Chicago prohibition gangster Nick Sudovich

[Dwalin2014]

Does anyone have information about this gangster? I casually found some mentions of him in online newspaper archives; he is said to have been an ally of Al Capone from Chicago east side, was sentenced for manslaughter for having ordered the 1928 murder of somebody named Uron Marovich and deported after having served the minimum of 2 years (the sentence was from 2 to 21 years). The weird thing is that he is defined as a "local politician" and at the same town never became a citizen of the USA even after living there for 17 years. How does that make sense? You can't officially be a politician in a country without being its citizen.
Anyway, from the articles he seems to have been a big fish in the Chicago underworld, yet no books about the Chicago mafia I read ever mentions him.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/soft ... 16652.html
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/44685197/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/41652910/
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/44686166/
http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bi ... 91101.2.38
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48557088/

[Antiliar]

I can tell you that he came from Serbia and lived in East Chicago in Lake County, Indiana (not Chicago, Illinois). He was last reported being released from prison for manslaughter in 1947. He may have returned to Yugoslavia or deported at that time. It looks like he was deported once before and returned. Still following up why the newspapers identified him as a politician.

[Dwalin2014]

I can tell you that he came from Serbia and lived in East Chicago in Lake County, Indiana (not Chicago, Illinois). He was last reported being released from prison for manslaughter in 1947. He may have returned to Yugoslavia or deported at that time. It looks like he was deported once before and returned. Still following up why the newspapers identified him as a politician.

Thanks for the information, now I get it why he was never mentioned, since it wasn't the same Chicago. But was the manslaughter term that ended in 1947 related to another case or was it for the same Marovich murder conviction?

[Antiliar]

I haven't gone through all the articles, but from what I saw it did look like the same case.

[AlexfromSouth]

For real?? There was a gangster in US from serbia?

[DPG]

St Louis has a history of Yugoslavian/Serbian gangsters. Current Mayor is the son of a Serbian gangster I believe.

[AlexfromSouth]

St Louis has a history of Yugoslavian/Serbian gangsters. Current Mayor is the son of a Serbian gangster I believe.

Whaaat? Like who? I allways thought yugoslavians were around Ohio, Ilinois and pensilvania

[Pogo The Clown]

There was also Bosko "The Yugo" Radonjich. He was the last Boss of The Westies and a Gambino Associate.


Pogo

[DPG]

St Louis has a history of Yugoslavian/Serbian gangsters. Current Mayor is the son of a Serbian gangster I believe.

Whaaat? Like who? I allways thought yugoslavians were around Ohio, Ilinois and pensilvania

South St Louis county has a large Serbian population. Jimmy St. Michaels is a name, blown up heading south on I-55.

[AlexfromSouth]

Huh, great to know.. I had no idea.. thanks

[DPG]

Gangs of St Louis by Daniel Waugh touches on the subject. It uses newspaper articles and pieces together a history of OC in prohibition era St Louis. For the most part the Italians spent to whole time fighting, with each other and with other gangs. There still isn't, IMO, a clear view of Mafia history in St Louis. Unless you lump something together with no proof.

[OlBlueEyesClub]

I remember reading about Jimmy St. Michael and some war his organization had, with another Serbian organization led by another gangster of Serbian decent, I believe. The guy died a few years ago and lived to be quite old, I remember when he died, one of the other forums, which I forget, linked a longform article about the guy and the war with St. Michael. I forget his name but he was supposedly another big time gangster.

[AlexfromSouth]

I checked all over the net, it dosent say he was erbian anywhere. dont even say there were serbian gangs or gangster.. where did you guys get that?

[Pogo The Clown]

I think the gang in question was actually Syrian.


Pogo

[AlexfromSouth]

I think the gang in question was actually Syrian.


Pogo

syrian serbian same faking thing..