Sunday, January 28, 2007

CHICAGO AL CAPONE AND ORGANIZED CRIME HISTORY













The above is said to have been a Capone hideout
Inverness, Illinois.

We have a few links at the bottom one is a decent history read, Genesis of Organized Crime in Chicago. Which we enjoyed thoroughly by Robert M. Lombardo, many of us are already familiar with the name of John Flood and Jim McGough whose Bio's are also shown on the link page.
Enjoyment start for those not familiar with Chicagos Organized Crime history.
CHICAGO - Al Capone refuses to be rubbed out.
Visitors from all over the world come searching for anything to do with Capone, who died Jan. 25, 1947.

Chicago officials shun any association with the world's most famous gangster, whose Prohibition-era exploits made his name synonymous with the city. But 60 years after his death, they still can't run him out of town.
History link genesis: http://www.ipsn.org/genesis.htm
On April 23, 1930, the Chicago Crime Commission issued its first Public Enemies List; there were 28 names on it, and Al Capone's was the first. (Alfonso or Alphonse Capone) (kupōn'), 1899–1947