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Lords of the Levee
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Johnny Torrio helped build the Outfit.
Johnny Torrio: “Poppa Johnny”. An Italian-American mobster who helped build the criminal empire known as the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s that was later inherited by his protégé, Al Capone. -
Dion O'bannion and his rivals
Dion O’Bannion was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. He was responsible for at least 25 murders. He was murdered by members of Capone's outfit later on. -
Bugs Moran was the leader of the North Siders.
The North Siders definitely had a war going on with Capone's gang. Moran was the gun man who tried to finish off John Torrio after an ambush where Torrio was hit four times but his gun misfired. Moran was also in the lead car in the famous car cavalcade that drove past Al Capone's Cicero headquarters, firing over 1000 shots into the building. Moran had a pathological hatred for Capone. -
"Big Jim" Colosimo
An Italian-American Mafia crime boss who built a criminal empire in Chicago based on prostitution, gambling, and racketeering -
Al Capone
The most sucessful mob boss ever. -
Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo
Considered the most capable Outfit leader ever. Never spends significant time in jail. Always plays key role as adviser. -
Sam "Mooney" Giancana
Attends the infamous Apalachin, N.Y., meeting that draws national attention to organized crime, draws even more focus on the Outfit with his flamboyance, and flees country for eight years. -
Joseph "Joey Doves" Aiuppa
A Cicero mobster who ran gambling and strip clubs and grows into the job, with help from Accardo. He is convicted of skimming profits from a Las Vegas casino.
