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Lords of the Levee
The Levee is a former red-light district in Chicago.
It was located near the intersection of Cermak Road and Michigan Avenue in the city’s Near South Side.
It consisted of twenty square blocks in which: ‘’There were said to be 500 saloons, 500 whorehouses, 56 pool rooms, 15 gambling halls, and too many peep shows and cocaine parlors and bawdy theaters to count. It was demolished in 1893 -
Everleigh Club
The Everleigh Club was a high-class brother which operated in Chicago from February 1900 until October 1911. It was owned and operated by Ada and Minna Everleigh. -
‘’Big JIm’ Colosimo
He was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who built a criminal empire in Chicago based on prostitution, gambling,and racketeering. -
Joe Aiuppa
He was also known as ‘’Doves’’ and he Was a Chicago mobster who became a leader of the Chicago Outfit. -
Johnny Torrio
He was also known as ‘’The Fox’’ and as ‘’The Immune, was an
Italian-American mobster who helped build the criminal empire known as the
Chicago Outfit in the 1920s that was later inherited by his protége, Al Capone.
He also put forth the idea of the National Crime Syndicate in the 1930s and later
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Dion O’Bannion
Charles Dean O'Banion 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. -
Al Capone
was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era
crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the ‘’Capones’’, was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931. -
Hymie Weiss
He was an American mob boss who became the leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone. -
Bugs Moran
George Clarence Moran, who was known by alias ‘’Bugs’’ Moran,
was a Chicago Prohibition-era gangster. He moved to the north side of Chicago when he was 19 years old. He became affiliated with several gangs. -
Joseph Lombardo
He is an imprisoned American mafioso and a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization. -
Frank Calbrese
He is known as "Frankie Breeze," is a made man and a caporegime who ran major loansharking and illegal gambling operations for the Chicago Outfit. -
Sam Giancana
Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957–1966. Among his other nicknames were, "Momo", "Mooney," "Sam the Cigar," and "Sammy. -
Tony Spiilotro
He was an Italian-American mobster and enforcer for the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1970s and 1980s. His job was to protect and oversee the Outfit's illegal casino profits. -
Anthony Accardo
He was also known as ‘’Joe Batters’’ or ‘’Big Tuna’’, rose from small-time hoodlum to the position of day-to-day boss of the Chicago Outfit in 1947, to ultimately become the final Outfit authority in 1972 until his death.
