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Powered by. He was 85 and a lifelong resident of Hester. At their meeting last year where you made a report, I believe it was, in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. PETERSON. The CHAIRMAN. Sometime prior to September 21, 1941, Lionel Nathan and Albert Chapman, also an employee of Peskin, had left Peskin's employ and formed a partnership. On September 16, 1922, probation was granted to the defendants. By all accounts he still was the most powerful mobster in Chicago, and thus a good man to have as a friend. But he said he had never been a boss.. Wikimedia CommonsIn his later years, Tony Accardo would fiercely deny that he was ever a mob boss. He is commonly known as Frank "Chew Tobacco" Ryan. Mr. PETERSON. . The CHAIRMAN. And for a while, it was unclear who the best man for the job would be. He ran a tight ship. Albert Capone, another brother, has had his name legally changed in Miami to Albert John Rayola. Ive never been a boss. While authorities clearly knew he was up to no good and continued to investigate him in his later years they never pinned anything on him. They were convicted in Federal court in New York City in 1943. Allegations were made a number of years ago that - these were public allegations, never proven - that Maddox and Capezio were active in attempting to control Local 705 of the Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union. Tony Accardo, a.k.a. When Big Tim Murphy was sent to Leavenworth Penitentiary after conviction in a mail robbery case, the press reported that O'Hara was, collecting $500,000 in an effort to secure the release of Murphy from prison. Nathan was then slugged in front of his home at 6747 Clyde Avenue, Chicago. A union representative testified that out of $910,000 collected by Caldwell as the union representative, he could find only about $62. Tony Accardo . Nobody was ever arrested for any of the murders. 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At that meeting the American Municipal Association passed by unanimous vote a resolution stating that they felt that this was a matter in which in some instances they needed the cooperation of the Federal Government in helping them in their law-enforcement problems, and they asked for an investigation by some Federal agency or by Congress. ), (The committee reconvened at 2: 30 p. m. pursuant to the taking of the noon recess.). It would be a pretty fast mimeographing job. At the time Capone went to prison the following individuals had grown in stature within the Capone organization and were powerful members of the Capone syndicate: Frank Nitti, Louis (Little New York) Campagna, Paul Ricca, Phil D'Andrea, Jack Guzik, Tony Accardo, Charles Fischetti, Edward Vogel, Hymie (Loud Mouth) Levin, Ralph Capone, Tony Capezio, Ralph Pierce, Murray Humphreys, Frank Maritote, alias Frank Diamond, Nick Circella, alias Nick Dean, Lawrence Imburgio, Charles Gioe, Anthony (Mops) Volpe, William Niemoth, and Sam (Golf Bag) Hunt. But just before he began serving his sentence he was ambushed and shot. Senator WILEY. Matter of fact, in 1951 he had just bought his dream house. Sedway's testimony apparently did not carry a whole lot of weight, as the final 11,500-page Kefauver Committee report included just four pages from the Las Vegas proceedings. On December 22, 1943, Nick De Grazio appeared as a witness for a defendant in a rape case. 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. That is when Frank Capone was killed. Tony Spilotro. In 1943 -. Claude Maddox has been a prominent member of the syndicate for many years. Hunt was found at the scene with a discharged shotgun in a golf bag. Enter Tony Accardo. No arrests were made until April 25, 2005, when 14 members of the Chicago Outfit (including reputed boss James Marcello) were . Its no wonder why FBI agent William F. Roemer Jr. called Accardo the genuine godfather.. As a sidelight, from about 1922 to 1931 Joe Masseri was the head of the underworld activities of what is frequently called the Mafia. Accardo allegedly took over as mob chief when Ricca retired in 1968, although he deferred to Ricca until he died in 1972. Senator WILEY. Accardo was called to testify, but he took the fifth and revealed nothing. Mr. PETERSON. At his last appearance before the committee in 1984, he denied any role in the Chicago mob. In some instances they felt some organized gangs were attempting to take over local governments. In 1974, Giancana was arrested by Mexican authorities and returned to America. Another individual is Fred Evans, 5000 Marine Drive, Chicago, who was sometimes regarded as the financial brains of the Capone gang. It was surrounded by a seven-foot-high wrought iron fence and two electrically controlled gates. He owns a home, in addition to his address in Chicago at 6471 Allison Road, Miami, Fla., Allison Island. On the date of the election April 1, 1924, the Torrio-Capone gang manned the polls with machine guns. Hunt has been prominently identified with the underworld as a gunman for many years. 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. Despite receiving multiple convictions, he never spent any serious time in jail. However, Accardo would not hesitate to use violence to get his way which impressed the more experienced misfits of the crew. Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Mr. PETERSON. From 1934 to 1937 Evans was connected with the Equipment Loan & Discount Corp. On August of 1937 this corporation was merged with the Security Discount Co., 1000 North La Salle Street, Chicago, which Evans was operating at late as 1947. Moretti had been castrated and disemboweled. Willie Heeney has likewise been prominently identified as a member of the Capone syndicate for a long time. Once Al Capones bodyguard, Tony Accardo eventually rose to the top of the Chicago Mafia. Among the secret names and addresses of underworld characters found in that address book was that of Humphreys, who was listed as J. Harris, 7701 Bennett Avenue, Chicago. On the west coast Fischetti has associated with Jack I. Dragna, one of the most powerful underworld leaders in that area. In the early 1920's while the Torrio-Capone organization was flourishing in Chicago, the principal underworld leader in New York City was Arnold Rothstein. Among his other partners in gambling enterprises is John Patrick Borcia, whose activities extended from Chicago to California, where he has been operating the Primrose Bar, which incidentally is a hangout for hoodlums. His death marks the end of the Capone era, the Chicago Crime Commission added. Despite receiving multiple convictions, he never spent any serious time in jail. I haven't gone too much into the government angle, although I may cover that somewhat in the testimony. Mr. PETERSON. Rather than stepping down from a position of power, he stepped aside. And of course, the mob also had to find a new leader. He was 86. This doesn't have to do with income tax, however. For a while, Frank Nitti stepped up to take Capones place as boss. A separate municipality. I have the one extra copy that I gave to your committee here. The Federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the following violated the Federal Communications Act : Jack Guzik, 7240 Louella ; Leslie A. Kruse, alias Kane, 5206 Oakton Street, Niles Center; Maurice L. Goldstein, alias M. L. Goldie. SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE He was known as Joe the Boss, and was head of the Italian lotteries and similar illegal activities. They were released on February 14, 1945, Gincanna gave his age as 36 years and his residence address as 2822 Lexington, Chicago. As I will show you later, he then became tied up with Costello in New York. The United States Government was insisting that this $50,000 be included in Humphreys' income-tax returns. For the Outfit leader the house was a way of showing Chicago he was top dog, and had the wealth to prove it. But Accardo was known by his colleagues as Joe Batters, apparently out of respect for his skills with a baseball bat. The significance of that is that it then means that successful candidates who depend upon that particular revenue for their election to office then must listen to the racketeering or criminal elements with reference to law-enforcement policies, and some of the law-enforcement officials then are under the control of your law violators. In 1950 the Chicago headquarters for Continental Press, which disseminates racing-news information throughout the United States, is located at 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago. 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. This Lester A. Kruse, the fellow I am talking about, on April 26, 1940, a Federal grand jury returned three indictments before Federal Judge James A. Wilkerson, naming Western Union and 18 gamblers and horse-race-news distributors as operators of schemes to take over the lucrative racing information business abandoned by Moe Annenberg. 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. He was arrested many times afterward on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Though he had vowed not to make the same mistakes as Capone, he was found guilty of tax evasion. 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. He is supposed to have a farm in Kendall County, Ill., about 1,100 acres there, which has been managed or was during the war by Francis Curry. The Chicago Crime Commission, as I understand it, is a voluntary association supported by contributions of the interested citizens; is that correct? He dropped out of school in the sixth grade and was arrested for the first time at age 15. In recent years, Accardo divided his time between Palm Springs and a palatial estate in the Chicago suburb of Barrington. In 1948 Peskin was a distributor of juke boxes under the name of the Automatic Music Instruments Co. in States of California, Nevada, and Washington. In addition to maintaining close contact with various prominent members of the syndicate in Chicago, he has associated with John and Fred Angersola, usually referred to as John and Fred King, from Cleveland. The Capone syndicate then formed its own racing news information service which was called the Trans-American Publishing & News Service, Inc. Accardo, as I mentioned before, was one of the alleged plotters of the St. Valentine's Day massacre in 1929. He financed many important underworld leaders in their activities, and among those who were close to Rothstein and who benefited from his financial assistance were Frank Costello, Eddie Costello, a brother of Frank, George Uffner, a dealer in narcotics who was closely associated with Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Dandy Phil Kastel. And to this day, not nearly as many people know Accardos name. Mr. PETERSON. An argument followed and the driver of the car was shot and killed. He has also been known to maintain close relations with some of the individuals who have been prominently identified with the underworld on the east coast. Capezio has also been closely associated with John I. Then it is further south. Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Peterson's statement will take approximately 4 or 4 1/2 hours more and he has to leave at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon; so, much as the committee hates to work overtime and anybody else hates to work overtime, we will have to go on for 30 minutes this afternoon. But Nitti quickly found himself in a tangle of legal issues, and he died by suicide in 1943. Mr. Lahey said that Heeney testified that "Little New York" Campagna got 60 percent out of this joint I mentioned and Corngold got 15 percent. He worked as Capones chauffeur and bodyguard before becoming captain of his own street crew. Humphreys has also been involved in kidnaping. After his recovery he served his jail sentence and then he abdicated his underworld throne in Chicago to Al Capone. Mr. Peterson, what was the State-wide association? In 1923 he operated a garage at 1214 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, with Murray Humphreys. The owner of this place would not allow slot machines in his place and the press alleged that the slaying was intended to intimidate the road house owner. The following year he was convicted for robbery in St. Louis, Mo. One reporter wrote: "Accardo has more brains for breakfast than Al Capone ever had all day." Accardo moved the Outfit into new operations and territories, greatly increasing its power and wealth during his tenure as boss. Accardo said he first met Capone at a racetrack, but denied longstanding stories that he was once Capones chauffeur-bodyguard and that he had inherited Capones criminal empire. Vogel also has connections with certain other legitimate enterprises that I can give you in more detail perhaps at a later. There was a considerable amount of violence, and Frank Capone, a brother of Al, was killed during a gun battle between the hoodlums and the police. He also wasnt immune to time in court. Mr. Peterson, will you continue with your testimony, please? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The CHAIRMAN. De Stefano has come into prominence recently as an affiliate of such well-known members of the syndicate as Joe Fusco, vice president of Gold Seal Liquors, Jack Guzik, and Charles and Rocco Fischetti. I believe it goes farther north than Roosevelt Road. Too much time. All right, Mr. Peterson, if you will carry on. In recent years Ralph Capone has been very influential in the vicinity of Lyons, Ill. 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. That is right. He was also arrested in 1943 as a suspect in the Estelle Carey murder case in Chicago and in 1945 was arrested for questioning in connection with the murder of James "Red" Forsythe, a notorious hoodlum. But the bodies kept dropping. Both a violent and obedient man, Accardo was eager to prove his loyalty to the mob. There was also an indictment returned at that time and when the case went to trial, George McLane then took the witness stand and said he refused to testify on the ground - he exercised his privilege. When Colosimo was killed in 1920 there was some justification for the claim that Torrio had imported Frank Yale to commit the murder. As I said before, until the repeal of prohibition the principal activities of this group were related to the illegal liquor traffic. Tony Accardo has operated gambling places in Chicago in partnership with both Harry Russell and Dave Russell, and he has also been a partner of Lawrence Imburgio. He founded and runs The Gangster Report (www.gangsterreport.com) newsmagazine website. 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. I think they are all citizens within my knowledge. The offer was turned down. And that wasnt the only setback for the mob. Accardo gained a reputation as a brutish hit man for his work. During the days of Al Capone there was some competition, but they were dealt with in violent fashion. Thanks to his discreet style, Accardos influence on organized crime was both immense and invisible at the same time. 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. By the late 1970s he had stepped back, letting others do the work and take the heat. He died of heart failure at Chicagos St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital on May 27, 1992 at age 86. That way your "employees" protect you and enimies are to afraid to attack you.Basically,"act a fool" get arrested/killed. Cicero has long been the headquarters for the Capone gang. Mr. Peterson, you have notes that you are following. The Cicero contingent of the Capone syndicate is one of the most important. Is that not true? This burglary was a personal insult to Accardo, no doubt about it. It will be noted that Epstein is a big betting commissioner; and, in view of the fact that Virginia Hill has been so closely identified with Benjamin (Bugsey) Siegel of the New York mob and Allen Smiley, Epstein assumes some importance with reference to the Nation-wide gambling set-up. That is a generalization. FURTHER TESTIMONY OF VIRGIL W. PETERSON, OPERATING DIRECTOR, CHICAGO CRIME COMMISSION, REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION. Ricca apparently was born in Naples, Italy, about 1899. On April 1, 1924, there was virtually an armed invasion of Cicero. In connection with the investigation of the St. Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago in 1929, testimony was taken concerning the sale of a machine gun. On August 21, 1941, the State's attorney of Chicago charged that Rocco De Stefano together with Harry V. Russell, prominent handbook operator, Peter Tremont, policy operator, Patrick Manno, policy operator, Max Caldwell, Milton Schwartz, and Maurice Margolis, had helped spend $910,000 looted from the treasury of local 1248, Retail Clerks Protective Association, union funds. For convenience, we might refer to the New York mob as the Frank Costello gang and the Chicago gang as the Capone syndicate. During the 1920's and the early 1930's Frank Costello numbered among his associates such individuals as Louis Lepke Buchalter, Dutch Schultz, Arnold Rothstein, Joe Adonis, Owney Madden, and Willie Bioff, who incidentally testified at the moving-picture extortion trial that Costello was a member of the conspiracy through which he and George Brown had obtained control of the stage-hands' union. After moving in, Accardo added a $10,000 black onyx bathtub and an indoor, two-lane bowling alley. I said that Joseph Aiuppa was allegedly one of the owners of the Taylor Manufacturing Co. in Cicero. Now that youve learned about Tony Accardo, read more about Al Capone, his infamous predecessor. Campagna was one of the early bodyguards for Al Capone. Joseph Horejs was put in by Stofel for the purpose of enforcing the law. I think you either told me or you stated somewhere that Mr. Annenberg and Molasky were indicted for income-tax evasion. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. PETERSON. He has exerted a considerable amount of political influence there. Tony Accardo Testifies Before Congress 1984 The National Crime Syndicate 38.1K subscribers 8.4K views 8 years ago Tony Accardo appears before congress in 1984 to answer questions about. In order to cover his tracks and cut ties from the purge he set in motion, Accardo turned his wrath toward his own inner circle and the execution squad he had dispatched to do his bidding. I might possibly have it here on a legitimate enterprise. In 1922 Humphreys was associated with the Meadowmoor Dairy. Isn't Patton active in Florida? The CHAIRMAN. It was said that the syndicate maintained an iron-hand control over the Chicago union and that the president of the union had been handing envelopes containing money for a long period of time to Nick Circella alias Nick Dean, and later to Ralph Capone. Accardo seems a closed book and there is little in the way of witness testimony to his character. While he was released a year later, he soon fled to Mexico to avoid any further grand jury questioning. They were charged in a Federal indictment with having conspired to violate the prohibition laws. The CHAIRMAN. This is from recollection. Although indicted on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, the case was nolle prossed by the State on April 10, 1931. He had been badly beaten and had his throat slit. He is presently suspected of being the respectable front in the liquor industry for the syndicate. Is that true? He lost an arm in an automobile accident several years ago, which gives rise to his nickname "Armie.". Mr. Peterson, you are the operating director of the Chicago Crime Commission? In connection with De Grazio's income tax evasion case, when he was being charged with income-tax evasion, Federal agents seized him at his home at 1049 North Elwood Avenue, Oak Park, in 1934. That is the name that his private telephone number also was listed under. 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