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Chicago Gang History

O'Banion and Capone

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Dean O'Banion (1892 - 1924)
Irish-American Gangster. He was the head of the North Side Gang in Chicago during the bootlegging wars of the 1920s. Until his death he was the leader of the gang that was the chief rival of the So...
Alphonse "Scarface Al" Capone (1899 - 1947)
"I came to Chicago with forty dollars in my pocket...My son is now twelve. I am still married and I love my wife dearly. We had to make a living. I was younger than I am now, and I thought I needed mor...