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The Chicago mob wars begin...
The Chicago mob wars begin...
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May 12, 1920
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 12, 1920
* "Diamond Jim" Colosimo, early Chicago mobster
* Gangland gangland wars to begin
The front page has a one column heading: "Notorious Chicago Cafe Owner Slain" with subhead. (see) This was James "Big Jim" of "Diamond Jim" Colosimo, who was one of the early Chicago mob bosses and the first to organize the various parts of the Chicago crime network. It was he who brought his nephew John "The Fox" Torrio to Chicago from Brooklyn to be his second in command, and Torrio in turn brought his old Brooklyn lieutenant, Al Capone, to Chicago to work as a bartender & bouncer.
When Prohibition went into effect in 1920 Torrio wanted the gang to enter bootlegging but Colosimo refused. It is suspected Colosimo was assassinated so the gang could enter the lucrative business. Al Capone was one of the suspected in his death, but no one was ever convicted.
Complete with 28 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, more so along the spine, a few small blue pencil markings, generally good.
Category: The 20th Century
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