Las Vegas enforcer Anthony Spilotro was called back to Chicago to oversee this piece of business. Another important individual who apparently has had a falling out after the Moving Picture Operators Union, but his name should be remembered, is Nick Circella, alias Nick Dean. On December 22, 1943, Nick De Grazio appeared as a witness for a defendant in a rape case. And he and Swanson also had their throats slashed. Most of the book is regurgitated from multiple other . It thus appears that as early as 1933 there was a close collaboration between the Joe Adonis-Frank Costello mob in New York and the Capone syndicate in Chicago. Mr. PETERSON. In 1946 Hunt had an interest in a tavern at Sixty-third and Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago. At that time O'Hara was working for Thomas Malloy in the Motion Picture Operators Union, which the press described as a $750,000-a-year racket. There were four Counts in the indictment. It goes into the major crimes and the effect upon the lives of the citizens in the various communities, and so forth? Of course, the significance of the organized-crime problem is its effect on government. In fact, information has been received that after the $70,000 fire at the Tavern Distributing, Inc., records and appliance division in Miami, on June 15, 1947, Anthony De Lordo actually tried to contact Sam Taran by telephone. Once in 1933 he received a sentence of 1 year in the House of Correction on a concealed weapons charge. In particular, he became entrenched in a Chicago suburb called Burnham, Ill., with the assistance of John Patton, who became known as the boy mayor of Burnham. Hill at the Acapulca. Ralph Buglio, who owns property in Miami Beach, together with Peter G. Tremont and others, is also a well-known syndicate gangster. Through our files and through research. Accardo, the son of a shoemaker, was born Antonio Leonardo Accardo in 1906 in Chicagos Little Italy. I have no control over anybody, he said. While it remains unknown if Accardo was one of the gunmen, theres no question that he wouldve done just about anything for Capone. For many years leading to his death at age 80 from lung cancer on January 15, 1983, Meyer Lansky was commonly known as the "accountant" and master business adviser for the national crime syndicate. After his recovery he served his jail sentence and then he abdicated his underworld throne in Chicago to Al Capone. It is my impression that the man he bought it from is Arnold Kruse, but I wouldn't say for sure. That is correct. Isn't Patton active in Florida? In 1941 he had an interest in the Individual Towel Co. which at that time had a $45,000 annual contract with the Chicago Board of Education, resulting in action by the State's attorney's office. Tony Capezio, "Tough Tony," resides also in River Forest, Ill., 1048 Ashland Avenue, and has been considered a member of the Capone mob since about 1929. By David Amoruso Posted on March 13, 2010 Originally written for Mob Candy Magazine It was 1951. I haven't gone too much into the government angle, although I may cover that somewhat in the testimony. It is stated that John Capone married an ex-dancer from Atlanta. Died: June 14, 1986, Bensenville, Ill. Nicknames: The Ant, Tough Tony. As an interesting sidelight, at the time Colosimo was killed in Chicago, a United States Senate Judiciary hearing was in progress relating to the Sterling-Sims bill which was designed to prohibit the interstate transportation of racing information. 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. How many years ago was that? The family lived together in a lavish house in River Forest, Illinois. 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. Mr. Peterson, at that point, that is a statement of fact, and how do you know that? I might say to you, Mr. Peterson, that the Director of the FBI, Mr. Hoover, and Mr. Nichols, the Assistant Director, have spoken very highly of your work with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and also with the Chicago Crime Commission. All of those are well-known syndicate members. Mr. Peterson, some of the names that you have just mentioned are still operating; are they not? Capezio's wife Marie is the sister of Frank Nitti, former head of the Capone mob. Mr. Peterson, I take it we can get started with your testimony and then we will have to recess for lunch and answer the call of the Senate fairly shortly. But in 1931, the fearsome mobster was put behind bars for tax evasion. He is a prominent businessman. SECOND SESSION, PURSUANT TO In April 1924 a raid was made on a brewery - Sieben Brewery - operated by John Torrio and his gang. And eventually, he would take over the entire Outfit. 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. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. That was at the time when all this mysterious money was dumped in on Eugene Burnstein's desk in Chicago and they paid off these so-called back tax claims. In 1932 he was arrested at the Planters Hotel with Frank Rio, Capone's Philadelphia cellmate, Paul Ricca and Michael Costello. No more ties to Accardo. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesOnce Al Capones bodyguard, Tony Accardo eventually rose to the top of the Chicago Mafia. The CHAIRMAN. He was released on parole in 1947 and it is still pending. Joseph Epstein has continued to furnish Virginia Hill with large sums of money over a period of years. Though Accardo started out as one of Capones low-ranking associates, he quietly moved up in the ranks of the Chicago Mafia as time went on. It is stated that Ricca came to this country about 1920 and that his name in Italy was Magleo or Maglio. Anthony John Spilotro (May 19, 1938 - June 14, 1986), nicknamed "Tony the Ant", was an American mobster and high ranking member for the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas during the 1970s and '80s.. Spilotro managed the Outfit's illegal casino profits (the "skim") when four of the casinos, The Stardust, The Fremont, The Hacienda, and The Marina, were managed by Frank Rosenthal, replacing Outfit . Mr. PETERSON. Tony Capezio was one of the suspects in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929 and was also a suspect of the murder of Mike DePike Heitler. Do you call that the agent in charge? As a sidelight, from about 1922 to 1931 Joe Masseri was the head of the underworld activities of what is frequently called the Mafia. The CHAIRMAN. . I can check it through our files. 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. In the meantime, Paul Ricca tried to take control as the boss. Phil went to Vegas, sent to kill Sunshine on suspician that he was stealing some of it. I have no control over anybody, Accardo testified. This burglary was a personal insult to Accardo, no doubt about it. After four trials, Hunt was found not guilty on January 11, 1943. Conditions haven't changed too much in the last 30 years insofar as that situation is concerned. In this infamous incident, four unknown men viciously gunned down seven men who worked for George Bugs Moran, Capones most notorious rival. He has been associated with Capone gangsters for the greater part of three decades. The operation of the gang has been extended to many places in the United States, and important alliances have been made from time to time with the powerful underworld leaders in other parts of the country, particularly with members of the so-called Frank Costello gang in New York. He was asked if he knew who could've pulled off such a heist. On June 26, 1931, Lawrence Imburgio was arrested in a roadhouse near Wheaton, Ill. in company of Claude Maddox, Tony Capezio, Rocco De Grazio, and Doc Stacey. They then asked me to come here as their representative. Peskin at the hearing denied the assault and stated : This thing is bum publicity for me and no good for the industry. That was before the Taft-Hartley Act, in 1943. John Borsellino and Gerry Carusiello had taken care of the burglars and had now themselves been taken care of. Regardless of the truth of that allegation, it is definitely known that, upon the death of Colosimo, John Torrio became the lord of Chicago's underworld. And this year who is the president? The book also contained the name of Joe Batters, which is the name frequently used by Accardo. The Chicago Daily News on April 30, 1929, stated, reporting the testimony: Three witnesses supplied the testimony regarding the machine-gun deal through the Cicero police with the Capone dog track, which was owned by John Patton, boy mayor of Burnham, and Jack Guzik, business manager for Capone. It was further charged that the operation of the United Liquor Stores, Inc., the company lead failed to pay the State sales tax since 1934 and owed a delinquency of $50,000. A protg of Prohibition-era boss Al Capone, Accardo ordered a combined 10 revenge slayings and cover-up murders tied to the daring predawn break-in. In February 1945 he was arrested with Tony Accardo, top-ranking man of the syndicate, and one Daniel Beneduce, of 4259 Gladys Avenue, Chicago, as suspects in a kidnaping. As an interesting sidelight as to how he got the name, in May 1930 Sam Hunt was arrested in the State's attorney's office as a member of a shotgun squad that kidnaped and wounded a man at Berwyn and Ashland. He was implicated in the million-dollar movie-extortion case along with the other Capone gangsters. For the past 20 or 25 years Capezio has been a friend of Claude Maddox, an important syndicate member who has operated primarily in Cicero, Ill. At that time McLane alleged that he had been told previously by some of the gangsters, namely Frank Nitti, Paul Ricca, and Louis Campagna, that they wanted to take over control of the union in order to loot the treasury. The Accardo family had for years lived in a modest ranch house at 1431 Ashland Avenue in the Chicago suburb of River Forest. Dandy Phil Kastel and Frank Costello were also engaged in large-scale slot-machine activities. Other big betting commissioners in Chicago include Edward M. Dobkin, who has maintained offices at 325 West Madison Street, Chicago, as well as at other addresses. Nothing had been stolen but the house had been ransacked. On the income-tax evasion I am inclined to think they were on that. He owns a home, in addition to his address in Chicago at 6471 Allison Road, Miami, Fla., Allison Island. But they would do their best in finding them. Mr. PETERSON. When he went to work one morning he found his store in a mess. Mr. PETERSON. On April 29, 1926, Ralph Capone and Charles Fischetti were arrested in Cicero, Ill. On May 27, Al Capone, Ralph Capone, Charles Fischetti, and other individuals were charged with conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act in Chicago. The third indictment named Edward M. Dobkin, Cornelius J. Sullivan, James Rossi, alias James Ross, all Chicago gamblers, and charged them with receiving Continental Press News and distributing it from the Victoria Hotel to numerous bookies. My recollection is that Campagna's wife is also a part owner of that shop. The Government alleged that Guzik's income amounted to approximately $1,000,000, necessitating a payment in the amount of $250,000 for the years mentioned. The committee will meet in the morning at 10 o'clock in room 457 of the Senate Office Building, when Mr. Peterson will resume his testimony. 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. He founded and runs The Gangster Report (www.gangsterreport.com) newsmagazine website. After John Torrio left Chicago about 1929 is when Al Capone became the ruler of Chicago's underworld. What did their tax returns show? On September 25, 1932, a doorman to a road house located on Lake Street west of Mannheim Road was killed. Accardo seems a closed book and there is little in the way of witness testimony to his character. That was what it was. The offer was turned down. On September 18, 1925, Pat Manno was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and placed on probation for 1 year. I think they are all citizens within my knowledge. How long before you will come to another chapter? Accardo, Anthony Tony Tony died on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales. Moretti had been castrated and disemboweled. On the date of the election April 1, 1924, the Torrio-Capone gang manned the polls with machine guns. Named in the injunction were Louis Romano, president of the union, Frank Nitti, Murray Humphreys, Louis "Little New York" Campagna, Fred Evans, and Paul Ricca. Since that time Humphreys has been arrested on numerous occasions in connection with labor racketeering, gambling, and vice activities. The hit parade continued and got more brutal. They were released on February 14, 1945, Gincanna gave his age as 36 years and his residence address as 2822 Lexington, Chicago. In October, Accardos houseboy, native Sicilian Mike Volpe, vanished weeks after testifying in front of a grand jury investigating the slayings linked to the January break-in. Joseph Peskin, alias Sugar Joe Peskin, 7625 Essex Avenue, Chicago, Ill., has been associated with members of the Capone syndicate and is one of the biggest juke box operators in Chicago. Early in 1950 the Los Angeles Police Department was seeking Jack I. Dragna, one of the most notorious gangsters on the west coast. The CHAIRMAN. This company manufactures or supplies gaming-house equipment to gambling houses throughout the Nation. While Accardo had advised Giancana to keep your head down, Giancana did not listen. Senator WILEY. At his last appearance before the committee in 1984, he denied any role in the Chicago mob. Mr. PETERSON. Ragen was then ambushed and shot on June 24, 1946, and later died. That was their testimony. Circella has recently been interested in an air-conditioning unit for which he owns the patent rights. In New York the company was known as the True-Mint Co. I think he was shot in Chicago, as a matter of fact. Senator WILEY. Torrio had previously been connected with this brewery during prohibition. Shortly thereafter the entire loot was returned to Levinson. Is that not true? 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