Capone's Empire 1925-1932

[Villain]

rayray's previous post named “Al Capone and inner circle” got me thinking about making my own “chart” of Capone’s empire which lists his close underlings, some of his associates, establishments, business enterprises and hideouts. I don’t state that my list is completely accurate because its very hard to tell who was who back in those days. So if anyone has any additional info or found any mistakes in this list, please feel free to contribute.

Boss

Alphonse Capone (top guy in the gang that commanded huge respect and took his cut from every form of illegal or legal enterprises)


Bodyguards

Phil D'Andrea (main bodyguard and trusted advisor)
Frank Rio (most loyal bodyguard and gunman)
Frank Maritote (brother in-law of Al and prime strong-arm man)
Anthony Volpe (long time bodyguard,bookmaker,collector and close friend of Al)
Vincenzo Gilbaldi (bodyguard and top hitman)
Louis Campagna (one of Al’s top bodyguards and advisors)
Jack Bilbo (bodyguard and collector)
Ralph Pierce (one of the top bodyguards,political enforcer and vice overseer)
Fred Morelli (door keeper for Al)
Ronald Kerr (part time bodyguard)
Harry Cullett (Al’s part time bodyguard and also worked as detective)


Chauffeurs

Anthony Cuiringione (Al’s first driver)
Sylvester Barton (Al's chief driver)
Joe Sicalzi (Al’s substitute driver)


Top Advisors

Johnny Torrio (came back from Italy in 1928 and became elder statesman)
James DeAmato (one of Al's top advisors and also there’s a rumour that he was one of Al's spies in case of any internal rebellions)
Alex Greenberg (one of Al's main financial advisors and bootlegging operations)


Top Men

Ralph Capone (top lieutenant, gambling operator,brothel operator and bootlegger)
Frank Nitti (top guy in charge of all strong-arm and 'muscle' operations and also bootlegging)
Jake Guzik (Al’s personal bagman, payoff guy, political fixer ,gambling operator, bootlegger, and brothel operator)
Fischetti brothers (Al's cousins and also advisors,bootleggers, gamblers,managers,plitical enforcers and out of town contacts)
Paul Ricca (strong-arm and 'muscle' operations, bootlegging, labor extortionist,various gang connections and out of town contacts)
John Capone (gambling and bootlegging)
Jimmy Amaratti (Chicago Heights connection)


Muscle Men

Big Ed Stash (top hitman)
John Scalise (top hitman)
Albert Anselmi (top hitman)
Louis Barko (top hitman)
Robert McCullough (top hitman and enforcer)
John Burns (top hitman and bootlegger in Cicero)
Joseph Lolordo (hitman and bodyguard)
Bruno Roti (bomb expert and enforcer)
James Belcastro (bomb expert and enforcer)
Rocco DeStefano (enforcer,robber and bootlegger)
Sylvester Agoglia (close friend of Al, hitman, enforcer and undertaker)
John Armando (constant companion of Vincenzo Gilbaldi in murder)
Danny Stanton (hitman,labor enforcer and bootlegger on the South Side)
James Fawcett (hitman and labor enforcer)
Louis Dorman (hit man and bootlegger)
Louis Russo (hitman and bodyguard)
Fred Rossi (hitman and bodyguard)
James Sammons (hitman and robber)
Tony Accardo (hitman,gambling enforcer and in 1928 became bodyguard for Al)
Pete Pizzo (enforcer and close associate of Ralph Capone)
Danny Vallo (enforcer)
Frank Biege (enforcer)
Sam Hunt (hitman)
Fred Hunter (hitman)
Frank DelBond (hitman)
Clyde Bridges (hitman)
Charles Spizzori (hitman)
Louis Scaramuzza (hitman)
Patsy Tardi (hitman)
Leo Clark (hitman)
Anthony Arasso (hitman)
Rober McCullough (hitman and burglar)
Joe Piza (enforcer)
William Bolton (kidnapper and enforcer)
William Niemoth (robber and enforcer)
Ralph Buglio (hitman)
Frank DeMere (hitman)
Louis Morganno (hitman and bodyguard)
Antonio Trangorello (hitman and manager)
Dominick Nuccio (hitman)
Silvio Belgivello (enforcer and burglar)
Pepe Genaro (bootlegger and hitman in Calumet City)
Louis Clementi (hitman)
Daniel Covico (hitman)
Walter Stevens(enforcer and gun for hire)


Bootleggers

Joe Fusco (Al’s main bootlegger and beer baron)
Carl Torraco (also one of Al's main bootleger and business manager)
John De Bias (bootlegger and robber)
Lawrence Mangano (big time bootlegger and gambling operator on Chicago’s West Side)
Doc Stacey (bootlegger)
John Bolton (bootlegger and robber at Taylor Avenues)
John Genaro (big time bootlegger,robber, bomber and enforcer in Calumet City)
Louis Lipschultz (brother-in-law of Jake Guzik big time beer baron and gambler in the Western suburbs)
Anthony Pinelli(bootlegger in North/West Chicago)


Gambling Squad

James Mondi (Al's main gambling overseer)
Hyman Levine (chief collector and bookmaker)
Joseph LaCava (one of Al’s main gambling operators from Cicero)
Louis LaCava (one of Al's main gambling operators and field agent from Cicero)
Frankie Pope (also one of Al's main gambling operators in Cicero)
Fifke Corngold (main gambling operator in Cicero)
Louis Cowen (Al's main bondsman,gambling operator and publisher of the Cicero Tribune)
David Russel (gambling operator and collector)
Robert Curry (gambling operator and bootlegger)
Julius Benvenuti (policy racket king)
Pat Manno (gambling operator)
Leslie Kruse (Al's bagman and bookmaker)
Harry Russell (big time gambling operator)
Frank Ryan (big time gambling operator)
Rocco DeGrazia (first started as a driver and after as a gambling operator and enforcer)
Nicholas DeGrazia (gambling operator and enforcer)
August Circella (gambling operator)
Antonio Spano (gambling operator)
Louis Barsoti (gambling operator)
Marty Guilfoyle (gambling operator on North/West Side)


Brothel Operators

Denis Cooney (main brothel chain operator and fixer in the First Ward)
Harry and Sam Guzik (main players in prostitution and brothel chain operators)
Ralph Smith (brothel chain operator)
Phil Kimmle (brothel operator)


Labor Rackets

Murray Humphries (Al's labor extortionist)
Jack White (enforcer in labor extortion)
Joseph Peskin (labor extortionist)
Lawrence Imburgio (enforcer in labor extortion and bootlegger)
Max Caldwell ( labor extortionist)
Ralph O'Hara (labor extortionist)
Fred Evans (labor extortionist)
Joey Glimco(enforcer in labor extortion)
George Barker (enforcer in labor extortion)


Al’s Lawyers

Edward O’Hare (also business partner in gambling)
Abraham Teitelbaum (prohitibtion lawyer)
Michael Allern (Al’s tax lawyer)
Albert Fink (Al’s tax lawyer)
Lawrence Mattingly (Al’s tax lawyer)
Roland Libonati (also a close friend of Al and allegedly involved in race tracks)
Hiram Mendow (allegedly involved in bootlegging also)
Eric Holder
Thomas Nash (the courtroom wizard)
Fritz Gordon


Capone’s Political Force

Bill Thompson (Chicago’s mayor)
John Coughlin(alderman of the First Ward)
Johnny Patton (Al's political force and race track operator)
Morris Eller ( 20th ward)
William Pacelli ( 20th ward)
Joseph Klenha (mayor of Cicero)
Albert Prignano (member of the Chicago City Council)
James Adduci (Capone gang member and 2nd District representative)
Daniel Serritella (City sealer acted as liaison between Capone and the City’s administration)


Police Force

Police Captain Hugh McCarthy
Robert Larris McCullough
James Roger LeFevour
Theodore Svoboda (police captain in Cicero)


Frontmen

Louis Romano(first worked as an enforcer and later as frontman for the Capone gang)
Gus Liebe (main manager for Capone’s establishments)
Matt Capone (Al’s brother and manager in many establishments)
Ralph Cavaliera (frontman and manager)
Mike Allegretti (manager of many establishments)
Nick Circella (manager of establishments)
Charlie Carr (manager of establishment)
Sol Van Praag (brothel owner, manager and first ward politician)
Jimmy Murphy (manager of establishments)
John Drew (manager of out of town establishments)
Harry Madigan (manager of establishments,political enforcer and bootlegger)
Patrick Harding (manager of establishments)
Tony Anton(hotel manager)


Arms Supply

Louis Scaramuzzo (Al's main gun supplier)
Peter Von Frantzius (Chicago’s most famous guns supplier,also his machineguns were found in Fred Burke's possession)


Contact Men

Willie Heeney (Al's main connection with St.Louis gangs and hitman)
Claude Maddox (contact with Chicago’s North Side gangs and out of town gangs)
Tony Capezio (contact with Chicago’s North Side gangs and enforcer)
Anthony Carfano (New York connections)
Frank Milano ( Al’s shakedown artist in Cleveland and former bodyguard)


Out of Town Hitmen

Fred Burke ( top hitman from St. Louis)
Raymond Schulte (top hitman from St.Louis)
Fred Goetz (hitman and bootlegger from St.Louis)
Gus Winkler (hitman and bootlegger from St.Louis)
Robert Carey (hitman and kidnapper from St.Louis)
James Ray (hitman and known robber from St.Louis)
Raymond Nugent (hitman from St.Louis)
Harry Keywell (hitman and bootlegger from Detriot)
Phil Keywell (hitman and bootlegger from Detriot)
George F Lewis (hitman from Detriot)
Eddie Fletcher (hitman from Detriot)


Booze Smuggling Contacts

The Bronfman brothers (provided the Capone gang with Canadian whiskey from 1924 untill 1932)
Bob Calandra and Tom Ciampelletti (provided Chicago’s South Side gangs with Canadian whiskey)
The Sleeman family (English whiskey smugglers for the Capone gang untill 1933)


Capone’s Top Establishments ($35,000,000 gambling profits a year estimated by federal agents)

The Four Deuces (headquarters, brothel and a gambling joint)
The Maple Inn (brothel and a gambling joint)
The Ship (the biggest gambling joint in Cicero)
The Stockade (brothel in Cicero)
The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge (entertainment local)
The Rock Garden Club (gambling joint in Cicero)
The Lauderbacks Club (gambling joint in Cicero)
The Radio Inn (gambling joint in Cicero)
The Cotton Club (gambling joint)
The Belvedere Club (entertainment and bootlegging establishment in Hot Springs)
The Laramie Kennel Club (dog race track)
The Hawthorne Kennel Club (race track in Cicero)
The Miami Beach Kennel Club (race track in Florida)
The Sportsman Park (race track in Northfield,Ohio)
The Oaklawn Park ( race track in Hot Springs)
The Wilows (entertainment and bootlegging establishment in Reno,Nevada)
The Bank Club (gambling joint in Reno,Nevada)
The Rex Hotel (gambling joint in Hurely,Wisconsin)
Silver Street (big time gambling and brothel district in Hurley,Wisconsin)


Beer Breweries ($60,000,000 profits from bootlegging a year estimated by federal agents)

The Roosvelt Road Brewery in Cicero
The Ogden 52nd Avenue Brewery
The West Hammond Brewery
The Stock Yards Brewery
The New City Brewery
The Sleeman Brewery
The Manhattan Brewery
The Bielfeldt Brewery
The Sieben Brewery
The Pfeiffer Brewery
The Atlas Brewery
The Canadian Ace Brewery


Capone’s Main Bank

The Pinkert State bank ( this bank was the main place for the Capone gang in funnelling their dirty cash)


Capone’s Headquarters

The Hawthorne Hotel at 4823 22nd Street, Cicero (Capone’s main headquarters in 1926)
The Anton Hotel at 4835 W. 22nd Street, Cicero (second headquarters in 1926)
The Metropole Hotel at 2300 S. Michigan Avenue (Capone’s main headquarters in 1927)
The Lexington Hotel at 2135 S. Michigan Avenue (Capone’s main headquarters in 1928 until 1931)


Capone’s Hideouts

Montrose Court Apartment complex (part time headquarters in 1926,1927 and 1929 Johnson City “Little Chicago”, Tennessee)

The John Sevier Hotel (part time headquarters in 1926,1927 and 1929 Johnson City “Little Chicago”, Tennessee)

The Hilton Milwaukee City Center (part time headquarters and residence in 1928 Milwaukee)

The Royal Pines Hotel (Al’s hideout at Crystal Lake. This was the only hotel stop in the 1920s between New York and Atlantic City)

The Allegan Hospital (owned by a doctor who allegedly had ties to Al Capone,and it was used by him and his men when they needed to get away from Chicago or needed medical help)

Residence at the Letterkenny Road in Quadeville, Canada ( Capone used this place as hideout and business arrangements)

Residence in Northwoods Wisconsin (Capone used this place as hideout in 1927)

French Lick Springs Resort (French Lick, Indiana)

Residence at Caloosahatche River,Florida ( Capone used this place as a hideout and theres even a photo taken there in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Capone didn’t use his Miami Beach mansion at 93 Palm Avenue as a hideout because every rival and law enforcement knew the place)

Capone also had several other hideouts located in Minnesota; Olean, New York; Dubuque, Iowa; Jacksonville, Florida; Grand Haven, Michigan and Lansing, Michigan.

[Mukremin]

Thanks for sharing buddy, great read. Look at the list, big organization and so many rackets and henchmen.

[Villain]

Thanks for sharing buddy, great read. Look at the list, big organization and so many rackets and henchmen.

Thanks man.Yeah Al had a quite a big empire under his rule.No wonder why hes the most famous crime boss in the world

[Pogo The Clown]

Great breakdown of the Capone organization. Thanks for posting it.


Pogo

[rayray]

V, like always very impressive info!!

[Villain]

Thanks guys.Its my pleasure

[Chicago]

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[Villain]

Nice posting, Villian, of Capone's Organization which at that time was run like a big Corporation with a Head Accountant and Ledgers.
The Ledgers all added up to $105,000,000 Gross income for the Capone Boys in their peak year which was very impressive.
The Feds verified it all in their case against him. They managed to obtain the Ledgers.
His lawyer argued in Court that not all that money went to Capone, but it didn't matter because he spent way more than what he actually declared for himself and they obviously put him away for income tax evasion.
Also, if you notice, alot of Capone's men actually started out as bodyguards for him and then they were placed in other positions.

Thanks Chi-man.Yeah most of the guys from the Outfit's golden era started as low level guys or bodyguards in the Capone organization.

I also added Anthony Pinelli on the list.He started as a bootlegger on the North/West side and later he was promoted and moved his operations to Gary Indiana.

[rayray]

When you think about it, this was the first time the Government went after anyone using the net worth method resulting in Al Capone's income tax evasion conviction. By Capone running his criminal organization as a, I guess one could say, a Fortune 500 company for that time period, having those accurate ledgers was his down fall. Quite a few of his top men also faced income tax evasion issues themselves but fared much better in the court system. The difference was that Al Capone was Public Enemy Number ONE and he was going down for the full count and then some. If it was anyone else during that time period he would have paid a fine or nothing at all.

[Villain]

When you think about it, this was the first time the Government went after anyone using the net worth method resulting in Al Capone's income tax evasion conviction. By Capone running his criminal organization as a, I guess one could say, a Fortune 500 company for that time period, having those accurate ledgers was his down fall. Quite a few of his top men also faced income tax evasion issues themselves but fared much better in the court system. The difference was that Al Capone was Public Enemy Number ONE and he was going down for the full count and then some. If it was anyone else during that time period he would have paid a fine or nothing at all.

There are also stories that his own men didnt want him in charge anymore

[Villain]

I also added...

The Stockade (brothel in Cicero)

Robert Carey (hitman and kidnapper from St.Louis)

Tony Anton(hotel manager)

Theodore Svoboda (police captain in Cicero)

Marty Guilfoyle (gambling operator on North/West Side)

Walter Stevens(enforcer and gun for hire)