by Villain » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:17 am
This post is for those who are interested in the Outfit's specific history and its main occurrences such as their whole leadership being indicted in one case and the point is that none of the historians ever came to the bottom of the whole story or on who was the so-called "mysterious" individual who went by the name of "Mike Ryan" and spread all the corrupt cash for the early release of his bosses.
This happened during the early 1940's or should I say 1943, when every top boss such as Paul Ricca, Louis Campagna and Phil D'Andrea got imprisoned by the state up to 10 years regarding the infamous Hollywood extortion case. You see, many Mob historians almost never went into the depth of the whole story, meaning some of them never uncovered the real faces which were involved in the early paroles of the top guys. The so-called "early paroles" are something unbelievable, meaning all of the three top guys, including Roselli, were freed after serving 3 years and 4 months of the ten years sentence, which was quite strange since they were handed a sentences without the possibility of parole but the main problem was that according to the law they had to serve at least one third of their sentences. And as a matter of fact, Campagna and Gioe were sent back to prison for a hearing as to why they violated their paroles. Ricca was arrested on a similar warrant, but his return to prison was halted by court action, while D’Andrea had serious health issues so he was watched at his home and as for their underling Johnny Roselli, he was permitted to remain in Los Angeles jail. But on December 20, 1948, Federal Judge E. Marvin Underwood said “The evidence, adduced and unrebutted, shows that there was no violation of parole, and therefore no reliable information upon which to base the warrants" and so he released all of the bosses and all posted bonds of $5,000 each.
Of course the whole situation caused an uproar among the U.S. citizens, media and federal authorities and in 1948 government investigations were handed down thus creating a general report that the so-called major players in making of the early paroles were Chicago’s Jewish boss Jake Guzik, New York’s Genovese crime family boss Frank Costello and Owney Madden in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Everyone around the world knew that this was a huge corruption scandal which involved mobsters and obviously high level politicians and so many government hearings occurred which involved some of the previous names and also whole Chicago's southern Cicero crew such as Willie Heeney, Ralph Capone and Claude Maddox and also some West Side guys such as Pete Fosco and Ned Bakes a.k.a. Ignatius Spachese, both deeply infiltrated in the unions and First Ward politics. The reality was that all of these guys created a so-called "payoff fond" for every needed state senator or warden or attorney regarding the early paroles but none of the investigators were able to conclude on who gave or received what, expect of the fact for knowing for sure but having no evidences.
The thing was that some of the investigators found one clue or lead with the help of Spachese's big moth, meaning he was said to have told friends that he was previously informed that federal bureau of investigation agents would call on him to ask what help he had given to Ricca and the rest of the bosses in getting out of prison and later he had told the FBI nothing. The investigators mainly wanted to know if Bakes could tell the identity of a "mysterious Mike Ryan," the man who paid $15,000 to Attorney Maury Hughes as a fee for handling matter preliminary to securing federal paroles for the bosses and also allegedly visited other highly respected government individuals and gave them the same "treatment". As additional info, Hughes was a close pal of United States Attorney General Tom Clark, who was also probably involved in the securing of the paroles.
Now this is the point where I want to present to you my evidences on who was this key individual who took care of the whole cash flow.
In 1946 or 47, "coincidentally" just previous of the early paroles, Outfit member Gus Alex married a very beautiful blue-eyed bombshell named Marianne Ryan. The interesting and at the same time strange thing was that at the time they married in a very secret ceremony and some say they went to Santa Barbara, some say they went somewhere else around California and others to Las Vegas, Nevada. This was something quite odd for an Outfit guy of his up and coming status at the time. You see, Marianne came from Schuyler, Nebraska somewhere around the mid 1940’s at the age of 19 and was employed as a Chicago’s professional fashion model, which was the perfect target for Alex and the Outfit for their mission. At first she worked as a top model at the Carson Pirie Scott and Company and later she transferred to the College Inn of the Sherman Hotel in Chicago where she also worked as a “model” but only during the evening hours and that’s where she allegedly met the love of her life, which was Alex. So from that point on, everywhere he went, Alex's used his wife’s maiden name and represented himself as Mike Ryan. This can be confirmed in his FBI files, especially in aliases and also his travels such as the previously mentioned states or even in Yeraki, Greece.
This means that Alex was obviously the main "fixer" with the courage to deliver all of that cash to the various state senators, presidents and God knows who, which later opened his path to the top levels of the Chicago Outfit. Legend goes that Ricca gave his word since the forming of the Outfit that he was never going to let anyone who was an "outsider" or non-Italian on any top rank within their ranks but he always kept Alex in near company. Proof for that is one wiretapped convo between the Greek mobster and the Outfit's "father" where Alex stated that he was planning to take a trip to Naples and so Ricca advised him to inform him about the time of the trip so he can inform his people over there about his presence. When Ricca died in 1972, Tony Accardo allegedly "broke" the rule and brought Alex among the top boys as a legit or official Outfit member a.k.a. the "mysterious" Mike Ryan.
This post is for those who are interested in the Outfit's specific history and its main occurrences such as their whole leadership being indicted in one case and the point is that none of the historians ever came to the bottom of the whole story or on who was the so-called "mysterious" individual who went by the name of "Mike Ryan" and spread all the corrupt cash for the early release of his bosses.
This happened during the early 1940's or should I say 1943, when every top boss such as Paul Ricca, Louis Campagna and Phil D'Andrea got imprisoned by the state up to 10 years regarding the infamous Hollywood extortion case. You see, many Mob historians almost never went into the depth of the whole story, meaning some of them never uncovered the real faces which were involved in the early paroles of the top guys. The so-called "early paroles" are something unbelievable, meaning all of the three top guys, including Roselli, were freed after serving 3 years and 4 months of the ten years sentence, which was quite strange since they were handed a sentences without the possibility of parole but the main problem was that according to the law they had to serve at least one third of their sentences. And as a matter of fact, Campagna and Gioe were sent back to prison for a hearing as to why they violated their paroles. Ricca was arrested on a similar warrant, but his return to prison was halted by court action, while D’Andrea had serious health issues so he was watched at his home and as for their underling Johnny Roselli, he was permitted to remain in Los Angeles jail. But on December 20, 1948, Federal Judge E. Marvin Underwood said “The evidence, adduced and unrebutted, shows that there was no violation of parole, and therefore no reliable information upon which to base the warrants" and so he released all of the bosses and all posted bonds of $5,000 each.
Of course the whole situation caused an uproar among the U.S. citizens, media and federal authorities and in 1948 government investigations were handed down thus creating a general report that the so-called major players in making of the early paroles were Chicago’s Jewish boss Jake Guzik, New York’s Genovese crime family boss Frank Costello and Owney Madden in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Everyone around the world knew that this was a huge corruption scandal which involved mobsters and obviously high level politicians and so many government hearings occurred which involved some of the previous names and also whole Chicago's southern Cicero crew such as Willie Heeney, Ralph Capone and Claude Maddox and also some West Side guys such as Pete Fosco and Ned Bakes a.k.a. Ignatius Spachese, both deeply infiltrated in the unions and First Ward politics. The reality was that all of these guys created a so-called "payoff fond" for every needed state senator or warden or attorney regarding the early paroles but none of the investigators were able to conclude on who gave or received what, expect of the fact for knowing for sure but having no evidences.
The thing was that some of the investigators found one clue or lead with the help of Spachese's big moth, meaning he was said to have told friends that he was previously informed that federal bureau of investigation agents would call on him to ask what help he had given to Ricca and the rest of the bosses in getting out of prison and later he had told the FBI nothing. The investigators mainly wanted to know if Bakes could tell the identity of a "mysterious Mike Ryan," the man who paid $15,000 to Attorney Maury Hughes as a fee for handling matter preliminary to securing federal paroles for the bosses and also allegedly visited other highly respected government individuals and gave them the same "treatment". As additional info, Hughes was a close pal of United States Attorney General Tom Clark, who was also probably involved in the securing of the paroles.
Now this is the point where I want to present to you my evidences on who was this key individual who took care of the whole cash flow.
In 1946 or 47, "coincidentally" just previous of the early paroles, Outfit member Gus Alex married a very beautiful blue-eyed bombshell named Marianne Ryan. The interesting and at the same time strange thing was that at the time they married in a very secret ceremony and some say they went to Santa Barbara, some say they went somewhere else around California and others to Las Vegas, Nevada. This was something quite odd for an Outfit guy of his up and coming status at the time. You see, Marianne came from Schuyler, Nebraska somewhere around the mid 1940’s at the age of 19 and was employed as a Chicago’s professional fashion model, which was the perfect target for Alex and the Outfit for their mission. At first she worked as a top model at the Carson Pirie Scott and Company and later she transferred to the College Inn of the Sherman Hotel in Chicago where she also worked as a “model” but only during the evening hours and that’s where she allegedly met the love of her life, which was Alex. So from that point on, everywhere he went, Alex's used his wife’s maiden name and represented himself as Mike Ryan. This can be confirmed in his FBI files, especially in aliases and also his travels such as the previously mentioned states or even in Yeraki, Greece.
This means that Alex was obviously the main "fixer" with the courage to deliver all of that cash to the various state senators, presidents and God knows who, which later opened his path to the top levels of the Chicago Outfit. Legend goes that Ricca gave his word since the forming of the Outfit that he was never going to let anyone who was an "outsider" or non-Italian on any top rank within their ranks but he always kept Alex in near company. Proof for that is one wiretapped convo between the Greek mobster and the Outfit's "father" where Alex stated that he was planning to take a trip to Naples and so Ricca advised him to inform him about the time of the trip so he can inform his people over there about his presence. When Ricca died in 1972, Tony Accardo allegedly "broke" the rule and brought Alex among the top boys as a legit or official Outfit member a.k.a. the "mysterious" Mike Ryan.