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Francesco Ioele

Police mugshot of Frankie Yale
Born 1893
Longobucco, Calabria, Italy
Died July 1, 1928
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Francesco Ioele (1893 - July 1, 1928), better known as Frankie Uale or the alias of Yale, was a Brooklyn gangster and original employer of Al Capone, before the latter moved to Chicago to start his own gang. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Longobucco is a town and Comune in the province of Cosenza of the Calabria region of southern Italy. Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

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Biography

Early life

Born in Italy, Frankie Yale and his family arrived in America around 1901. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting As a teenager, Yale quickly fell into a life of crime. Despite his medium height and chubby build, Yale was a fearsome fistfighter and thief. In 1910, at age 17, Yale and a friend of his, a wrestler named Booby Nelson, beat up a bunch of drunks in a Coney Island pool hall, cracking pool cues and hurling billiard balls. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Coney Island is a Peninsula, formerly an island in southernmost Brooklyn, New York City, USA with a Beach on the Atlantic Ocean One of his early arrests, in October 1912, was for disorderly conduct. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Early in his career, Yale met John "The Fox" Torrio, who ushered him into the Five Points Gang and groomed him for bigger things. John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, aka "The Fox" (born Giovanni Torrio) (February 1882 &ndash April 16 1957 was an Italian-American The Five Points Gang was a 19th-century Criminal organization based in the Sixth Ward ( The Five Points) of New York City.

Brooklyn crime boss

The Five Pointers and the Eastman Gang were the successors of the huge ghetto street gangs of the previous century. The Eastman Gang was the last of New York's street gangs which dominated the city's underworld during the late 1890s until early 1910s In 1908 increasingly violent conflict erupts between the Jewish Eastman gang and the Italian Five Points gang. This resulted in increased pressure from the authorities to try and stop it, which in turn made it more difficult to run the rackets by which the gangsters made their living.

Johnny Torrio was one of a new breed of gangster, who believed in putting business ahead of ego, so he and his partner Frankie Uale decided to leave the Five Points gang and relocate across the East river to the burgeoning Brooklyn area, which was growing rapidly, fuelled by the huge influx of immigrants that was pouring into New York at this time. They set up their base of operations at the Harvard Inn and Uale became "Yale". They began engaging in Black Hand extortion activities and ran a string of brothels. Their gang would become the first new style Mafia "family" which would include Italians from all regions and could work in partnership with other ethnic groups if it was good for business.

In 1915 Johnny Torrio moved to Chicago and left the Brooklyn rackets to his partner. By the end of World War I Yale dominated Italian organized crime in Brooklyn. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. His headquarters was a Coney Island dive known as the Harvard Inn. It was here that a teenaged Al Capone, working as a waiter, got his famous facial scars in a fight over a girl. Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who

Known for generosity to his friends and brutality to his enemies, Yale was dubbed the "Prince of Pals". After a time, Frankie married and had two daughters. Known to appreciate funny stories, good food, and drink, Yale was a very personable man. Yale's "services" to his customers included offering "protection" to local merchants, controlling food services for restaurants, as well as ice deliveries for Brooklyn residents. Yale's notorious sideline was his line of cigars, foul-smelling stogies packaged in boxes that bore his smiling face. A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented Tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the smoker's mouth

The White Hand Gang

Frankie Yale's gang was engaged in a battle for control of union activity on the Brooklyn docks. They were successors in a war that had been going on since the turn of the century between Italian Black Handers and the incumbent Irish, who had banded together to form a rival gang calling themselves the "White Hand". Frankie arranged for the murder of White Hand leader Dinny Meehan, which took place on the afternoon of March 31, 1920. Dennis L Meehan (died March 31, 1920) was the leader of the White Hand Gang until he was killed on March 31 1920 Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar

Several weeks later, on May 11, 1920, longtime Chicago boss James "Big Jim" Colosimo was also murdered. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar James "Big Jim" Colosimo (February 16 1878 &ndash May 11, 1920) was an early Chicago mob boss who was noted for his flashy lifestyle and an empire Chicago police suspected Yale committed the hit at the behest of Chicago Outfit pals Torrio and Capone. The Chicago Outfit shortened to " the Outfit " is a Crime syndicate based in Chicago Illinois, USA. Colosimo was allegedly murdered because he stood in the way of his gang making huge bootlegging profits in Chicago. Although never charged with the Colosimo murder, Frankie Yale was the prime suspect.

Attempted Assassination

After the Meehan murder, Bill "Wild Bill" Lovett took over the White Hand Gang. For other people with similar names see Wild Bill William "Wild Bill" Lovett (c During World War I, Lovett had won the Distinguished Service Cross and was a formidable opponent. The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Army, awarded for extreme A relatively low-key, tit-for-tat war now ensued between Lovett's White Hand Gang and Yale's "Black Hand. " While en route to a banquet in Lower Manhattan on February 6, 1921, Yale was shot and severely wounded. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar One man with Yale was killed and another wounded. Lovett was widely believed to have orchestrated the attempt. After recovering from his wounds, Yale went back after Lovett. For most of the early 1920s, the war between Yale and Lovett proceeded on a somewhat even keel. In August 1921, Yale gained a measure of revenge when one of his alleged attackers, Petey Behan, was beaten to death by a policeman named Daniel Culkin. Four months later, the second alleged shooter, Garry Barry, met a violent end as well.

Death of Bill Lovett

On January 3, 1923, Lovett was wounded in an unsuccessful hit. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yale absorbed most of the blame for this attack; however, the real culprit was probably Eddie Hughes, a disgruntled White Hander. Hughes was killed in retaliation in the ensuing months. At the urging of his wife Lovett turned over control of the White Hand Gang to brother-in-law Richard "Pegleg" Lonergan. Lovett moved to New Jersey, got a job and bought a home.

However, on the night of October 31, 1923, Lovett returned to his former Brooklyn neighborhood to visit some old cronies. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Celebrating at the Lotus Club on Bridge Street, Lovett got drunk and fell asleep on a bench inside the bar. Later that night, the porter from the Lotus Club ran into some members of Yale's gang on the street. The porter casually mentioned that their arch-rival was passed out cold in the Club a few blocks away. Without wasting any time, Altierri, Giustra, and Mangano walked inside the deserted Lotus Club and started smirking over the snoring figure of Wild Bill Lovett. Despite his drunken state and two bullet wounds, Lovett quickly jumped up to face his adversaries. Altierri grabbed a meat cleaver and violently buried it deep into Lovett's skull, killing him instantly.

The White Hand Gang never totally recovered from Lovett's murder; Lonergan was nowhere near as competent as his predecessor. Yale now established dominance throughout Brooklyn.

O'Banion Murder

In November 1924, Frankie was asked to come to Chicago to help out his old pals, Al Capone and Johnny Torrio; they needed another rival murdered. On November 10, 1924, Yale, John Scalise, and Albert Anselmi reportedly entered the Schofield Flower Shop and killed North Side Gang leader Dean O'Banion. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Scalise ( 1900 - May 7, 1929) was an American Organized crime figure of the early 20th century and with partner Albert Anselmi, Albert Anselmi ( July 15, 1883 - May 7, 1929) was a Chicago mobster who became an infamous hitman during the Prohibition era for the 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 Eight days later, the Chicago Police arrested Yale and Sam Pollaccia at Chicago's Union Station. However, the two men had strong alibis and the cops had to release them.

After O'Banion's murder, Yale was supposedly appointed the national head of the Unione Siciliane, a Sicilian benovolent organization that served as a front for criminal activity. The Unione Siciliana (often incorrectly called Unione Siciliane) was a Sicilian-American fraternal organization which eventually was rumored to have controlled much of the If Yale did indeed hold this post, it was quite ironic; Yale was Calabrese and not Sicilian. Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy.

Victory over White Hand Gang

Back in the Brooklyn, Yale's longtime war with the White Hand Gang was about to be decided once and for all. The White Hand Gang was a collection of the various Irish gangs operating on the New York Brooklyn and Red Hook waterfront from the early 1900s By 1925, the White Hand Gang had been reduced by Yale to a mere nuisance. Realizing that the once-powerful White Hand empire was crumbling, gang boss Pegleg Lonergan decided to gamble everything on one final bold move.

On December 26, 1925, the Yale gang was holding its Christmas party at the Adonis Club in Brooklyn. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Lonergan entered the bar with several of his men: Aaron Harms, James "Ragtime" Howard, Paddy Maloney, Cornielius "Needles" Ferry, and James Hart. The White Hand group sat at a table near a grand piano at the rear of the club. After downing a number of drinks to shore up their nerves, the White Handers finally whipped out their guns. However, the Yale Gang was ready for them. Someone immediately pulled the main power switch for the club; now the only light in the room was on the White Handers' table, making them easy targets. Sylvester Argolia, one of Yale's men, smashed Aaron Harms in the head with a meat cleaver (just like Altierri had done to Lovett years before). Gunshots then erupted from the darkness. Pegleg Lonergan and Needles Ferry were killed outright, while Harms died in the street outside the club. The remaining White Handers managed to escape with their lives.

It is believed that Al Capone headed the "firing squad" that night in the Adonis Club. He was in New York for his son's operation and was able to return the favor to Yale for the O'Banion murder in Chicago. Leaderless after the Adonis club shootout, The White Hand Gang quickly made peace with the Italians.

Final days

With the White Hand Gang broken and Brooklyn completely under his control, Yale was on top of the world. However, his rule would be short-lived. In spring of 1927, Yale's long friendship with Capone began to fray. The conflict started over Yale's refusal to back Capone's friend Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo, for the leadership of the Unione Siciliane in Chicago. Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo (1892 &ndash September 7, 1928) was an American Mobster. Soon many of Capone's Chicago-bound trucks carrying liquor were hijacked before they cleared New York. Capone and Yale had a standing agreement that Yale would protect Al's shipments in New York.

Suspecting a double cross, Capone asked an old pal James "Filesy" DeAmato to keep an eye on his trucks. DeAmato reported back that Frankie was indeed hijacking his booze. Six days later, on July 7, 1927, DeAmato was gunned down on a Brooklyn street corner. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The two men's relationship continued to worsen.

On Sunday morning, July 1, 1928, Yale was in the Sunrise Club, his Brooklyn speakeasy, when he received a cryptic phone call. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A speakeasy was an establishment that surreptitiously sold Alcoholic beverages during the period of United States history known as Prohibition (1920-1933 The caller said something was wrong with Yale's wife Lucy, who was at home looking after their year-old daughter. Yale dashed out to his brand new, coffee-colored Lincoln coupe and took off up New Utrecht Avenue. At a red light, Yale saw four hard-eyed men in a Buick sedan staring at him. Sensing trouble, Yale hit the gas and took off. Yale's car was overtaken by the Buick and gunmen riddled the Lincoln with buckshot and submachine gun bullets. Lead shot is a collective term for small balls of Lead. It is used primarily as Projectiles in Shotguns but is also used for a variety of other purposes The Lincoln crashed into the stoop of a brownstone at 923 44th St, violently disrupting a Bar Mitzvah. In Judaism, Bar Mitzvah ( Hebrew: בר מצוה "one (m to whom the commandments apply" Bat Mitzvah (בת מצוה "one (f Inside the Lincoln, Frankie Yale was dead.

The abandoned Buick was later discovered a few blocks away from the murder site. Some of the weapons left inside were traced to Miami, the car itself was traced to Knoxville, Tennessee, and a Thompson submachine gun traced to a Chicago sporting goods dealer. The Thompson submachine gun is an American Submachine gun that became infamous during the Prohibition era Police repeatedly questioned Al Capone about the Yale murder, but nothing came of the inquiries. Yale's murder represented the first time that the Tommy Gun was used in New York gangland warfare. Recent research has indicated that Yale's killers were Fred “Killer” Burke, Gus Winkler, George "Shotgun" Ziegler, and Louis "Little New York" Campagna. Fred Burke ( May 29, 1893 &ndash July 10, 1940) was a Midwestern armed robber and contract killer responsible for many crimes during the Gus Winkler ( March 28, 1900 &ndash October 9, 1933) was a St George Ziegler could refer to Fred Goetz, used George Ziegler as an alternate name Louis "Little New York" Campagna (1900 &ndash 1955 was a New York mobster and a high ranking member of the Chicago Outfit for over three decades Most of these hitmen would participate in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre seven months later. 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 One of the Tommy Guns used in the massacre would later be linked ballistically to Yale's murder.

Frankie Yale received one of the most impressive gangland funerals in American history. Thousands of Brooklynites lined the streets to watch the procession. Twenty-three cars were required to bear all the floral arrangements while 110 Cadillac limousines carried the mourners. Yale's $15,000 silver casket rested on an open hearse with a podium. As the cortege moved through the streets, a woman darted out from the crowd and spit on Frankie's casket. She turned out to be Peggy Meehan, who was in bed with her husband Denny when he was killed by Yale's men back in 1920. At the cemetery, there was additional drama when two different women showed up and claimed to be Mrs. Frankie Yale. Yale's funeral set a standard of opulence for American gangsters that has been seldom matched over the years.

Legacy

While Yale is somewhat overlooked in crime histories (he's recalled chiefly as a murder victim of Al Capone), he was one of New York's leading gangsters in the 1920s.

Ultimately, Yale was succeeded as head of the gang by Frankie Marlow. However, the Morello gang killed Marlow a year later when Masseria moved to take control of Mafia activity citywide. This same campaign resulted in the death of mobster Salvatore D'Aquilla just four months after Yale was killed. Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila ( c 1878–October 10/28 1928 was a Mustache Pete -era Mobster, olive oil and cheese Importer, and early

Under Masseria's influence the old Yale gang's activities were split; the bootlegging and gambling went to Anthony "Little Augie" Carfano and the waterfront racket to Alfred Mineo, who now led the old D'Aquilla gang. Anthony Carfano (c 1898 - September 25, 1959) aka "Little Augie Pisano" was a New York gangster who became a caporegime Alfredo "Al Mineo" Manfredi (? - November 5, 1930) was a New York mobster who briefly controlled a strong mafia clan during the Castellammarese War Carfano remained in charge of the gang until 1932, when Charles "Lucky" Luciano asked Joe Adonis to take control. Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania; November 24 1897 – January 26 1962 was a Sicilian Mobster. Joe Adonis ( November 22 1902 - November 26 1971) was a New York mobster who was an important participant in the formation of the modern Carfano was "advised" to retire to Florida.

At the end of the Castellammarese War, Vince Mangano took control of what had been Mineo's operations, including the waterfront racket. The Castellammarese War (1929 - 1931 was a bloody power struggle for control of the Italian-American Mafia between two factions Mangano remained in charge until the 1950s, when he was killed and replaced by Albert Anastasia. Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio) ( September 26, 1902 &ndash October 25, 1957) aka the Mad Hatter and At about the same time Joe Adonis began serving a jail term and when he got out he found that his Brooklyn operations had been absorbed by Anastasia, who had no plans to return them. So the operations of the old Yale gang had been reunited in what has become known as the Gambino crime family. The Gambino crime family is one of the " Five Families " that controls Organized crime activities based in New York City, United States

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