joe october chicago organized crime leader prohibition era leader family best known long bloody feud boss unsuccessful attempts assassinate fought business partner ally control chicago branch society ally believed arranged murder directly led organize valentine day massacre retaliation despite forced flee chicago multiple times gang war eventually took control ranked seventh list public enemies killed gunmen ambushed exited chicago apartment building hiding shooting times death toughest gangster chicago toughest country early life born sicily father large impoverished family brothers multiple cousins mother died child july age emigrated united_states join family members residing arriving new_york_city boat worked series jobs buffalo new_york connecting father brothers cousins chicago family set businesses new_york chicago including financially successful olive oil sugar owner cheese business fellow tony ally organized crime figure president company called said loaned men start enterprise enactment prohibition start sugar import business brought contact organized crime brothers andrew chicago small fortune selling sugar home cooked alcohol components crime family earned money buy story mansion recognition prestige addition money gaining known organized crime boss chicago family lost power chicago following gang wars believed successors territory feud begins november named head american society corrupted infuriated wanted position believed responsible ascension resented non attempts manipulate affairs severed personal business ties entered feud essentially ending chicago gang peace treaty force murder rival allied enemies including trio ran vice gambling houses receptive personally approached threatened newspapers falsely reported entered active alliance time fact pledged specific support later instead privately supported actively participating plotted eliminate starting spring attempts assassinate occasion offered money chef diamond favorite restaurant acid soup reports indicated offered instead chef exposed plot responded men destroy stores machine gun fire bullets fired wounding joe brother summer autumn number hired kill slain offered kill eventually offered reward eliminated tried collect bounty ended dead ally attempted kill reward intelligence network learned transaction shot west hotel didn die gang war november organized machine gun home cigar store frequented plans anonymous tip led police raid addresses arrest milwaukee gunmen police discovered receipts apartments pockets confessed hired kill leading police arrest bring south clark street police station learning arrest dispatched nearly dozen gunmen stand guard outside station await release men attempt publicly conceal purpose reporters photographers rushed scene observe expected murder gunmen arrested tried enter station placed cell told dead friend dead won end street walking pleaded mercy promised sell possessions leave chicago family let refused request released given police escort station safety later failed court appearance attorney claimed suffered nervous breakdown disappeared family members continued campaign brother returned chicago january attend family matters brother remained new_jersey day received telephone warning leave town shot gunmen briefly allied employer friend meeting regularly new_york_city plotting overthrow yale murdered said fled wisconsin protection milwaukee crime family briefly took refuge buffalo ally crime family boss hiding started targeting men killed years including brother returned chicago summer approached relationship degenerated making receptive active alliance eliminate task assigned frank tight lips shot death busy chicago street september arrested brothers believed shooters death attempted elevate ally position killed shotgun outside home rise leader believed murder successor head killed home january police alleged suggested truce invited home friendship shot death police later questioned widow shown photo refused explain afraid answer questions focused retaliation organizing valentine day massacre hit wiped brothers forces resulted loss significant support shortly afterward persuaded killers employer convinced new head support eliminating taking control following departure learned plot april killed men violent retaliation indirectly led finally head conference numerous mob bosses supported promotion hopes restoring order chicago apparently accepted decision temporarily retired chicago mob boss said peace agreement agreed end gang warfare murders accession coincided serving year prison carrying concealed weapon saw opportunity control territory scheme assassination gained measure nationwide notoriety time ranking seventh chairman public enemies list released april identified people saw chicago mafia boss allies arranged meeting based new_york_city seeking support efforts meeting offered support exchange control east chicago allow city west offer infuriated threatened ordered leave city turn spread false rumors attempted kill giving pretext support retaliation described key incident starting war new_york_city openly supported requiring strong alliance following death ally offered territory betrayed offer rebuffed considered insulting result backed war providing forces week war chest early months arranged unsuccessful assassination attempts including hoped leave vulnerable security began suspect spies inside knowledge targets august months death state attorney conducted raid home obtaining records series raids united_states government fight activities chicago death learning continued plotting resolved finally eliminate weeks death men tracked rochester new_york connections plotted kill returned chicago plot executed angst ridden constant need hide killings men set residence chicago apartment treasurer moved october rarely left apartment wife child occasionally visited biographer mars forces located tracking family members men gave names rented rooms apartment street overlooking apartment building began observing october plans permanently leave chicago apparently mexico later told police simply leaving house barber appointment exiting building enter second floor window street started firing gun said shot times toppled building steps moved corner line fire instead moved directly range second gun positioned floor apartment block subsequently ambush apparent shooters ran buildings fled ford car later discovered set fire destroyed body loaded taken pronounced dead eventually removed bullets weighing pound body shot times single victim valentine day massacre machine gun position ultimately later discovered police nearby building rented week murder man gave police prosecutors federal agents immediately publicly speculated assassination noting precision machine gun ambush typical attacks press story time speculated hit fearful life went hiding days death turning police charged fact murder charge filed employee company detectives questioned enemies information whereabouts denied police claimed cooperative lied relationship charges went grand jury ultimately dropped wanted police questioning connection murder historians later suggested mafia forces outside chicago hit war expert chicago organized crime believed murder strictly related city gang warfare family ordered coffin eventually placed rochester new_york originally buried chicago october close friend turned rival continued hunt allies death month killed police discovered abandoned machine gun nest manned alleged house opposite home nephew fatally shot window playing cards milwaukee home authorities believed killing related chicago feud despite frank apparent lack ties organized crime death left effectively control chicago brought years peace city terms leadership believed responsible deaths people life according chicago_tribune described toughest gangster chicago toughest country
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