 Patrick grew up in the Jewish neighborhood of Lincoln Park, in Chicago's Near North Side and during Prohibition, eventually becoming an associate and later partner of Greek-American loanshark and extortionist Gus Alex.Patrick was imprisoned on June 28, 1933 for robbing a bank in Culver, Indiana, as well as his participation in six suspected gangland slayings.Patrick was paroled on March 11, 1940, and he continued working for the Chicago Outfit and, by the 1950s, his Westside restaurant was one of the biggest bookmaking operations in the city.