Louis "Little New York" Campagna (1900 – 1955) was a New York mobster and a high ranking member of the Chicago Outfit for over three decades. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The Chicago Outfit shortened to " the Outfit " is a Crime syndicate based in Chicago Illinois, USA.
A member of New York's Five Points Gang during his teenage years, Campagna was brought to Chicago by fellow former Five Pointer Al Capone as a bodyguard. The Five Points Gang was a 19th-century Criminal organization based in the Sixth Ward ( The Five Points) of New York City. Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who Campagna proved to be a valuable gunman during the long and bloody gang war with the Chicago North Side Gang. 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 Campagna reportedly slept on a cot outside Capone's suite of rooms at the Lexington Hotel, ready to protect his boss from gangsters should they shoot their way through at least fifty gunman stationed downstairs. The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault was a one-time live American Television special broadcast in syndication in April 1986 hosted by
Known for his reckless and unpredictable nature, Campagna was arrested by police as he attempted to storm a Chicago police station in an attempt to murder mobster Joe Aiello. Giuseppe "Joe" Aiello ( 1891 - October 23, 1930) was a Chicago bootlegger during the 1920s and early 1930s who had a longstanding bloody Aiello had been plotting Capone's death with North Side boss George Moran. George Clarence "Bugs" Moran was born Adelard Cunin on August 21 1891 according to his biographer (see BugsMoran As he was taken to a cell next to Aiello, a conversation was transcribed by a police officer fluent in Italian:
- Campagna: "You're dead, dear friend, you're dead. You won't get to the end of the street still walking.
- Aiello: "Can't we settle this ? Give me fourteen days and I'll sell my stores, my house and everything and quit Chicago for good. Can't we settle it ? Think of my wife and my baby. "
- Campagna: "You dirty rat ! You've broke faith with us twice now. You started this, we'll finish it. "
Aiello was later shot to death while leaving a North Kalmar Avenue apartment, on October 28, 1930. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. During a later autopsy, a coroner reported removing 59 bullets weighing over a pound from Aiello's body.
Following Capone's 1931 conviction for tax evasion, Campagna rose through the Outfit ranks as an extortionist and labor union racketeering under Outfit boss Paul "The Waiter" Ricca. Paul "The Waiter" Ricca ( 1897 - October 11, 1972) was an Italian American Mafia figure and the boss of the Working with Willie Morris Bioff and George Browne, Campagna extorted millions from Hollywood film studios during the late 1930s. William Morris ("Willie" Bioff ( 1900 - November 4, 1955) was an American Organized crime figure who operated as a labor George Browne may refer to George Browne (soldier (1698&ndash1792 Irish soldier of fortune field-marshal in the Russian service George Browne In 1943, Campagna was convicted with much of the Outfit's leadership and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. He then turned to the only true family he had; his cousin Albert Campagna. Albert however wanting nothing to do with his cousin Louis in fear that his two daughters and two sons would become a target. However, released after three years, Campagna returned to running syndicate operations under Outfit boss Sam Giancana until retiring to his 800-acre Indiana residence. Salvatore "Momo" Giancana (born Salvatore Giangana) June 15, 1908 &ndash June 19, 1975) was an Italian-American The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union In 1955, Campagna died of a heart attack on his yacht while sailing off the coast of Miami, Florida. A yacht is a recreational boat It designates two rather different classes of Watercraft, sailing and power yachts
Further reading
- Binder, John. The Chicago Outfit. Arcadia Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7385-2326-7
- Giancana, Sam and Chuck. Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America. New York: Warner Books, 1992. ISBN 0-446-51624-4
- Kobler, John. Capone: The Life and Times of Al Capone. New York: Da Capo Press, 2003. ISBN 0-306-81285-1
- Reppetto, Thomas A. American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power. New York: Henry Holt & Co. , 2004. ISBN 0-8050-7798-7
- Schoenberg, Robert J. Mr. Capone. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. ISBN 0-688-12838-6
References
- Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
- Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Crime. New York: Facts on File Inc. , 2001. ISBN 0-8160-4040-0
External links
- Louis Campagna - Done in by a Grouper by Allan May
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