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For the sculptor, see Antonio Lombardo (sculptor). Antonio Lombardo ( Venice c 1458 &ndash Ferrara 1516 was an Italian Renaissance sculptor brother of Tullio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo

Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo (1892 – September 7, 1928) was an American mobster. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the " Mobster " is a slang term for a person who participates in Organized crime, which is known as belonging to "the Mob" He was advisor, or consigliere, to Al Capone and later President of the Unione Siciliana. Consigliere (konsiʎˈʎɛːɾe is the Italian term for an adviser or counsellor Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who The Unione Siciliana (often incorrectly called Unione Siciliane) was a Sicilian-American fraternal organization which eventually was rumored to have controlled much of the

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Born in Sicily around 1892, Antonio Lombardo immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s where he became a successful wholesale grocery business owner in Chicago, Illinois. Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. A long time Mafia associate, Lombardo became Al Capone's advisor after John Torrio retired in 1925. John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, aka "The Fox" (born Giovanni Torrio) (February 1882 &ndash April 16 1957 was an Italian-American

Lombardo tried unsuccessfully to negotiate peace between the Chicago Outfit and the North Side Gang during the four-year gang war, suggesting that Capone surrender supposed Dean O'Banion assassins Albert Anselmi and John Scalise, which Capone refused. The Chicago Outfit shortened to " the Outfit " is a Crime syndicate based in Chicago Illinois, USA. The North Side family Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was the dominant Irish-American Mafia criminal organization (although a large number of Charles Dean O'Banion ( 8 July 1892 &ndash 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Albert Anselmi ( July 15, 1883 - May 7, 1929) was a Chicago mobster who became an infamous hitman during the Prohibition era for the John Scalise ( 1900 - May 7, 1929) was an American Organized crime figure of the early 20th century and with partner Albert Anselmi, Lombardo, with the help of Capone, later became President of the Unione Siciliana in November 1925, attempting to regain control of the unstable organization as well as instituting reforms, including opening membership to non-Sicilian Italian immigrants (such as the Neopolitan Capone) and changing the organization's name to the Italo-American National Union. The Unione Siciliana (often incorrectly called Unione Siciliane) was a Sicilian-American fraternal organization which eventually was rumored to have controlled much of the

Lombardo's reforms, however, caused some resentment within Unione Siciliana members. With the partnership of Al Capone and New York gangster Frankie Yale worsening, possibly due to the end of payoffs from the Unione Siciliana to Yale, Lombardo would be challenged for the Presidency by Joe Aiello, supported by Yale, in January 1928. Francesco Ioele ( 1893 - July 1, 1928) better known as Frankie Uale or the alias of Yale, was a Brooklyn gangster Giuseppe "Joe" Aiello ( 1891 - October 23, 1930) was a Chicago bootlegger during the 1920s and early 1930s who had a longstanding bloody

Lombardo, however, refused to resign and continued to organize civic projects under the Unione Siciliana until shortly before his death on September 7, 1928. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lombardo was gunned down, along with his bodyguard Joseph Ferrara (although bodyguard Joe Lolordo survived), allegedly by an alliance of the Joe Aiello Gang and the North Side Gang, at the intersections of Madison Street and Dearborn Street. Madison Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois. It was said that Moran ordered this death and had his two experienced gunman do the job with the help of Aiello. Thought to be retaliation for the murder of Frankie Yale the previous July, Lombardo's death was in turn soon avenged with the murder of members of the Joey Aiello Gang and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, in 1929. Francesco Ioele ( 1893 - July 1, 1928) better known as Frankie Uale or the alias of Yale, was a Brooklyn gangster The Saint Valentine's Day massacre is the name given to the murder of seven people as part of a Prohibition Era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago

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