NICKS BILLIARDS CHICAGO MANUAL

1884 – Founding Outfit leader Donato 'Johnny' Torrio, nicknamed 'The Fox', who the source author would call 'the father of modern gangsterism', emigrated from Italy to New York City with his family, at age two.1882? – John 'Mushmouth' Johnson opened the Emporium Saloon and gambling establishment, began his reign as Chicago's first South Side Policy racket king.1882 – Chicago Police Chief William McGarigle, in the pay of Chicago crime lord Michael Cassius McDonald, was indicted for graft and later fled to Canada.1882 – Michael 'Hinkey Dink' Kenna opened a First Ward saloon.McDonald and his men are credited with the term: ' Syndicate', because of the gang's 'crime consortium'. His gambling joint, 'The Store', was considered by some, whom the author of the book doesn't name, to be Chicago's, 'unofficial City Hall'. McDonald gained control of all of Chicago and the State of Indiana's bookmaking rights. Also politically motivated, he brought his underworld friends and associates together to form 'McDonald's Democrats' and got Carter Harrison Sr., elected as mayor in this year. 1879 – Michael Cassius McDonald, lived in the midst of what was called 'Hair-Trigger Block,' was a gambling kingpin who understood the power of a bribe.Octo– Much of the city's population lost everything, including for 300 people their lives, to a fire that lasted 36 hours and brought rampant looting.He began to appear in the newspapers of Chicago as early as November 1868, when The Chicago Tribune reported his arrest, along with national billiards champion John McDevitt and two other gamblers, for criminal conspiracy and the running of gambling dens after having apparently fleeced an intoxicated man out of more than $400 while playing faro. 1868 - Sometime after the Civil War, gambler Michael Cassius McDonald moved to the city and later became what some consider Chicago's 'first true crime lord'.Aug– John 'Bathhouse John' Coughlin, the second of the 'Lords of the Levee', was born.Criminals from other states moved to the city's 'underworld'. 1860 – Chicago's mayor, John 'Long John' Wentworth, serving two non-consecutive two-year terms, reduced his police force to 60 officers.Aug– Michael 'Hinky Dink' Kenna, one of the two ' Lords of the Levee', was born.English immigrant Roger Plant, who ran a brothel in the Chicago netherworld called 'Under the Willows', became the chief of this criminal underworld. After the city was raised, criminals in the area began practicing their trades in rooms and tunnels beneath the city. This led to the beginning of the free-wheeling crime sub-culture that overtook Chicago. It was decided the whole city would be mudjacked 10 feet (3 metres) and the city would rest on stilts, with stones at the base. 1850s (late) – Because Chicago was built over a swamp, mud constantly oozed from beneath the city's wooden streets.1855 – The city had a bare-bones police force.1850 – Chicago had a population of 80,000 people, but the city had no police force, only nine 'watch marshals'.1837 – Chicago became incorporated as a city.This article contains a list of major events related to organized crime.Įvents – timeline 1830s ( June 2013)Ĭhicago, Illinois, has a long history of organized crime and was famously home to the American mafia figure Al Capone. Please improve this article by adding inclusion criteria, or discuss this issue on the talk page.

NICKS BILLIARDS CHICAGO MANUAL

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