Accardo must've been worried. He claims that he is a citizen. Al Capone was suspected of organizing the hit and Tony Accardo was accused of participating. Renno had nothing to do with the Accardo robbery; he simply happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Mr. HALLEY. The committee should know that that Mr. Peterson made every effort to have a copy of his statement that could be made public in the committee's hands by yesterday, so it could be mimeographed, but he found that the pressure of work was such that he just could not do it. Mr. PETERSON. As a matter of background, he is a cousin of Al Capone and has been an important member of the syndicate for the greater part of three decades. There is no indication he has been active in rackets in Chicago and in fact indications are to the contrary. No more ties to Accardo. Tony Accardo died on May 22, 1992, from congestive heart failure and acute respiratory failure. Senator WILEY. In 1944 it was alleged that Gus Alex, Hymie Levin, Gus Liebe, and others were connected with the notorious gambling. After moving in, Accardo added a $10,000 black onyx bathtub and an indoor, two-lane bowling alley. In 1931, Capone was found guilty of tax evasion and sent to prison. 27678 was returned by the Cook County grand jury charging Ralph Buglio, Abe Rosenthal, and Mary Duff with burglary. The United States Government was insisting that this $50,000 be included in Humphreys' income-tax returns. He was in partnership in one gambling joint with Tony Accardo. One of his lieutenants was Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who allegedly succeeded him as head in about 1931. They then asked me to come here as their representative. You can get the information and furnish it to the committee later. The CHAIRMAN. I have the address in some of my other notes here. On May 2, 1933, the chief investigator for the State's attorney's office described Humphreys as public enemy No. On January 9 they received a call from Volpe who told them someone had broken into their home. Joseph Epstein has continued to furnish Virginia Hill with large sums of money over a period of years. On May 11, 1920, Big Jim Colosimo was killed in gangland fashion in Chicago. On February 14, 1929 - I am sure you are all familiar with the St. Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago. Nitti, of course, has committed suicide, and John Patton, of course, is an old man, but these other people that I am mentioning - most of them - are active today. Mr. PETERSON. Hunt has been arrested by the police on several occasions following gang slayings but has never been successfully prosecuted. . The store was owned by a friend of Accardo a Jewish bookie paying the Big Tuna protection money. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Peterson, I think we will interrupt your statement at this point. Is your testimony going to apply to gangs, as you say, attempting to take over local government? The CHAIRMAN. He has a brother, August Circella, who has been proprietor of gambling establishments in Chicago. That is right. Ralph Capone, brother of Al, was born in Italy in 1894 and brought to the United States when he was about a year old. They conspired to extort a million dollars from the movie industry. They settled for around $100,000. Campagna was convicted in Federal court in New York City again with Paul Ricca and John Roselli from California and Louis Kaufman from the East, and others. A separate municipality. He had to eliminate two more men, men who could tie him to the killings of the burglars. There were four Counts in the indictment. The CHAIRMAN. Capone's bodyguard at that time was Phil D'Andrea, who, true to form, appeared in court with a concealed weapon and was sentenced by a. Of course, in the Apex Cigarette Service Co. he is one of the principal owners as I understand it, but I can't give you an estimate of the amount of money involved in the enterprises. Frank Costello of New York has admitted having an acquaintanceship with Ricca several years ago. I don't remember the exact testimony. These boxes were in Chicago - except in the first ward, where the Century has the monopoly - Cicero, Argo, Calumet City, in Illinois, Hammond, Indiana Harbor, and Whiting. The Outfit did not do well under the leadership of Giancana, and he was eventually imprisoned in 1965. This book contained the addresses and names, in many instances the private telephone numbers, of some of the leading underworld characters in the Nation. He is a well-known gambler in Chicago for the past probably 30 years, I guess, and his last name is Ryan. Up until 1941 his name appeared as one of the stock-holders of some of the dog tracks down there. Prior to being operating director of the Chicago Crime Commission, you were associated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation? And as he distanced himself from the Outfit, Accardo began to enjoy the spoils of his job. The Chicago Crime Commission, as I understand it, is a voluntary association supported by contributions of the interested citizens; is that correct? He was once charged with the time-worn badger game. Theres nobody else left now.. Unquestionably, however, he is one of the top ranking members of the syndicate and has operated within the inner circle of that organization for almost three decades. I haven't gone too much into the government angle, although I may cover that somewhat in the testimony. I think he was shot in Chicago, as a matter of fact. The police learned that Ralph Buglio and DeMere had been in the Plantation Cafe just prior to the shooting. He is still apparently active. Bettmann/Contributor/Getty ImagesA young Tony Accardo in 1930, when he was still moving up in the ranks of the mob. In 1923 he operated a garage at 1214 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, with Murray Humphreys. He had been robbed of over $1 million in jewelry. Though Accardo technically retired from being a Mafia boss in the late 1950s, he continued to pull the strings as a consigliere. Vogel has been the secretary and treasurer of the Apex Cigarette Service, Inc., 1010 George Street., Chicago. I think he was shot in connection with a union election out there. In the income tax hearing there it was claimed that Lipschultz then received a gross income of $107,111 from the Harlem Tavern in Stickney, Ill., the Stockdale Saloon in Forest View, and the old Hawthorne Kennel Club, which was known as a Capone syndicate enterprise. Mendell decided to show his extreme displeasure by brazenly robbing the ritzy, well-manicured estate built by the legendary Outfit kingpin more than a decade earlier. Accardo was arrested many times on allegations ranging from murder to extortion to kidnaping. Tony Accardo died on May 22, 1992, from congestive heart failure and acute respiratory failure. The CHAIRMAN. Paul Ricca, 812 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, Ill., is frequently considered the top ranking member of the Capone syndicate. For the sake of clarity, I am going to review very briefly the Capone syndicate. Mr. PETERSON. Murphy was sentenced in April 1933. John McDonald was found on April 14, his throat slashed and he was shot in the head and neck. I know it is very difficult for them to follow this. Phil went to Vegas, sent to kill Sunshine on suspician that he was stealing some of it. Lipschultz at that time said he was merely a spokesman for friends. He is presently suspected of being the respectable front in the liquor industry for the syndicate. The purchase was made in the name of Irving Haim and the money was obtained from a New Orleans bank on notes secured by Irving Haim, Phil Kastel, Frank Costello and William Helis. Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Meyer Lansky, and Charles "Lucky" Luciano were said to be the enforcers for the gang and they engaged in terrorizing tactics as enforcers. This burglary was a personal insult to Accardo, no doubt about it. He writes daily for The Oakland Press in Metro Detroit and focuses on Mob activity in Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia and New England. Torrio even actually envisioned a vice monopoly for the entire county. During the past three decades, until the present time, Edward Vogel is known as the slot-machine king of Cook County, and throughout that period has been an important member of the so-called Capone syndicate. An expert at deactivating complex alarm systems, known as the most skilled bypass man in the whole Outfit, Mendell was the first to go, disappearing on January 15. On June 27, 1933, Humphreys was indicted by the Federal grand jury in Chicago on a charge of income-tax evasion. In the meantime, Paul Ricca tried to take control as the boss. The CHAIRMAN. For a number of years Rocco Fischetti and a man by the name of Jim Bettinus operated the notorious Rock Garden Club in Cicero, Ill. [CDATA[ You do have factual data to back up every statement of fact that you make before the committee? The heat on Accardo intensified after that when the FBI searched his house and found $275,000, with some money bundles wrapped in bank wrappers from the Valley Bank in Las Vegas. Mr. Peterson, you may proceed for about 15 minutes and then we will recess until 2:30. Early on in his career, Accardo allegedly tracked down colleagues who had betrayed Capone and beat them to death with a baseball bat. Aiuppa and two others were arrested for operating a handbook in the Post Time Tavern, 4824 Cermak Road, Cicero. Well, there were some problems. That gives a brief background of the beginning of the Capone syndicate. He was a three-time target of the U.S. Senates permanent subcommittee on investigations. Another individual who has come to the forefront particularly in recent years in Sam "Mooney" Gincanna, 1147 Wenonah Avenue, Oak Park, Ill. After John Torrio left Chicago about 1929 is when Al Capone became the ruler of Chicago's underworld. At the time Capone went to prison the following individuals had grown in stature within the Capone organization and were powerful members of the Capone syndicate: Frank Nitti, Louis (Little New York) Campagna, Paul Ricca, Phil D'Andrea, Jack Guzik, Tony Accardo, Charles Fischetti, Edward Vogel, Hymie (Loud Mouth) Levin, Ralph Capone, Tony Capezio, Ralph Pierce, Murray Humphreys, Frank Maritote, alias Frank Diamond, Nick Circella, alias Nick Dean, Lawrence Imburgio, Charles Gioe, Anthony (Mops) Volpe, William Niemoth, and Sam (Golf Bag) Hunt. In 1943 Gus Alex was reputedly the owner of a gambling establishment at 2136 South Michigan Avenue, in which dice, roulette wheels, and other gambling was conducted. It ships a considerable amount of equipment to Nevada and other places. DeMere approached Buglio and asked him to go outside for a conference and a few minutes later the shooting occurred. John Capone, another brother of Al Capone, at one time resided at 5400 South Park Boulevard. At one time Tony Accardo, the top-ranking member of the syndicate, was in partnership with him. He has been in charge and control of some of the largest gambling establishments in Lake and Cook Counties. Some sources claimed that Torrio, who had already established himself as a tough gangster in New York, was sent to Colosimo by Frank Uale. Mr. PETERSON. He was rejected for military service. Mr. Peterson, some of the names that you have just mentioned are still operating; are they not? The CHAIRMAN. Mr. PETERSON. However, he is a friend of Willie Heeney, one of the old time Capone syndicate operators in Cicero. Ive never been a boss. While authorities clearly knew he was up to no good and continued to investigate him in his later years they never pinned anything on him. I have the exact name of the association in our files which I will make available to you if you want it. The Chicago Crime Commission credited Accardos long life to his insistence that the Chicago mob should stay away from drug trafficking which exerted a corrupting influence on many other criminal organizations. He returned to Chicago after having served his Federal sentence on February 27, 1934. As a result of that, I was requested to appear before the American Municipal Association at its annual meeting in Cleveland. On May 8, 1930, the Federal prohibition agents raided the Cotton Club, 5340 West Twenty-second Street and the Monmarte Cafe, 4835 West Twenty-second Street, both Cicero, Ill., and alleged that these places were owned by Ralph Capone. Mr. Brown has been here since yesterday and wants to go back home tonight. Mr. PETERSON. This doesn't have to do with income tax, however. That covers it I think, mostly. Yes. Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo, the long time Boss of the Chicago Outfit and protege of Al Capone sought revenge on a crew of thieves who broke into his River Forest mansion. Were there subsequent developments? This is from recollection. That was a liquor association. In February 1945 he was arrested with Tony Accardo, top-ranking man of the syndicate, and one Daniel Beneduce, of 4259 Gladys Avenue, Chicago, as suspects in a kidnaping. It has been a losing proposition and we can't continue it * * *.". The Capone syndicate then formed its own racing news information service which was called the Trans-American Publishing & News Service, Inc. Accardo, as I mentioned before, was one of the alleged plotters of the St. Valentine's Day massacre in 1929. Senator WILEY. A union representative testified that out of $910,000 collected by Caldwell as the union representative, he could find only about $62. Tony Accardo . I would have to check on that. As of 1944, Sam Hunt was allegedly an official of the Drexel Wine & Liquor Co., Thirty-ninth and Cottage Grove Avenue. Named in the injunction were Louis Romano, president of the union, Frank Nitti, Murray Humphreys, Louis "Little New York" Campagna, Fred Evans, and Paul Ricca. Much like Capone, Giancana craved attention and loved the limelight. That was before the paroles. Jack Guzik was then the business manager of the illegal empire controlled by Capone. On July 30, 1931, O'Hara was indicted by the Cook County grand jury on a charge of conspiracy. Phil D'Andrea, as you know, was recently - in 1943 - convicted with other Capone gangsters in the movie extortion case. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ruth Louque. In 1935 when Rocco De Grazio was convicted of income-tax evasion he admitted he was operating 18 handbooks, many of which were in Melrose Park, Ill., and he paid $1,200 per month for protection. While it was never confirmed that Accardo ordered the hit, many experts believe that no one but Accardo wouldve been powerful enough to do so. I don't recall the exact figures, but I believe that Ricca admitted in testimony there that he got between $50,000 and $100,000 a year. This indictment charged conspiracy to operate a policy game. Carusiello was a driver and bodyguard for Accardos street boss, Joseph Joey Doves Aiuppa. It is claimed that. . The committee will meet in the morning at 10 o'clock in room 457 of the Senate Office Building, when Mr. Peterson will resume his testimony. He had been badly beaten and had his throat slit. The CHAIRMAN. Until 1921 Kastel had operated a bucket shop under the name of Dillon & Co., which it was claimed resulted in swindling clients out of approximately a half million dollars. S. Res. William Roemer, a retired FBI agent who tracked Accardos career for years, said recently he could never charge Accardo but believed he was one of the triggermen in the St. Valentines Day massacre in Chicago in 1929. He is supposed to have a farm in Kendall County, Ill., about 1,100 acres there, which has been managed or was during the war by Francis Curry. As late as 1946 Joe Peskin was reported to be the juke-box-syndicate boss of Chicago. Do you call that the agent in charge? He has been arrested in Chicago on numerous occasions. 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