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Hymie Weiss. As the leader of the North Side Gang in the early 1920s, Dean O'Banion was a feared Chicago mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the bloody and violent Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. He was gunned down in his flower shop allegedly by John Torrio's gang members (with the help of Genna Brothers ...
1 set 2003 · I've written three books that examine the lives and crimes of early American gangsters: "Guns and Roses- The Untold Story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's Big Shot Before Al Capone", "The Man Who Got Away- the Bugs Moran Story". and most recently "The Starker", which is a bio of New York gang boss Big Jack Zelig, who lived hard, died young, and could have saved Lieutenant Charles Becker from the ...
- Rose Keefe
I've written three books that examine the lives and crimes of early American gangsters: "Guns and Roses- The Untold Story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's Big Shot Before Al Capone", "The Man Who Got Away- the Bugs Moran Story". and most recently "The Starker", which is a bio of New York gang boss Big Jack Zelig, who lived hard, died young, and could have saved Lieutenant Charles Becker from the ...
17 gen 2022 · Dean O’Banion was born on July 8 th, 1892 in Maroa Illinois. His father, Charles O’Banion was an Irish Immigrant. Charles was a house painter and took his family to Chicago and lived in a neighborhood known as Kilbubbin. Like Hell’s Kitchen in New York, it was called Little Hell because of its poverty and crime.
13 apr 2015 · For Chicagoans who craved hooch during Prohibition, Dean O’Banion was a savior. He and his mob, the North Side Gang, controlled nearly all the alcohol coming into the city. By 1921, the ...
By 1920, he led a gang of burglars, safecrackers and robbers and was allegedly responsible for killing more than 25 people. When Proibition came in, O’Banion became a bootlegger and ruled the Northeast side of Chicago. His chief lieutenants were George “Bugs” Moran, Hymie Weiss, Louis Alterie, Vincent “Schemer” Drucci and Samuel ...
22 gen 2014 · Keefe’s book, Guns and Roses: The Untold Story of Dean O’Banion, Chicago’s Big Shot Before Al Capone was published in December 2003. Her book got the “blessing” from Dean O’Banion’s nephew. This man was instrumental in persuading Bugs Moran’s son to speak to Keefe for her second book. The Man Who Got Away: The Bugs Moran Story ...
