Organized Crime in Chicago: Beyond the Mafia

Index

index Abadinsky, Howard, 150 Abrahams, Emanuel “Manny,” 92 Accardo, Anthony “Big Tuna”“Joe Batters ”: Grand Avenue, 173; income tax trial, 137; Al Pilotto, 184; policy, 123; policy indictment, 125; replaces Ricca, 100; Scotland Yard, 131; Twenty-eighth Ward, 190 Adamowski, Benjamin, 135, 138 Addams, Jane, 83, 169 Addams Area, 32, 34 Adduci, James, 133, 135 Ahearn, John 180 Aiello, Giuseppe “Joey,” 86, 88 Aiello Bakery, 86 Albini, Joseph, 150 Alcock, John, 179 Alderman’s War, 170 Aleman, Harry, 143, 146 Alex, Gus, 146 alien conspiracy theory, 3 Alterie, Louie “Two-Gun,” 93 Amatuna, Sam “Samoots,” 85 Amort, Fred, 52 Anderson, Annelise, 151 Angelo’s Dream, 177, 188 Anselmi, Albert, 83, 87 Armour Square, 174-75 Arrowhead Inn, 53 Arvey, Jacob “Jake,” 93, 100 Asbury, Herbert, 101 Auippa, Joseph “Doves,” 139, 144-45, 152 Babb, John, 133 Bad Lands, 46 Ballard Inn, 139 Barbara, Fred, 147, 176 Barker, George “Red,” 88 barracks, 38 Bass, William, 68 Battaglia, Sam “Teets,” 106, 119 Battle of Fallen Timbers, 37 Bauler, Mathias “Paddy,” 180 Beach Club, 126 Beasley, William, 62 Beaux-Arts Club, 63, 93 Becker, Morris, 95 Bed Bug Row, 48 Bell, Daniel, 19, 196 Bella Napoli Restaurant, 171 Benevento, Vincent, 179 Ben Franklin Store, 76 Benvenuti, Caesar, 72, 122 Benvenuti, Julius, 72-73, 75, 122 Benvenuti, Leo, 122 Berlin, Café, 72 Better Government Association, 89 Big Fix, 77 Big Nine (City Council Emergency Committee on Crime), 134-35 Big Nineteen (Citizen’s Committee of Greater Chicago), 134 Bilandic, Michael, 143 Bilek, Arthur, 138, 140 Billy and Company, 145 248 index Bioff, William “Willie,” 96 Birns, Stanley, 52 Bivens, Matt 76 Black, Julian 76 black-and-tan clubs, 62-63 “black belt,” 60, 63 Black Hand, 17 Black Hawk War, 181 “Black Hole,” 46 Black Leather Jacket Bunch, 142 “black metropolis,” 58 Block, William, 125 Blumh, Robert, 181 Bolton, John, 29 Bolton, Joseph “Red,” 101, 169 Bolton Gang, 108 Bonfiglio’s Pool Room, 104 Bootleggers Square, 83 bootlegging, 80 Borrelli, Francis, 109 Boston Club, 122 Bottoms, William, “Bill,” 7 Braccio, Joseph, 146 Bradley, Wallace “Gator,” 196 Brady, Michael, 143 Brancato, Dominick, 179 Brennan, George, 97 Briatta, Louis, 135 Brown, Ernest, 128 Browne, George, 96 Bruce, Andrew, 25 Bruno, Joe, 127 Brzeczek, Richard, 144 Bucket of Blood, 48 Bucket Shop Saloon, 71 Buell, Emmett, 31 Bung Loo, 46, 61 Burgess, Ernest, 20, 30, 111, 121, 200 Bussee, Fred, 49 Byrne, Jane, 143-44 Cabrini, Mother Francis Xavier, 164 Caifano, Leonard “Fat Lenny,” 125 Caifano, Marshal “Joe Russo,” 119 Calabrese, Frank Jr., 164 Calabrese, Frank Sr., 147, 156, 164 Calabrese, Nicholas, 156 Calaro, Joseph “Babe Ruth,” 103, 105, 113, 115 Caliendo, Vito, 156 Calumet City, 183-84 Candy Store, 180 Capezio, Anthony “Tough Tony,” 80, 95, 173-74 Capone, Alphonse “Al”: beer wars, 85; Chicago Heights, 183; Cicero, 81; North Side, 179; Philadelphia arrest, 88; policy, 72; Twenty-sixth Street, 176 Capone, Frank, 81 Capone Bloc, 132. See also West Side Bloc Capra, Rocco, 110 Carey, Archibald, 125 Carlisi, Samuel “Wings,” 146, 153 Carlisi Street Crew, 146 Carrozzo, Michael “Dago Mike,” 54, 95 Caruso, Frank Jr., 177 Caruso, Frank “Skids,” 176-77 Caruso, Frank “Toots,” 177 Cataldo, Jerry, 135 Cermak, Anton, 69-70, 96-98, 131 Cerone, John “Jackie,” 124, 158 Chambliss, William, 196 Chicago Area Project, 116 Chicago Area Project’s North Side Civic Committee, 179 Chicago Avenue, 189-90 Chicago Beach Hotel, 62 Chicago Chamber of Commerce, 87 Chicago Commission on Race Relations, 63-64 Chicago Crime Commission: anti-crime legislation, 132; Clark Street, 180; contributions to charity by policy operators, 76; William Dawson, 124; handbooks delivering votes, 96; Kefauver hearings , 130; Kelly-Nash Machine, 99; made guys, 156; meeting with President Hoover, 90; Organized Crime Study, 140; payoffs to Thompson, 89; public enemies list, 88; RICO legislation, 209; Teddy Roe, 122; Secret Six, 90; street crews, 151, 154; suburban gambling, 138; video poker, 146; West Side Bloc, 132 Chicago Defender, 59, 63 Chicago Heights, 181 Chicago Heights Land Association, 181 Chicago School, 15, 111 index 249 Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, 169 Cicero Steve, 73 Circolo Accera, 171 Circus Café Gang, 80, 87, 173 Citizen’s Committee for the Prevention and punishment of Crime, (Secret Six), 90-91 Citizens of Greater Chicago (Big Nineteen), 134 City Council Emergency Committee on Crime (Big Nine), 134 Clark, Leonard, 177 Clark, William 79 Clayton, Horace, 57 Cleaners and Dyers Institute, 95 Clementi, Louis “The Louse,” 108 Cloward, Richard, 27 Club Alabam, 180 Club...