including Nitti, deceased leader of the gang, Murray Humphreys, Paul Ricca, and Louis Campagna. This is back in 1940. In 1936 Lipschultz, who was then residing at 4342 Ogden Avenue, pled guilty to income tax evasion in Chicago court and was fined $500 and paid $7,000 in a compromise settlement. The CHAIRMAN. He has operated handbooks on the North Side of Chicago and has been the owner of the Boogie Woogie Club, 1709 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago. Accardo said profits from the 'Owl Club' in Calumet City, Ill., helped pay for a Palm Springs, Calif., condo and he had $700,000 in the bank from gambling savings. Among the various Capone hoodlums with whom Humphreys has been arrested is Ralph Pierce, who was also a defendant in the movie-extortion trial involving Capone syndicate members. Steven Garcia's throat had also been slashed from ear to ear, but instead of being shot, Garcia had multiple stab wounds. You need to be a member of Gangsters Inc. - www.gangstersinc.org to add comments! A separate municipality. Lester A. Kruse, alias Leslie Kruse, alias "Killer" Kane, has been actively associated with members of the Capone syndicate and has also been prominently identified with the racing news service activities. Evans was born in November 1898 in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. PETERSON. Accardo had smashed the skulls of two men with a baseball bat, an act that impressed his superiors, Capone allegedly said: "This boy is a real Joe Batters." "On April 19, 1961, confidential informant T-6 advised" the FBI "that the Chicago hoodlum faction under Tony Accardo is feuding with the Balistrieri faction in Milwaukee," according to the . Tony Accardo died on May 22, 1992, from congestive heart failure and acute respiratory failure. In 1947 it was estimated that Joe Peskin of Universal Automatic Music Corp. had about 900 juke boxes placed on location. John Capone, another brother of Al Capone, at one time resided at 5400 South Park Boulevard. Senator WILEY. In 1946 it was alleged in a statement made by James M. Ragen to the State's attorney that Guzik, together with Tony Accardo and Murray Humphreys as representatives of the Capone syndicate were attempting to muscle into the Continental Press. In the meantime, Paul Ricca tried to take control as the boss. He was also alleged to be the owner of the Turf Club, Touhy and Western Avenues, a gasoline station across the street from the Turf Club, and a two-flat building in Skokie, Ill. Mr. Peterson, before you start your formal statement I thought we should have a further word about the American Municipal Association. He had been badly beaten and had his throat slit. Mr. Peterson, what are the Whitely brands? I believe it represents 10,300 municipalities and cities. Respect all get to live a long "free"life, //
