Mr. CAPONE

FAMILY

• Parents: Gabriele (Gabriel); Theresa Raiola

• Siblings (in order of birth): Vincenzo (Jimmy, later Richard Hart),

• Raffalo (Ralph), Salvatore (Frank), [Al], Amadeo Ermino (John, nicknamed "Mimi"),

• Umberto (Albert John), Matthew Nicholas (so baptized), Rosalia (Rose), Mafalda

 

PRINCIPAL MEMBERS OF HIS GANG

(after he succeeded Johnny Torio)

• Frank Nitti (Francesco Raffele Nitto) - second in command;

• Jack Guzik - business manager, bag man;

• Lawrence Mangano, Charley Fischetti (Capone cousin) - beer distribution;

• Joe Fusco - liquor distribution; John Patton - brewery operations, political fixes;

• Frank Pope, Anthony "Mops" Volpe - overall gambling operations;

• Peter P. Penovich, Jr. - floating casinos;

• James V. Mondi - oversaw independents;

• Hyman "Loud Mouth" Levine; chief collector;

• Duke Cooney - brothel operations;

• George "Red" Barker, William J. "Three-Finger Jack" White,

• Murray L. "The Camel" Humphreys - labor extortion;

• "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn (Vincenzo Gibaldi), Frank Milano - chief gunmen

•  Frank Rio (Cline), Frank Maritote (Diamond), Phil D'Andrea - chief bodyguards

• James Belcastro, Joseph Genero - bombs, explosives

• Rising young stars: Sam "Golf Bag" Hunt; Anthony Accardo (Joe Batters),

• Joseph Aiuppa (Joey O'Brien), Sam "Mooney" Giancana, Paul "The Waiter" Ricca

GANG LEADERS

• Charles Dion "Deany" O'Banion

  •   succeeded by: Hymie Weiss (Earl Wojciechowski), Vincent "Schemer"

  •   Drucci (Di Ambrosio), George "Bugs" Moran;

  •   Louis "Two-Gun" Alterie (Leland Verain), adjunct members: Samuel "Nails"

• Morton (Markowitz), Daniel J. "Dapper Dan" McCarthy, Maxie Eisen,

• Genna Brothers: Samuel, James, Peter, Antonio, Michael, Angelo

• Terrence J. Druggan, Frank Lake

•  William "Klondike" & Myles O'Donnell; Bernard (brother) (West Side)

  •   James J. Doherty, Thomas "Red" Duffy, James "Fur" Sammons

• Ralph Sheldon

  •   Danny Stanton; John "Mitters" Foley

• Joseph "Polack Joe" Saltis (actually born in Hungary, spelled his name "Soltis")

  •   Frank McErlane

•  Edward J. "Spike" O'Donnell (far South Side)

  •   brothers Walter, Thomas & Steven

• Joseph Aiello

• Claude "Screwy" Maddox

• Martin Guilfoyle

• Herschel Miller
   

MAYORS

• William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, Jr., William E. Dever (reformer),

• Anton J. Cermak (corrupt)

  •    Fred Lundin - political operative (Republican, Thompson's mentor)

  •    George E. "Boss" Brennen - (Democratic Party boss)

• Joseph Z. Klenha - corrupt mayor of Cicero

  •    Edward G. Kovalinka - political boss, courted Capone's election help

• John Patton - "Boy Mayor," suburban Burnham when Torrio came
   

LAWMEN & GOV'T AGENTS

• Robert E. Crowe - State's Atty, Thompson ally, capable, equivocal honesty

• William Harold McSwiggin - Crowe's star asst., murdered by mistake

• Morgan A. Collins - honest police Captain, Dever made Chief

• Metellus Lucullus Cicero Funkhauser - Morals Div. head, undercut by Thompson

• George E. "Q." Johnson - U.S. Attorney in Chicago

• James H. "Shooey" Malone - arrested Capone in Philadelphia

• Michael F. Malone - undercover work as Michael Lepito

• Eliot Ness - Prohibition agent, head of special "Untouchables" squad

• Michael J. Ryan - crooked police captain in Levee district

• Max Nootbar - honest, replaced Ryan after scandal, exiled to sticks by Thompson

• Edward J. O'Hare - key informer; murdered; father of "Butch" O'Hare (cf. airport)

• Charles F. Rathbun - special prosecutor in death of Jake Lingle

• Patrick J. Roche - star investigator of Treasury Dept's, Special Investigation Unit (SIU)

• Michael Hughes - blowhard, ineffective chief of detectives; later chief under Thompson

• William F. Russell - Hughes's replacement after scandal; Lingle's pal, doubtful honesty

• Elmer L. Irey - head of SIU

• Anthony L. Ruthy - cop who chased Lingle's killer, changed testimony, later murdered

• William H. Shoemaker - honest cop, promoted by Dever, later chief of detectives

• John Stege - tough, honest detective captain, later dep. chief

• Len Small - corrupt governor of Illinois

• Nels Tessem - dogged SIU agent; with Arthur P. Madden uncovered key evidence

• James H. Wilkerson - judge at Capone contempt and tax trials

• Frank J. Wilson - SIU agent, uncovered key evidence against Capone

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ST. VALENTINE'S MASSACRE VICTIMS

• James Clark (real name, Albert Kachellek)

• Frank Gusenberg (survived briefly, died in hospital; wouldn't talk)

• Peter Gusenberg (Pete's older brother; they were gang's muscle; Henry was due later)

• John May

• Reinhart H. Schwimmer (gang groupie, failed oculist)

• Frank Snyder (Adam Heyer)

• Albert R. Weinshank (probably mistaken for Moran by Capone's watchers)

• Highball (May's Alsatian - only permanent survivor)

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OTHERS (Alphabetic Order)

• Michael J. Ahearn - Capone's lawyer, researcher, brief-writer; at tax trial

• Salvatore "Samoots" Ammatuna - bagman for Gennas; briefly head of Unione, before

  •  Capone had him killed to make way for Tony Lombardo

•  Albert Anselmi - with Scalise, ace killer, lured from Gennas, then killed by

  •  Capone when they conspired with Guinta (see below) to betray him

• Robert "Bobby" Barton - Jack Guzik's driver, lent to Torrio; driving when Torrio shot

• Sylvester Barton - Bobby's brother, Capone's driver

• Judge Bernard P. Basara - Crowe's candidate in '28 "Pineapple Primary"

• Morris Becker - honest dry cleaner; enlisted Capone to fight extortion

• James V. Bennett - Director of Prisons, sent Capone to Alcatraz

• Anthony C. Berardi - newspaper photographer, Capone's favorite

• Leo V. Brothers - cheap crook, framed for Lingle's murder

• Herman M. Bundesen - Coroner, ran St. Valentine's inquest

• Frederick R. "Killer" Burke - St. Valentine's suspect (unlikely)

• Albert Francis "Sonny" Capone - Capone's son, later changed name

• Mary "Mae" Coughlin Capone - Capone's wife

• Ralph "Risky" Capone, Jr. - Capone's nephew; used "Gabriel" as last name; suicide

• John J. "Bathhouse" Coughlin - crooked alderman of Levee district with Kenna

• James M. Cox - Ohio publisher; '20 pres. candidate; Miami oligarch against Capone

• Louis "Diamond Lou" Cowen - gnomish newsstand owner; Capone's bondsman

• Anthony D'Andrea - election fight with Michael Powers showed

  • gangs (before Beer Wars erupted) wisdom of Torrio's plan for gang cooperation.

• James "Files" DeAmato - Capone's spy, told Capone of Yale's treachery; murdered

• Sen. Charles S. Deneen - Crowe's opposition to his candidate sparked Pineapple Primary

• Albert Fink - with Ahern, Capone's lawyer at tax trial; botched defense

• Carl "Skip" Fisher - Miami oligarch

• Arthur Finnegan - White Hand gang member in Brooklyn, beaten up by Capone

• Frank Foster ("Frost," "Citro," Ferdinand Bruna) - Zuta's man; killer of Lingle

• Frank "Galluch" Galluchio - petty thief, scarred Capone over insult to sister, “Lena” (pseudonym that brother insisted on)

• Vincent Giblin - Capone lawyer in Miami

• Joseph "Hop Toad" Guinta - briefly, Unione head; see Ansemi

• Jacob I. Grossman - lead prosecutor in tax trial

• Daniel Healy - detective who killed Vincent Drucci

• Parker A. Henderson, Jr. - son of former Miami mayor, became Capone groupie

• Peter B. Hoffman - corrupt Cook County (Chicago) sheriff

•  Joseph L. Howard - killed by Capone, personally, after beating Guzik, insulting Capone

• James A. Johnston - warden of Alcatraz, interviewed Capone extensively

• Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna - see Bathhouse John Coughlin

• Paul A. Labriola - killed by D'Andrea's men for loyalty to Alderman John Powers

• Alfred J. "Jake" Lingle - Tribune legman; gang ties; murdered

• Edward R. Litsinger - Sen. Deneen's candidate in Pineapple Primary

• Frank J. Loesch - head of Crime Commission, asked Capone to police '28 election

• Pasqualino "Patsy" Lolordo - Unione head, Capone friend, murdered by Aiello

• Anthony Lombardo - same as Lolordo, but even closer to Capone

• William "Wild Bill" Lovett - Brooklyn gang lieutenant, psychopathic killer intended to

  • avenge Artie Finnegan's beating; reason Yale sent Capone to Chicago in 1919

• John H. Lyle - honest but erratic judge; Thompson called him "nutty"

• Samuel D. McCreary - Miami Director of Public Safety; after Capone at oligarchs' order

• Daniel "Big Dan" Mahoney - Cox's son-in-law; directed Miami anti-Capone campaign

• John J. Maritote - Mafalda Capone's husband, Frank Maritote's kid brother

• Lawrence P. Mattingly - Torrio's, then Capone's tax lawyer; incompetent;

  • wrote damning (by mistake) "Mattingly Letter" to IRS

• Mike Merlo - strong Unione head; natural death cleared way for O'Banion murder

• Thomas D. Nash - partner of Ahearn, courtroom wizard; mysteriously not at tax trial

• Ted Newberry - walking to garage with Moran when Massacre occurred; later botched murder attempt on Zuta

• David V. Omens - Capone's doctor

• Kenneth Phillips - Miami doctor, signed phony affidavit in contempt case

• John "Gianni Pauli" Powers - alderman in war with D'Andrea

• Fred Ries - head cashier at Capone Casino, The Ship; key testimony at tax trial

•  Louise Rolfe - McGurn's mistress, "the Blonde Alibi"

• Edward C. Romfh - Miami oligarch, banker, ex-mayor

• John Sbarbaro - Asst. State's Atty, later judge; also undertaker for all gangs

• Daniel A. Seritella - City Sealer; Capone pal

• E. G. Sewell - Miami oligarch, ex-mayor

• Jack Sewell - E. G.'s nephew, a Capone groupie

• Billy Skidmore - bondsman Capone used before Lou Cowen

• Manley Sullivan - petty crook in key Supreme Court decision: IRS could tax crime income

• John A. Swanson - honest judge, involved in Pineapple Primary, murders of Lingle, Zuta

• Edward D. Vogel - slot-machine king/pol in Cicero; opposed Torrio-Capone, then ally

• Frankie Yale (Francesco Ioele, "Uale") - Capone's mentor in Brooklyn; killed Colosimo,

  •  O'Banion as favor; betrayed Capone, murdered

• Jack Zuta - pimp, minor far North Side gang leader; had Lingle killed; murdered

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