THE BLACK HAND FORUM

This is what I was getting to. I'm off Thursday and we can talk more.

[quote="DPG"]And Humphreys has no connection to the wire?[/quote]

I used to read that during the late 50's and early 60's Humphreys, Pierce and Madden were connected in a wire service operation in Hot Springs, with the help of Madden's news service that he owned. Also general opinion is that during the mid 40's Humphreys, Accardo and Guzik led the attack on the wire service but my opinion is that Guzik's guy, Hymie Levine was the main individual involved.

Thank you for the replies. I enjoy the discussion.

By connection I mean management of the wire in relation to territorial decisions.

And Humphreys has no connection to the wire?

[quote="DPG"]Shootings?[/quote]

During the takeover, for example the Ragen assassination attempt

Shootings?

[quote="DPG"]Where you place these 3 in relation to the race wire in the 50s?[/quote]

Hunt, Pierce, Manno and DeStefano were mainly involved in the policy racket on Chicago's South Side, which is the main reason for Manno's imprisonment.

The race wire was a project "invented" mainly by the non-Italian faction, meaning Guzik and Levine. And the guys who did the shootings belonged to the non-Italian faction from the West Side, including Lenny Patrick, Dave Yaras and Willie Block.

Where you place these 3 in relation to the race wire in the 50s?

[quote="DPG"]How about Ralph Pierce? I see his name a lot in my research, I know he was Humphreys man but was he close to Capone at all? [/quote]

Ralph Pierce came under Sam "Golf Bag" Hunt on the South Side. After the imprisonment of Pat Manno and Rocco DeStefano, Pierce became the boss of the South Side. Even though Humphreys was the boss of the non-Italian faction, by the end of the day Pierce answered to Gus Alex.

I did miss the brothers so omit that.

How about Ralph Pierce? I see his name a lot in my research, I know he was Humphreys man but was he close to Capone at all?

I may have passed by them reading to fast but were Fischetti brothers not part of his inner circle?

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Here are few more possible members of Al Capone's gang...

Louis Romano(first worked as an enforcer and later as frontman for the Capone gang)

Lawrence Imburgio(gambling operator)

Charles Spizzori(enforcer)

Rober McCullough(enforcer)

David Russel(gambling operator and extortionist of the Capone gang)

William Bolton(kidnapper and enforcer)

Robert Curry(bootleger and gambling operator and also older brother of Francis Curry)

William Niemoth(robber and enforcer)

Leslie Kruse came in the Capone gang through Jake Guzik.

Willie Heeney came from St.Louis.

Frank"Diamond" Maritote was a brother-in-law of Al Capone.

Tony Volpe i think worked for Diamond Joe Esposito

Carl Torraco used to work for Johnny Torrio.

Frank DelBono (listed above as Frank Delbond) and his brother Carl DelBono were involved in many early 1930s kidnappings and robberies. By 1933 they were nonfactors in the gang as they had gone on trial for the kidnappings of Adhemar Hughe and Fred DeFilippi. I believed they were sentenced to something like 17 years for these cases.