Pasqualino "Patsy" Lolordo (d. January 8, 1929) was an organized crime figure and head of the Chicago chapter of the Unione Siciliana during the late 1920s. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army 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 Unione Siciliana (often incorrectly called Unione Siciliane) was a Sicilian-American fraternal organization which eventually was rumored to have controlled much of the
Lolordo succeeded Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo, an associate of Al Capone, as chapter president. Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo (1892 &ndash September 7, 1928) was an American Mobster. Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who Lombardo had been killed only months before after he refused to turn the presidency over to 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 Lolordo was supported by the national Unione Siciliana president, Frankie Yale, in New York. Francesco Ioele ( 1893 - July 1, 1928) better known as Frankie Uale or the alias of Yale, was a Brooklyn gangster Some speculate that Lolordo wanted to reform the organization like another former chapter leader, Mike Merlo. Mike Merlo ( January 4, 1880 - November 8, 1924) was a Chicago political figure associated with the Johnny Torrio - Al Capone
However, Lolordo didn't have sufficient time to do anything. On January 8, 1929, Pasqualino Lolordo was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in his home. The hit may have been arranged by George "Bugs" Moran, a leader of the North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Capone. George Clarence "Bugs" Moran was born Adelard Cunin on August 21 1891 according to his biographer (see BugsMoran 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 [1])
External links
- Chicago’s Unione Siciliana 1920 – A Decade of Slaughter (Part Seven) by Allen May
- The American "Mafia": Who was who ? - Pasqualino Lolordo
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