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Organized Crime in Chicago
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Prohibition
Prohibition took effect and was the "Law of the Land" for 13 years. While all legitimate estabishments that served alcohol had to close because of Prohibition, it's estimated that 200,000 speakeasies sprang up across the country to take their places. -
Tommy gun gets perfected
Perfected in this year, the Thompson submachine gun, or the "Tommy Gun," became the weapon of choice for at least some Chicago mobster gangs. -
Establishes Headquarters
Al Capone established his headquarters at the Lexington Hotel, at the corner of 22nd Street and Michigan Avenue, in Chicago. He also gained control of the Chicago suburb of Cicero, IL, as a "safe base" for his illegal operations. -
Death of Frank Capone
Violently predictable Frank Capone, brother of Al Capone, was killed by Cicero, IL, policemen during a gunfight which broke out in the City during the 1924 Chicago elections. -
Capone attemps to assasinate O'Donnell
Al Capone and his crew attempted to kill Myles O'Donnell and William "Klondike" O'Donnell, leaders of the Westside O'Donnell Mob, in Cicero. -
Capones Income
Al Capone's Chicago Outfit earned a yearly income of $108 million. -
St. Valentines Day Massacre
Four unidentified men, dressed as Chicago police officers, stormed into a Near North Side garage, S-M-C Cartage Co., at 2122 N. Clark Street, and murdered members of George Bugs Moran's North Side Gang and two gangster groupies, but missed killing Moran, who was not around when the killings happened. Known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the attack effectively ended the five-year gang war between Al Capone and the North Side Gang,
