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background of, 140
Capone and Torrio threatened and attacked by, 137, 138, 141–45, 147, 206
last years of, 590, 605
Lingle’s murder and, 384–85
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and, 305–14, 315
at Sherman House peace conference, 214, 215
Thompson supported by, 221
Moresco, Victoria, 81, 82, 83, 84
Morgan, David, 152–53, 444, 445–46
Morici, Vito, 507–8, 509
Morton, Jelly Roll, 245
Morvace, Ed, 68–70, 243
Morvace, Olga, 69
Moscato (Capone), Filomena Marie Carmelo (Florence) (sister-in-law), 42, 166
“Most Wanted” list, 369
movies, Capone in, 178, 523–27
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, 608, 614
Mundelein, Cardinal, 135
Muni, Paul, 526, 527
Murphy, “Big Tim,” 278
Murphy, Frank, 569, 572–73
Murphy, John, 165
Murray, Patrick, 208
Nabors, “Nine Toed,” 347
Naples, description of, 24–26
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 340–41
Napoli, Burt, 347, 348
Nash, Thomas, 194, 267, 356, 418, 429, 434, 443, 453
Nation, 424
Navy Street Boys, 40, 370
Nelson, George “Baby Face,” 531, 541
Nelson, “Booby,” 47
Ness, Edna, 597
Ness, Eliot:
bribery attempts against, 358–59
Capone compared with, 344
Capone investigations and, 342, 346–353, 355, 357–59, 408–13, 415, 425–26, 437, 453–54, 499
and Capone’s departure for Atlanta, 506–9
and Capone’s indictment and trial, 432, 436
Cleveland mayoral candidacy of, 602–3
as Cleveland public safety director, 595–602
colleagues’ view of, 352–53
death of, 613
Dick Tracy and, 529
drinking problem of, 344, 598, 600, 602, 610–11
family and background of, 343–46
FBI post sought by, 594–95, 600
hit-and-run accident of, 601
image of, 343–44
last years of, 610–14
memoirs of, 343–44
raids led by, 349, 352, 358, 410–12, 425–26
threats and attacks on, 349, 352
wiretaps against, 358
wiretaps used by, 351, 355, 412
women and, 345, 598, 602
Ness, Elizabeth Anderson, 602, 611, 612
Ness, Emma King, 344–45
Ness, Evaline McAndrews, 599–600, 601, 602
Ness, Peter, 344–45
Ness, Robert Warren, 602, 612, 613
Newberry, Ted, 308, 309
Newcomb, Warren L., 371–72
New Northland, 324
New Orleans, La., anti-Italian prejudice in, 189–91
New Orleans Daily Picayune, 190
Newsboys’ Union, 379
New York American, 320
New York Athletic Commission, 233
New Yorker, 158, 523, 607
New Yorfc Evening Post, 489
New Yorfc Evening Sun, 22
New York Herald, 21, 141
New York Post, 320
New York Times, 19, 190–91, 224, 277, 287, 313, 319, 407, 432–33, 441, 449, 454, 478–79, 486, 494, 504, 509, 516, 531, 533, 564, 573, 606
Nickel, Steven, 600
Nicolai, Joseph, 253
Nirmaier, Eddie, 321, 324
Nitti, Frank “The Enforcer,” 16, 178, 180, 340, 481–82, 485
Capone’s prison term and, 485
in car accident, 183–84
federal investigation of, 359–60, 365, 397–400
Lang’s wounding of, 555–56
last years and suicide of, 590
prison term of, 495
release of, 518
North American Review, 21
Northwestern University, 439
Nosek, Joseph W., 99
O’Banion, Dion, 156, 158, 167, 313–14, 381, 525, 614
background of, 110
funeral of, 135–38, 289, 525
murder of, 128–35, 144, 173, 207, 212, 214, 307
O’Brien, Howard, 404–7
O’Brien, John, 184–85
O’Brien, W. W., 208
O’Connor, Dan, 434
O’Connor, Margaret, 61
O’Connor, William E., 265–66, 267–68
O’Donnell, Myles, 163, 164, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171, 194
O’Donnell, “Spike,” 384
O’Donnell, William “Klondike,” 163, 164, 167, 169, 170, 171, 194
O’Donnell gang, 236
Of Time and the River (Wolfe), 361
O’Hare, Butch, 389, 587–89
O’Hare, Edward J. “Artful Eddie,” 388–389, 438, 587–88
Ohmens, David V., 292
O’Keefe, Jack, 375
Olds, Ransom E., 175
Oldsmobile, 175
Oliver, King, 245
Olsen, Edwin, 90
Omm, Peter, 528
On the Spot, 529
Organized Crime in Chicago (Landesco), 77–78
O’Rourke, Pat, 398
O’Rourke, Willis, 312
Osier, Sir William, 44–45
Outfit, 591, 617, 618
Pacelli, William, 494
Padget, Paul, 580
padrone system, 26–27
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), 189
Palmer, Oscar, 104
Palmer, Potter, 76
Parker, Bonnie, 531
Parker, Charlie, 247
Parkerson, William S., 191
Pasley, Fred D., 319, 354–55, 380, 389, 404, 418
Pasley, William, 153, 236
Pastor, Johnny, 310–11
Patton, James “Shimmy,” 596
Patton, Johnny, 171, 227–28, 229
Pegler, Westbrook, 320–21
Pegoria, John, 203
Pelicano, “Glass-Eye,” 156
Peller, Sam, 208
Penovich, Pete, 447, 465, 466, 471–73, 476, 494
Perkins, J. J., 324
Perotta, Tony, 51
Perry, H. V., 324
Pershing, John J., 42
Pheasant (Capone), Valma (sister-inlaw), 290, 517
Phelps, John, 612
Philadelphia Inquirer, 335
Phillips, Barton “Whitey,” 558
Phillips, Kenneth, 323–24, 605
Phinney, Warren, 151
Piazza, Phil, 200, 201, 203, 350
Pickford, Mary, 265
Pinkert State Bank, 363, 465
Pitaro, Angela (pseudonym), 35
Pitaro, Joseph (pseudonym), 101
Pizak, Pete, 120
Pogonese, “Slats,” 65
Polizzi, Charles (Leo Berkowitz), 333, 599
Pontarelli, Sam (pseudonym), 203, 227, 347, 604
Pope, Frankie, 382, 447, 471, 472
Popham, James, 271, 456
Porter, Edward G., 523
Profaci, Joseph, 427
Prohibition:
advent of, 58, 62–63, 87
as cause of violence, 211
growing opposition to, 300
Prohibition Bureau, 345
prostitution, 79, 81, 129, 140
Capone’s involvement in, 87–88, 98, 99–100, 112, 117, 152, 170–71, 397, 511
Guziks and, 90, 91
in Levee, 80
St. John’s reporting on, 117–19
Public Enemies List, 366–69
Purple gang, 187, 512, 599
Purvis, Melvin, 532, 533, 556
Quigg, H. Leslie, 270
Quinn, William J., 543
Racket, The, 523
“racketeer,” 78–79
Raft, George, 526, 527
Raiola (Capone), Teresina (mother), see Capone, Teresina Raiola
Rand McNally Guide to Chicago, 74
Randolph, Robert Isham, 367–68, 421–22
Ranieri, A. Frank, 292
Rathbun, Charles F., 385
Ray, James, 307
Read, Harry, 148, 149, 150, 282, 292, 607
Red Hook Rippers, 40
Republican National Convention (1920), 85
“Rhapsody in Blue” (Gershwin), 235
Ricca, Paul “The Waiter,” 393
Richie, Jack, 161
Richman, Harry, 254–58
Rickard, Mrs. Tex, 474
Rickard, Tex, 320
Ries, Fred, 360, 395–96, 399, 464, 467, 470
Riis, Jacob, 22
Rio, Frankie, 195, 205–6, 329–30, 337, 338, 485
Ritchey, Romney M., 562, 564, 565
Roberto, Dominic, 172–73, 291, 347, 406
background of, 197–98, 199
Chicago Heights takeover and, 200, 201, 202
Italian wife of, 198
Robertson, John Dill, 219
Robinson, Edward G., 469, 523, 525
Robsky, Paul, 351, 409, 507
Roche, Patrick T., 192, 312, 385
Rockefeller, John D., 225
Roe, Clifford, 91
Rogers, John T., 382, 388
Rogers, Will, 277, 432, 504
Rolfe, Louise, 305, 308, 318, 589
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 85, 666n Root, John, 75
Rose (Capones’ maid), 583
Rosen, “Nig,” 333
Rosenwald, Julius, 367
Ross, Barney, 232
Ross, Edward Alsworth, 21–22
Rotunno, Mike, 402
Rudensky, Red “Rusty,” 512–15, 521–23
Runyon, Damon, 234, 280, 319, 321, 332, 607
at Capone’s trial, 441, 443, 454, 462, 475, 479
Russell, Bill, 314, 376–77, 381
Russo, Anthony (pseudonym), 16, 179–85
Russo family (pseudonym), 180, 181, 182
Sage, Anna, 532, 533
St. John, Archer, 121
St. John, Robert, 74, 104–9, 117–23, 152
Capone’s threats and attacks on, 119–23
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 381–82, 388
St. Louis Star, 385
St. Michael and St. Edward’s Church, 31–32
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 15, 20, 140, 305–14, 329, 332
Capone’s role in, 315–18, 325, 384
inquiry into, 316–18
reporting on, 310–14
Saltis, “Polack Joe,” 208, 222, 236, 294
Salva, Joe, 201
Sammons, “Fur,” 202
Sandburg, Carl, 71, 80
Sanders, Walters, 586
Sanfilippo, Tony, 199–200
San Francisco Chronicle, 543, 552
Saturday Evening Post, 541, 542
Sbarbaro, John A., 136, 145, 204, 209, 278, 279
Scalise, John, 135, 156, 157, 207, 237, 528
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and, 307, 308
treachery and murder of, 329–31, 392
Yale’s murder and, 286, 289
Scarface, 526–27
Schiff, Bruno, 359–60
Schiff Trust and Savings Bank, 359–60, 399
Schoemaker, William “Shoes,” 145, 194, 204, 205, 206, 207, 222, 293, 329
Schofield, Lemuel B., 337
Schultz, “Dutch,” 333
schvitz, 154
Schwimmer, Reinhart H., 308, 316
Scigliano, Gloria, 543
Scirrca, “Little Angelo,” 599
Scribe, Eugène, 189
Seager, Samuel, 409, 507
Sears, Roebuck, 74, 367
Secret Six, 86, 367, 373, 400, 421
Seeley, Jim, 409–10
Selective Service System, 54
Seltzer, Louis B., 595
Senate, U.S., 615
Serritella, Daniel, 221, 223, 286, 379, 494
Sewell, E. G., 284–85
Sewell, Jack, 284–85
Sewell, John, 284
Shadow, The, 530
Shakespeare, Joseph A., 189–90, 191
Shame of the Cities, The (Steffens), 77
Sharkey, Jack, 320, 321, 323, 474
Sheldon, Ralph, 214
Sherman House peace conference (1926), 213–16, 217, 643n
Sherrington, Bobby, 541
Shumway, Leslie, 413–15, 447–48
Sieben Brewery, 131–32, 143, 146
Silloway, Fred D., 313
Sims, Robert, 601
Singing Fool, The, 231
Skelley, Charles, 317
Skidmore, William, 214
skyscrapers, 75
Small, Len, 85, 91, 234
Smith, Mack, 541
Smith, McLean, 456
Smith, N. Clark, 245
Smith, Robinson, 67–68
Snow, Cecil, 547
Sorello, Mrs. Nick, 455
Sorello, Nick, 455
South Brooklyn Rippers, 40
Special Agent (Wilson), 377
Special Intelligence Unit, IRS, see Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Stadig, John, 541
Standard Oil, 225
Stanklevitch, Stanley, 106
Stead, William T., 79
Steffen, Walter, 151
Steffens, Lincoln, 77
Stege, John, 138, 166, 221, 325, 339, 356, 376, 382
Steiger, Rod, 178
Stern (landlady), 284
Strawn, Silas, 361
Stribling, Young, 320, 321, 323, 474
Strouk, Merwin, 434
Styne, Jule, 235
Sullivan, Babe, 230–31, 362, 608
Sullivan, Edward Dean, 43, 46
Sullivan, Louis, 75
Sullivan, Manley, 224
Sullivan, Timothy, 228–33, 358, 362, 608
Sullivan family, 231, 362
Summers, Gregory, 134, 135
Sunday, Billy, 368, 408
Supreme Court, U.S., 505, 515–16
bootleg tax returns required by, 224–225, 272
Susie (Domenica) (Capone’s girlfriend), 52
Sutton, Al, 603
Svoboda, Steve, 410
Swanson, John A., 278, 279, 281, 356
Sweeney, Clarence, 309–10
syphilis:
Capone’s case of, 44–46, 54–55, 286, 288, 292, 331, 333, 339, 475, 511, 537, 544–45, 548, 550, 558–73, 577–87, 592–94, 603–5
history and effects of, 44–46
Ness’s campaign against, 600, 601
Tacoma Times, 496, 497
Tagenti, Tony, 397–98
Tancl, Eddie, 108
tax returns, required for bootleg income, 224–25, 272
Taylor, Robert, 314
Tebo, Walter, 67–68
Teitelbaum, Abraham, 571, 606
Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution, 567–71
Capone’s FBI interviews at, 568–69
Capone’s transfer to, 566–67
Tessem, Nels, 303–4, 341, 342, 359–60, 363, 395, 396
theater, Capone portrayed in, 523, 529
Thomas, Jim, 246
Thompson, John Taliaferro, 141
Thompson, Slim, 247
Thompson, William Hale “Big Bill,” 91, 152, 168, 234, 236, 244, 258, 261, 263–64, 275, 276–77, 279–80, 281, 361, 376, 382, 384, 436, 523
background of, 85–86, 219
death of, 590
and election of 1923, 97
in election of 1927, 218–24, 226
in election of 1931, 416, 417, 420, 423–24
King George attacked by, 86, 220, 279–80, 524
at Sherman House peace conference, 214
Thrasher, Frederic, 78
Thweat, Silas A., 570
Time, 225, 354, 441, 488, 505, 607
Torrio, Ann McCarthy, 53, 56, 143, 144–45
Torrio, Johnny, 20, 53, 96, 97, 105, 313, 326, 525, 569, 591
at Atlantic City conference, 334, 335, 336, 426
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bsp; Capone hired by, 87
Capone’s Brooklyn work with, 37–39, 46, 49
Capone’s Chicago work with, 57–58, 87–89, 124, 127, 136, 451
Capone’s testimony against, 564, 565
Colosimo’s death and, 84
Colosimo’s empire acquired by, 86–87
Colosimo’s hiring of, 81–82
Jack Guzik’s relationship with, 92
jail term of, 146
McSwiggin’s death and, 165–66
Moran-Drucci-Weiss threat on, 138, 143–46
1923 Italy trip of, 98
1924 Southern trip of, 139
O’Banion’s death and, 131, 132, 133, 135, 137
retirement of, 146–47, 464, 605
shooting and recovery of, 143–46
as Sonny Capone’s godfather, 54
tax case against, 564–66
Torso (Nickel), 600
torso murders, 597, 611
Trail, Armitage, 526
Treasury Department, U.S., 341–42, 398
Tremblay, Captain, 324
Trohan, Walter, 210, 310–11, 374, 376–377, 378, 381, 384–85
trucking industry, 161
Truman, Harry S., 600
Tucker, Sophie, 254
Tunney, Gene, 233–35, 462
Turano, Anthony M., 542
Twitchell, Edward, 559
Underwood, E. Marvin, 516
Underworld, 523
Unione Sicilione, 133, 134, 207, 214, 221, 292, 293, 295–96, 329, 335, 347
Union Memorial Hospital, 577–80
Union Stock Yards, 73–74
Union Worker, 69
United Press, 335
United States vs. Alphonse Capone, 440–91
appeals in, 489–99, 505, 515–16
Capone’s expenditures and, 458, 460–63
closing arguments in, 476–83
defense in, 468–76
indictment in, 430–40
judges’ instructions in, 483
jury deliberations in, 483–84
prosecution in, 443–68
verdict and sentencing in, 484–87
Unknowns, 597
Untouchables, 408–9, 432–33, 499, 506–9
Untouchables, The (Ness and Fraley), 344, 412, 433, 613
television series based on, 344, 613–614, 618
Vacarelli, Paolo Antonini, 38
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, Jr., 422–23
Variety, 527
venereal diseases, 26
see also syphilis
Verdi, Giuseppe, 32, 189
Vespri Siciliam, I (Verdi), 32, 189
View from the Bridge, A (Miller), 29
Virginia (Capone’s mistress), 184, 189, 437
von Frantzius, Peter, 290
von Sternberg, Joseph, 523
Wajciechowski, Earl, see Weiss, Earl “Hymie”
Waley, Harmon, 549
Wallace, Edgar, 529
Wallace, Mrs. Thomas O., 279
Wallace, Thomas O., 279
Waller, Fats, 248–49
Waller, Irle, 88
Walsh, John E., 337
Warner, Jack, 525
Washington Evening Star, 489
Washington Post, 281
Waters, Eddie, 303