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The North Side Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was the dominant Irish-American Mafia criminal organization (although a large number of Polish-Americans were members as well) within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early to late 1920s and principal rival of the Johnny Torrio-Al Capone organization, later known as the Chicago Outfit. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. A Polish American is an American citizen of Polish descent There are an estimated 10 million Americans of Polish descent Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. In the United States, the term Prohibition refers to the period from 1920 to 1933 during which the sale manufacture and transportation of alcohol for consumption The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, aka "The Fox" (born Giovanni Torrio) (February 1882 &ndash April 16 1957 was an Italian-American Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who The Chicago Outfit shortened to " the Outfit " is a Crime syndicate based in Chicago Illinois, USA.

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Impact of the North Side Gang

The North Side Gang was established by Dean O'Banion, George "Bugs" Moran, Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci, and Earl "Hymie" Weiss. Charles Dean O'Banion ( 8 July 1892 &ndash 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny George Clarence "Bugs" Moran was born Adelard Cunin on August 21 1891 according to his biographer (see BugsMoran Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci (1898&ndash April 4, 1927) was a Chicago mobster during Chicago 's Prohibition era who served a lieutenant Earl "Hymie" Weiss ( January 25, 1897 - October 11, 1926) was a Polish-American mobster who became a leader of the Prohibition The foursome then collected various henchmen and notorious gunman to keep control of their territory. The gang was mostly made up of Irishmen, although it included a number of Germans and Polish members as well. The Northsiders practically owned the whole North Side of Chicago, the largest territory without a doubt next to John "Johnny The Fox" Torrio's southside territory of Chicago. NorthSide is Record label based in Minneapolis Minnesota that specializes in Nordic roots music John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, aka "The Fox" (born Giovanni Torrio) (February 1882 &ndash April 16 1957 was an Italian-American The North Siders and Torrio's Chicago Outfit would always be at odds. The Chicago Outfit shortened to " the Outfit " is a Crime syndicate based in Chicago Illinois, USA. The bootlegging wars of Chicago put the North Siders in their prime and had Torrio, Capone and many of the outfit gang members constantly looking over their shoulders and in constant fear. The North Siders were probably one of the strongest mafia families of their time and were matched only by Torrio and Capone's gang. The two sides were equally matched in power as well as skill and both lost gang members as well as friends because of their rivalry.

History of the North Side Gang

Early history

Like many other Chicago-based Prohibition gangs, the North Side Gang originated from the Market Street Gang, one of many street gangs in Chicago at the turn of the century. The Market Street Gang was made up of pick pockets, sneak thieves and labor sluggers working in the 42nd and 43rd Wards. The gang especially distinguished itself during the newspaper "Circulation Wars" of the early 1910s between the Chicago Examiner and the Chicago Tribune. The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 Chicago's American, an afternoon Newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, was the last flowering of the aggressive journalistic tradition depicted in The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company As sluggers for a newspaper, the Market Street Gang would beat up newsstand owners who didn't carry that publication.

It was during the Circulation Wars that future North Side leader Dean O'Banion, then a member of the juvenile satellite Little Hellions, who would develop valuable contacts with politicians and journalists. Charles Dean O'Banion ( 8 July 1892 &ndash 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny O'Banion and other members of the North Siders would be mentored by safecracker Charlie "The Ox" Reiser. Charles "The Ox" Reiser (1878&ndash October 10, 1921) was a Safecracker as well as a mentor to many of the organized crime leaders of the early Upon the passage of the Volstead Act (Prohibition) in 1919, which banned the sale of alcoholic beverages, O'Banion was one of the many Market Streeters to become bootleggers. The Volstead Act, which reinforced the Prohibition of alcohol in the United States of America, was popularly named after Andrew Volstead, Chairman of the Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol

Prohibition

With the start of Prohibition, the North Siders quickly took control of the existing breweries and distilleries in the North Side of Chicago. This gave them a near monopoly on the local supply of real beer and high quality whiskey; their rivals only had supplies of rotgut liquor and moonshine. Fusel alcohols, also sometimes called fusel oils, or potato oil in Europe are higher order (more than two carbons Alcohols formed by fermentation Production Uses Usually large scale distillation is practiced for the purpose of making ethanol for drinking, yet it may also practiced for creating Biofuel Based on the North Clark Street restaurant McGovern's Saloon and Cafe, the North Side Gang would soon control the working class neighborhoods of the 42nd and 43rd Wards within months. Chicago's Clark Street is a north-south street in Chicago running from 7600 North to 2200 South in the city street numbering system. In addition to bootlegging, the gang continued to burglarize local stores and warehouses and run illegal gambling operations. Unlike the rival South Side Gang however, they refused to traffic in prostitution. O'Banion strengthened his political protection by helping his politician friends commit election fraud. O'Banion also ran a publicity campaign in the Depression Era North Side with large scale donations to orphanages and charities as well as food and loans to the poor and unemployed.

The North Siders soon faced powerful Sicilian and Italian gangs on Chicago's South Side. These gangsters included the Genna family and later John "Johnny The Fox" Torrio and Al Capone. The Genna crime family was one of the major players in the Chicago gangland wars of the 1920s John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, aka "The Fox" (born Giovanni Torrio) (February 1882 &ndash April 16 1957 was an Italian-American Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who The old hostility between Irish and Italian gangs combined with O'Banion's refusal to sell portions of North Side distilleries to the South Siders, raised tension between the North and South Siders. During several meetings arranged by Torrio, O'Banion would often insult the Italians. O'Banion was also secretly hijacking South Side beer shipments and selling them back to their owners. However, the North Side Gang also ran into trouble with other ethnic gangs; in 1921, O'Banion shot Ragen's Colts member Davy "Yiddles" Miller after he insulted a North Sider at a local opera. Ragen's Colts was a chiefly Irish street gang which dominated the Chicago underworld during the early twentieth century David Miller may refer to David Miller (architect, American architect and architecture professor at the University of Washington David Miller

Although O'Banion and Weiss were arrested and charged with burglary in 1922, the North Side Gang enjoyed considerable protection from the Chicago police department. At one point, O'Banion threw a lavish banquet for Chicago politicians and police officials. Attendees included Chief Detective Michael Hughes, Police Lieutenant Charles Evans, County Clerk Robert Sweitzer, Public Works commissioner Colonel Albert A. Sprague, and a host of both Democrat and Republican politicians. Dubbed the "Balshazzar Feast" by the press, it was later investigated by reform Mayor William E. Dever. William Emmett Dever ( March 13, 1862 &ndash September 3, 1929) served as the Democratic mayor of Chicago, Illinois

In 1924, Chicago police assisted the North Side Gang in robbing the Sibly Distillery, which had been under federal guard since the beginning of Prohibition. Escorted by Police Lieutenant Michael Grady and four detective sergeants, North Siders looted the distillery in broad daylight, taking 1,750 bottles of bonded whiskey worth approximately $100,000. Although Grady and the other police officers were later indicted for this crime, they were quickly dismissed.

Relations between the North and South Side gangs continued to fester. In early 1924, O'Banion agreed to an alliance with Torrio and Capone that was brokered by Mike Merlo. Mike Merlo ( January 4, 1880 - November 8, 1924) was a Chicago political figure associated with the Johnny Torrio - Al Capone However, the alliance began to founder when O'Banion demanded that "Bloody" Angelo Genna pay a $30,000 gambling debt from losses at the co-owned gambling casino The Ship. The Genna crime family was one of the major players in the Chicago gangland wars of the 1920s This demand contravened an agreement allowing Angelo and other gang members to run up debts there. In the interest of maintaining harmony, Torrio persuaded Genna to pay his gambling debt.

However, Torrio himself would soon lose patience with O'Banion. It happened when O'Banion offered to sell Torrio the valuable Sieben Brewery. On May 19th 1924, while Torrio was inspecting the property, O'Banion arranged for the police to raid the place and arrest Torrio. After his release from custody, Torrio acceded to demands from the Gennas to whack O'Banion.

On November 10, shortly after the death of Merlo, three unidentified men entered the Schofield Flower Shop owned by O'Banion and shot him dead. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw This was to be the beginning of a five year gang war between the North Side Gang against Johnny Torrio's Chicago Outfit that would end with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929. John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, aka "The Fox" (born Giovanni Torrio) (February 1882 &ndash April 16 1957 was an Italian-American The Chicago Outfit shortened to " the Outfit " is a Crime syndicate based in Chicago Illinois, USA. 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 Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

War with the Chicago Outfit

After the death of Dean O'Banion, Hymie Weiss assumed leadership of the North Side Gang and immediately struck back at his rivals. Charles Dean O'Banion ( 8 July 1892 &ndash 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Earl "Hymie" Weiss ( January 25, 1897 - October 11, 1926) was a Polish-American mobster who became a leader of the Prohibition On January 12, 1925, Weiss, Bugs Moran, and Vincent Drucci, attempted to kill Torrio's lieutenant, Al Capone at a Chicago South Side restaurant. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople George Clarence "Bugs" Moran was born Adelard Cunin on August 21 1891 according to his biographer (see BugsMoran Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci (1898&ndash April 4, 1927) was a Chicago mobster during Chicago 's Prohibition era who served a lieutenant 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. Firing at Capone's car, the men wounded chauffeur Sylvester Barton, but missed Capone entirely. Capone, startled by the shooting, ordered his famous armoured car to be created. Moran then decided to kidnap one of Capone's trusted bodyguards, torture him for information before finally executing him and dumping the body.

On January 24, shortly after the assassination attempt on Capone, Weiss, Moran, and Drucci ambushed Torrio as he returned from shopping with his wife. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Both Torrio and his chauffeur Robert Barton were wounded several times. As Moran was about to kill Torrio, the gun misfired; the gang members were forced to flee the scene as the police arrived. After narrowly surviving this attack, Torrio decided he wanted out. Retiring to Italy, Torrio passed leadership of the Chicago Outfit to Capone. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

Weiss and the North Siders then went after the Genna Family, allies of the Chicago Outfit. First, "Bloody" Angelo Genna was shot to death after a car chase by Moran. The Genna crime family was one of the major players in the Chicago gangland wars of the 1920s Next, Mike "the devil" Genna was shot down by police when he turned his gun on them after a fierce shootout with the Northsiders. Then Drucci went and killed Samuzzo "Samoots" Amatuna, a Genna family backer trying to hold the Genna's intact. Then finally Tony Genna was murdered (although it was rumored that Capone, not Weiss, ordered this hit). The Genna crime family was one of the major players in the Chicago gangland wars of the 1920s At this point, the remaining Genna family fled Chicago. The North Siders and Capone took the spoils.

Francis Cavanaugh was a big part in many of the murders that landed within the mob. Francis "Fast Frank" Cavanaugh ( November 9, 1906 - July 23, 1940) in Chicago IL He was a hired hitman for Moran. He was ordered by Moran to get rid of Torrio (which he nearly did) and is a suspect by police in Tony Genna's murder.

The Northsiders under Weiss, Drucci and Moran

Soon after Dean O'Banion's death, the North Siders had formed a "governing council" with Hymie Weiss emerging as leader. Charles Dean O'Banion ( 8 July 1892 &ndash 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Although the loss of O'Banion was a great shock, the gang had now reached its zenith of power: the Genna family was destroyed, Torrio had been scared out of the rackets, and Capone was on the run. The North Siders expanded their business and strength and plotted another attack on Capone.

The second North Side attack on Capone shocked the police, fellow gangsters and especially Capone. A fleet of North Side cars, with Moran in the lead car, drove to Capone's hotel in Cicero. Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman While Capone and his bodyguard were drinking downstairs, the North Siders drove by the lobby and opened fire with their Thompson submachine guns. The Thompson submachine gun is an American Submachine gun that became infamous during the Prohibition era The shooting reduced the hotel to shreds and left everybody running for cover. Capone and his bodyguard were left cowering on the floor. Once the attack was over, Capone, terrified and aching for a moment's peace, sent word to the North Siders that he wanted a truce. A truce was made, which did last for a while, but inevitably began to come apart.

Some time later, Capone struck back at the North Siders by gunning down Hymie Weiss and several associates. Drucci and Moran now assumed joint leadership of the North Side Gang. The two gangs traded killings and bombings for several more months until a peace conference was held.

Moran and Capone both appeared at the meeting along with many other mob bosses. During the conference, Capone complained that "they were making a shooting gallery of a great business". He also stated that "Chicago be seen as a pie and each gang gets a slice of the pie. " The two gangs agreed to make peace. This peace would last for a while. It was the only time in Chicago when gunfire ceased and calmness occurred. No killings occurred that were a result of gang war. Vincent Drucci was killed during this time, but it resulted from a brawl with police. Moran now became the sole boss of the North Side Gang.

The gangland peace soon turned into a Cold War as both sides fell victim to temptation. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Moran would regularly hijack Capone's beer shipments, naturally aggravating Capone. Capone retaliated by burning down Moran's dog track. A few days later, Capone's own dog track went up in smoke. Moran was the prime suspect.

Open warfare started again between the two gangs. Moran ordered the execution of two union leaders who were powerful allies and personal friends of Capone. This act prompted Capone to order a decisive blow against Moran that would turn into the most memorable gangland killing in American history: the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. 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

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Main article: St. Valentine's Day Massacre

On February 14, 1929 four unidentified men, two of them dressed as Chicago police officers, stormed into a North Side Street garage and ordered six members of the North Side Gang and a friend of a gang member to stand against a wall. 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 Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The gunmen then pulled out machine guns and gunned them all down. The only survivor, Frank "Tight Lips" Gusenberg, died hours later at a nearby Chicago hospital refusing to name his attackers. Frank Gusenberg ( 1893 - 14 February 1929) was a Gangster and a victim of the Saint Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago However, the primary target of the gunmen, Bugs Moran, leader of the North Side Gang, was not at the garage and escaped harm. George Clarence "Bugs" Moran was born Adelard Cunin on August 21 1891 according to his biographer (see BugsMoran Strong circumstantial cases can be made for almost a dozen individuals as being one of the four gunmen, but it remains unknown to this day exactly who those four gunmen were.

Known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the attack effectively left the five year gang war between Al Capone and Bugs Moran in a stalemate. 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 Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who George Clarence "Bugs" Moran was born Adelard Cunin on August 21 1891 according to his biographer (see BugsMoran The brazenness of this crime resulted in a Federal crackdown on all gang activity in Chicago that eventually led to the downfall of both Moran and Al Capone.

Aftermath

Although Bugs Moran survived the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, several experienced North Side gunmen had been lost. The North Side Gang continued to control the 42nd and 43rd Wards and managed to thwart a takeover attempt by Frank McErlane in 1930. Frank McErlane ( 1894 - 8 October 1932) was a Prohibition -era gangster As the decade progressed, the power of the North Side Gang slowly declined. In 1936, Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn, mastermind of the massacre, was killed and Moran was one of the prime suspects, along with Frank Nitti of the South Side mob, as McGurn had become more trouble than he was worth to protect to the former "Capone Gang".

Moran and the North Side Gang eventually lost control of their gambling operations to the new National Crime Syndicate . The National Crime Syndicate was the name given by the press to a loosely-organized multi-ethnic Organized crime Syndicate, started in the 1930s by Charlie Since the repeal of Prohibition, gambling had been the main source of North Side income. The gang limped along until the end of the 1930's when Moran left the Chicago underworld. The North Side gang disappeared and the Chicago Outfit, successor to the old South Side gang, took control of the North Side territories.

Redevelopment

In 1947 Lucas Cavanaugh adoptive son of Moran and biological son of Francis Cavanaugh took seat at the command post of the long time nonexistent North Side Gang after Moran had fled from Chicago underground. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lucas "Lucky Luke" Cavanaugh ( August 23, 1928 - September 8, 1976) was born to Francis Cavanaugh and Christine Lucas brought back many of the old families and faces of the past and brought in many of his own new faces including longtime friend Alexander O'Shea.

After hearing his father was killed he had sworn to serve the family for Moran, but when Moran's business was taken by Frank Nitti he swore revenge for Moran. Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as "Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti" ( January 27, 1888 – March 19, 1943) was an He took on the family name and kept working for the family even though Nitti was changing it into the Chicago Outfit. After Nitti had been at a meeting with many of the bosses of the area such as Joe Capagna, Ralph Pierce, John Roselli, Nick Circella, Phil D'Andrea, Paul Ricca, and Charles "Cherry Nose" Gioe. There is also a professional wrestler named John Roselli John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli (sometimes spelled Rosselli Paul "The Waiter" Ricca ( 1897 - October 11, 1972) was an Italian American Mafia figure and the boss of the Nitti was being forced by them to go to jail and take the fall for the Outfit, but Nitti had, years earlier, spent 15 months in prison, where he had immediately realized he was horribly claustrophobic. Being unable to bear the thought of a long prison term because of his claustraphobia, and rumored (never proven) to also be suffering from terminal cancer, Nitti shot and killed himself in a Chicago railroad yard.

Lucas after hearing about Nitti's death he wanted to take out the rest of the outfit. His first official kill was murdering Joe Capagna and Ralph Pierce at a Chicago meeting. Lucas entered the meeting as a waitor helping them but eventually pulled out a gun killing Capagna and Pierce and their men by a machince gun. Lucas fled the seen before anyone had any idea of who did it. Later it was out that another waitor had seen this and reported it but to a cop that Lucas had already paid off.

Lucas started after more of the bosses now heading for Nick Circella. Circella was walking out of his house to go to a meeting with Paul Ricca, but as he ventured to the car and started it a bomb exploded and killed Circella and blasting most of the house containing his wife and children.

Lucas was ready for Phil D'Andrea at a local bar the next night. When D'Andrea went into the bathroom followed by his guards at the door. Lucas disguised in a waitor's outfit ventured in after him. The guards not expecting anything let him through and Lucas snuck behind D'Andrea and choked him to death. Lucas ended up leaving and after 20 minutes of waiting the guards went in to check on D'Andrea and found him lying on the floor dead.

Cavanaugh vs. Roselli

Lucas then brought the rise to power for the Northsiders. Lucas had gotten into a scuffle with Johnny Circella. Lucas and O'Shea ended up murdering Circella in his home after Circella had crossed his family.

Lucas had ordered O'Shea to take out Roselli after conflicts erupted. Roselli and his man saw O'Shea and broke into gunfire. Lucas took the hit as success even though Roselli was alive, Giancana wasn't healthy and many of Roselli's men had fallen.

Sam Giancana was later murdered by his higher affiliates due to distrust in the family. He was shot in the head then several times in the face.

Lucas and Roselli had competed at war for many years all the way into 1976 when Roselli was put into prison.

Charles Nicoletti one of Roselli's hitman had learned of Lucas's involvement and went after him. Charles "Chuckie" Nicoletti, aka "The Typewriter" (December 3 1916 - March 29 1977 was a top Chicago Outfit hitman under Outfit Lucas got wind of this and told higher boses that he was questioning the killing of Sam Giancana. Those boses whacked Nicoletti by shooting him in the head many times.

Rising Power

In 1976 Frankie Cavanaugh took control of the family workings. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Killian Cavanaugh (born November 3, 1960) was a North Side Gang leader and long time hitman in Chicago, Illinois. Frankie had a call from Michael DeStefano, one of the Outfit's main hitmen, telling him to meet DeStefano in a rural area. Many of the "workers" started firing upon them. Frankie was protected by his body guards and ended up killing DeStefano. The police arrsted Frankie but after a two month trial he was released on self-defense.

Joseph Aiuppa ended up having to meet with Frankie to tell were the boundrie would be drawn for the two rivals. Frankie took the North and part of the east side and the Outfit took the south as they had prior. Aiuppa was getting worried about not having enough territory and the growing power of the young Frankie at 25.

Aiuppa was worried and hired a hitman to take him out. On September 6th, 1985 Frankie was leaving his North Side home and was being shot at although the bullets missed him. George Cavanaugh, his brother, now was getting used to his brothers business and made a place for himself. George Andrew Cavanaugh was born to Lucas Cavanaugh and Alison Pinkston

Frankie told his brother of the war and said he had to take out a boss of the Outfit and he chose Charles Inglese. On August 13th,1987 Frankie found out that Inglese was going to a coffee shop in a subburb of Chicago to do business. Inglese was also doing business on Frankie's area of rule. When Frankie got there he found Inglese there dealing drugs to the shop manager and pulled out a gun and shot at him. He had shot Inglese twice in the head and twice in the chest, a stray bullet also struck the manager in the head. Both men had died and police were on the scene in moments. Frankie was sentenced to 20 years in jail on September 10th,1987 at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. The United States Penitentiary (USP Leavenworth is located in Leavenworth, Kansas on 1583 acres (6

Cavanaugh vs. Ferriola

George Cavanaugh and the North Siders were moving in new shipments into the upper Lake Michigan harbor. When Joseph Ferriola found out this was happening he investigated the shipment and ended up rigging the transport ship with a bomb. The ship had blown up on its path from Chicago to Connecticut. George caught wind of this and found out it was Ferriola. George had sent three men to pose as waitors at a meeting between Ferriola and Samuel Carlisi and other bosses. George sent James "Jimmy O" Oshea and Narshall Lanahuew and another man to take out Ferriola and Carlisi.

On December 15, 1988, Ferriola and Carlisi arrived at a privately owned restaurant in west Chicago. Jimmy O and Lanahuew seated the two and the other man posed as a waitor and brought them food. When Ferriola wanted the check O'Shea and Lanahuew came out and had guns in their coat jackets. Ferriola handed O'Shea money and Lanahuew opened fire on them. Two of their guards were killed and Carlisi was shot in the arm. O'Shea, Lanahuew and the other man left the restaurant and police arrived minutes later.

In February of 1989, Ferriola acquired information introducing George as the leader of the hit he wanted to strike back. George was in New York with employers though. Ferriola sent Gill Valerio and two others to George's home and they had kidnapped Andrew and the pregnant Mary. When George arrived home that evening he heard from his guards that it was Ferriola and George sent men to negotiate with him. The next morning he found them to be dead. George confronted Ferriola in person and ended up having a gun to Ferriola's head as O'Shea and Lanahuew detained his guards. Ferriola released Andrew and Mary to him. Ferriola was furious and was getting ready to retaliate but started feeling pain and health issues occurred. A month later Ferriola had died in the hospital trying to receive a heart transplant. Carlisi took command of the Chicago Outfit but didn't retaliate on Ferriola's behalf.

Cavanaugh's Reign

George assumed command of his brothers business and had help from Jimmy O'Shea. The two lead the Northsiders to a war in 1992 against the Cuerez Brothers (Little Known gang in New York).

George ordered Jimmy O to take out Armando Cuerez (Leader) and Jimmy fled to New York. New York police found Armando dead at his home the next morning and Jimmy was already home. A month later Jimmy and George were meeting with Antonio Cuerez to sign for peace between the rivals and the meeting broke in to gunfire wounding Jimmy and killing Antonio.

George and Jimmy had gotten cleared of all charges on a self-defense case and were aloud to leave.

George ran the gang through October of 2007 when his brother Frankie was released on the 18th from prison. Frankie reassumed the thrown and George happily took over as his underboss and Jimmy as a guard.

Crime towards the family

In July 2003, Joseph Cavanaugh 16, brother Lucas Cavanaugh 14, and Cousin Andrew Cavanaugh 17 were walking down a street when a car went by and men shot at them. Lucas was shot in the arm but was stabilized in the hospital. Lucas recovered after 3 weeks and was fine. Andrew had told this to his father and Andrew was sent away to Private school away from the crime.

August 2003, Joey was seen near a coffee shop in Schaumburg and he had shot three men accused of being the shooters of his brother. Joey had taken off on foot but police found him and he was put in prison. While on trial Joey was sentenced to 10 years in prison, which included 2 in Juvenile Detention and 8 in prison.

Andrew was spotted in 2005 returning to Chicago meeting his father after he had allegedly been gone for 2 years in private school. Its rumored that Andrew now 22 has been helping his fathers business regulating many of private North Side territory shipments along with Lucas Cavanaugh 19.

In March of 2008 Joseph Cavanaugh was granted paroll and is now out of the state penatentry.

Bosses of the North Side Gang

Members of the North Side Gang

Frank was a longtime gunman for Bugs Moran and a founding hit man for him. Charles Dean O'Banion ( 8 July 1892 &ndash 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Earl "Hymie" Weiss ( January 25, 1897 - October 11, 1926) was a Polish-American mobster who became a leader of the Prohibition Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci (1898&ndash April 4, 1927) was a Chicago mobster during Chicago 's Prohibition era who served a lieutenant George Clarence "Bugs" Moran was born Adelard Cunin on August 21 1891 according to his biographer (see BugsMoran Lucas "Lucky Luke" Cavanaugh ( August 23, 1928 - September 8, 1976) was born to Francis Cavanaugh and Christine George Andrew Cavanaugh was born to Lucas Cavanaugh and Alison Pinkston Francis Killian Cavanaugh (born November 3, 1960) was a North Side Gang leader and long time hitman in Chicago, Illinois. Francis "Fast Frank" Cavanaugh ( November 9, 1906 - July 23, 1940) in Chicago IL Frank was the Father of Lucas Cavanaugh and grandfather of Frankie and George. Frank got married at 24 to Maria O'Bannon and she got pregnant a month later. 3 months after finding out his wife was pregnant he knew he would not have money to raise a child and asked for more work from Moran. Moran gave him a hit and Frank carried it out but was caught and sentenced to prison. Frank told Moran to look after Maria and his child. The child was born 5 months later and Maria brought him to Frank, they named him Luicas or Lucky hoping that he would bring luck to the Cavanaugh family. In prison, he was given more jobs and hits from Moran but later was killed in prison from a rival gang member.
Gunman/hitman for Lucas Cavanaugh and long time guard of Frankie Cavanaugh. Was Ordered to make a hit on Roselli. Killed many underbosses of the Chicago Outfit. After Lucas Cavanaugh died he was in charge of watching over Frankie and helping run the business. Frankie hired O'Shea as the interior guard for himself and asked him to be a second in command. Died November 12, 1989 of lung cancer.
Son of Alexander O'Shea and long time friend of Frankie and George Cavanaugh. James was a hit man for Frankie Cavanaugh and was on guard duties while Frankie was in jail. James has been a long time runner for the North Side and a highly known gunman of Chicago.
A leading gunman during Chicago's bootleg wars, Louis Alterie was one of the more colorful figures in the Northsiders. A western enthusiast, Alterie reportedly carried two Colt. 45 revolvers on a gun belt and owned ranch in Colorado that was frequented by other gang members. After publicly challenging O'Banion's killers to a gunfight, the mayor of Chicago publicly slapped Alterie. To cool things off, Alterie left Chicago at the request of Bugs Moran. After several years in exile, Alterie returned to testify against Ralph Capone in 1935. Ralph "Bottles" Capone Sr ( January 12, 1894 - November 22, 1974) was a Chicago mobster and an older brother of Al Capone. Alterie was murdered soon after his return.
A later member of the Northsiders, Christian "Barney" Bertsche ran prostitution and gambling dens in Chicago's North Side. Following the syndicate takeover of his operations by Capone after the truce agreement at the Hotel Sherman conference in 1926, Bertshe allied with Moran in the hopes of regaining control over his criminal operations.
Born Albert Kachellek in Krojoencke, Germany,[1] Clark was a bodyguard and brother-in-law of George "Bugs" Moran. One of the seven victims of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. 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
Peter was the older brother of Frank Gusenberg. Both were top gunmen for the Moran gang. Both died in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Also known under the alias Frank Meyer, Adam Hayes, John Snyder, Frank Snyder, Heyer was a North Side Mob accountant and business manager. One of the seven victims of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
May is not considered by most researchers to have been a gang member in the conventional sense of the word - he was dissassociated with the gang sometimes for months on end, only accepting jobs from then when he deserately needed money (he had a wife and seven children). May was an occasional strongarm for the Moran gang (though it is believed he never carry a gun) but was, most frequently, simply a car mechanic working on a per diem basis. He had the misfortune to be working on a North Side Gang vehicle on Thusday, February 14th, and was one of the victims of the massacre.
Labor racketeer and a lieutenant under George Moran and, as a bodyguard, was with Moran at the time of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Marks, Moran and Ted Newbury avoided the massacre, either by seeing the "police" car pull up to the garage as they approached it themselves, or simply by being a few minutes late.
A veteran of World War I, Samuel Morton was an early lieutenant of Dean O'Banion and served as his right hand man during the early years of Prohibition. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Charles Dean O'Banion ( 8 July 1892 &ndash 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Following Morton's death in a riding accident, several gang members took the offending horse from its stables, led it to a field, and killed it.
Longtime Chicago rumrunner and lieutenant under George Moran during the final years of Prohibition. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Defected to the Chicago Outfit following the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Newbury was later killed by Capone successor Frank Nitti for conspiring to murder Nitti. Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as "Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti" ( January 27, 1888 – March 19, 1943) was an Newbury's body was found in a roadside ditch in Indiana on January 7, 1933.
Weinshank had worked as a speakeasy operator for Moran, and later ran a string of cleaning and dyeing stores for the North Side Gang. His build, choice of clothing, and even vague physical resemblance to Moran is theorized to be the reason that the St. Valentine's Day Massacre began with his arrival at the Clark Street Garage ahead of Moran himself.

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  1. ^ a b c d e Caponemuseum.com

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