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292:, and others to tally the week's profits. It was mentioned that Angelo Genna had dropped a large amount of cash, plus a sizable marker. Capone recommended that they cancel the marker as a professional courtesy. O'Banion, instead, got Genna on the telephone and demanded that he pay his debt within a week. With this personal insult, Angelo Genna and his family could no longer be restrained. Until then, Merlo and the Unione had refused to sanction a hit on O'Banion. However, Merlo had terminal 337:
On June 13, 1925, Genna, Scalise, and Anselmi had a shootout with the North Siders. After the shootout, the three men were chased by Chicago Police detectives Michael Conway, rookie William Sweeny, officer Charles Walsh and another officer, Harold Olson. The three opened fire on the policemen killing
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Genna's family had planned for his funeral to be lavish like his late brother Angelo's funeral, but the funeral was quick and quiet due to the two policemen he killed. Police spread the word that they would arrest any gangster attending. No gangster attended, not wanting to be identified as one at
311:—entered O'Banion's flower shop, Schofield, and when Yale and O'Banion shook hands, Scalise and Anselmi fired two bullets into O'Banion's chest and two into his throat, and one of them fired a final bullet into the back of his skull as he was lying on the floor, face-down. 355:
On July 9, 1925, Genna's brother Antonio was ambushed and killed by a Genna traitor on orders of Moran and Weiss. After Antonio's death, the three remaining Chicago brothers—Sam, Jim, and Peter—fled Chicago; leaving the Genna territory to be taken over by
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The Gennas became a close knit Marsala-based Mafia and bootlegging gang. In 1919, the Gennas obtained a federal license to legally manufacture industrial alcohol, which they sold illegally. Angelo and his brothers operated from
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On November 3, 1924, Dean O'Banion inadvertently signed his own death warrant during an argumentative phone call to arch-rival Angelo Genna. Their disagreement originated at
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Walsh and Olson and wounding a third officer. Police shot Genna in the leg, severing an artery; Genna died in an ambulance after he kicked an officer in the face.
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On May 26, 1925, Weiss, Vincent "the Schemer" Drucci, and George "Bugs" Moran shot and killed Angelo Genna in a high-speed car chase.
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to get the Gennas to back down. When Torrio refused, O'Banion began hijacking shipments of alcohol belonging to the Genna brothers.
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They started selling their extra alcohol at cut-rate prices outside of their territory. This caused a problem with the
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and died on November 8, 1924. With Merlo gone, the Gennas and South Siders were free to move on O'Banion.
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Torrio ordered the Gennas to murder O'Banion; the brothers carried out the hit on November 10, 1924.
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with his brothers. He was killed by police officers after a shootout with
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After O'Banion's death, the North Siders—now led by
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He headed the 1063:Capone Tax Evasion Trial (1931) 1: 1555:Deaths by firearm in Illinois 480:ODMP memorial Olsen and Walsh 267:John "Johnny the Fox" Torrio 510:Mike "Mike the Devil" Genna 456:"The Dean O'Banion Project" 398:"Genna, Angelo (1898-1925)" 1571: 1535:People of Sicilian descent 331:—in charge of the Outfit. 329:Alphonse "Scarface" Capone 327:; leaving his top bouncer— 1545:Prohibition-era gangsters 1485:Salvatore Cardinella Gang 519:The Dean O'Banion Project 186:[miˈkɛːleˈdʒɛnna] 163: 140: 1425:Relation to other groups 1103:Relation to other groups 1047:Operation Family Secrets 832:George "Babe" Tuffanelli 321:Henry Earl "Hymie" Weiss 237:Prohibition and O'Banion 737:Mario Anthony DeStefano 223:Antonio "the Gentleman" 1550:Gangsters from Chicago 1449:Maranzano crime family 1067:Mafia Commission Trial 433:Schoenberg, Robert J. 244:Chicago's Little Italy 227:Angelo "Bloody Angelo" 182:Italian pronunciation: 493:by Amanda Jayne Parr 303:and two Genna hitmen— 94:Mount Carmel Cemetery 1475:Morello crime family 1202:San Francisco family 979:William Morris Bioff 236: 136:Maria Concetta Utica 103:Mike, Mike the Devil 1520:People from Marsala 1412:Salvatore Maranzano 1147:Detroit Partnership 1084:Castellammarese War 82:Cause of death 1279:Genna crime family 1192:New Orleans family 1177:Los Angeles family 1172:Kansas City family 1127:Bugs and Meyer Mob 1041:Kefauver Committee 984:Nicholas Calabrese 873:Michael J. Corbitt 858:Herbert Blitzstein 315:Gang war and death 195:Genna crime family 149:Genna crime family 134:Antonino Genna Sr. 1497: 1496: 1493: 1492: 1420: 1419: 1323: 1322: 1245: 1244: 1241: 1240: 1098: 1097: 1091: 1022: 1021: 797:Charles Nicoletti 677:Joseph Andriacchi 167: 166: 16:(Redirected from 1562: 1480:Rosario Dispenza 1454:Unione Siciliana 1429: 1332: 1300:Anthony D'Andrea 1290: 1272: 1265: 1258: 1249: 1212:Unione Siciliana 1207:St. Louis family 1197:Patriarca family 1187:Milwaukee family 1132:Cleveland family 1107: 1087: 1031: 1014:Gerald Scarpelli 918:Murray Humphreys 822:Michael Spilotro 817:Anthony Spilotro 767:Antonio Lombardo 667: 573:Big Jim Colosimo 552: 545: 538: 529: 497: 488: 482: 477: 471: 470: 468: 467: 458:. 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Caruso 687:James Belcastro 658: 642:Current members 637: 618:Felix Alderisio 561: 556: 506: 501: 500: 489: 485: 478: 474: 465: 463: 454: 453: 449: 432: 428: 420: 409: 396: 395: 388: 379: 378: 371: 366: 353: 344: 317: 309:Alberto Anselmi 301:Francesco Ioele 263:South Side Gang 255:North Side Gang 239: 211: 203:organized crime 181: 135: 77: 71: 67: 58: 57:, Sicily, Italy 52: 46: 44: 43: 42: 32: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 1568: 1566: 1558: 1557: 1552: 1547: 1542: 1537: 1532: 1527: 1522: 1517: 1512: 1502: 1501: 1495: 1494: 1491: 1490: 1488: 1487: 1482: 1477: 1472: 1466: 1464: 1460: 1459: 1457: 1456: 1451: 1446: 1441: 1435: 1433: 1426: 1422: 1421: 1418: 1417: 1415: 1414: 1409: 1404: 1399: 1393: 1391: 1387: 1386: 1384: 1383: 1382:Mariano Zagone 1380: 1378:Albert Anselmi 1375: 1370: 1368:Vincenzo Genna 1365: 1362: 1359: 1354: 1349: 1344: 1338: 1336: 1329: 1325: 1324: 1321: 1320: 1318: 1317: 1312: 1307: 1302: 1296: 1294: 1287: 1286:Administration 1283: 1282: 1277: 1275: 1274: 1267: 1260: 1252: 1243: 1242: 1239: 1238: 1236: 1235: 1230: 1224: 1222: 1218: 1217: 1215: 1214: 1209: 1204: 1199: 1194: 1189: 1184: 1179: 1174: 1169: 1164: 1159: 1157:Gambino family 1154: 1152:Forty-Two Gang 1149: 1144: 1139: 1137:Colombo family 1134: 1129: 1124: 1122:Buffalo family 1119: 1117:Bonanno family 1113: 1111: 1104: 1100: 1099: 1096: 1095: 1093: 1092: 1080: 1078: 1074: 1073: 1071: 1070: 1064: 1060: 1058: 1054: 1053: 1051: 1050: 1044: 1037: 1035: 1028: 1024: 1023: 1020: 1019: 1017: 1016: 1011: 1006: 1001: 996: 994:Frank Cullotta 991: 986: 981: 975: 973: 969: 968: 966: 965: 960: 955: 950: 945: 940: 938:Frank McErlane 935: 930: 925: 920: 915: 910: 905: 900: 895: 890: 885: 883:William Dauber 880: 875: 870: 865: 860: 855: 850: 844: 842: 838: 837: 835: 834: 829: 824: 819: 814: 809: 804: 799: 794: 789: 784: 779: 774: 769: 764: 759: 754: 749: 744: 742:Peter DiFronzo 739: 734: 729: 724: 719: 714: 709: 704: 699: 697:Frank Buccieri 694: 692:Fiore Buccieri 689: 684: 682:Dominick Basso 679: 673: 671: 664: 660: 659: 657: 656: 651: 649:James Marcello 645: 643: 639: 638: 636: 635: 630: 628:Samuel Carlisi 625: 620: 615: 610: 605: 600: 595: 590: 585: 580: 575: 569: 567: 563: 562: 559:Chicago Outfit 557: 555: 554: 547: 540: 532: 526: 525: 516: 505: 504:External links 502: 499: 498: 483: 472: 447: 426: 407: 402:Thomas A. Hunt 386: 383:. 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Index

Michele Genna
Marsala
Chicago
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Gangster
bootlegger
enforcer
racketeer
Genna crime family
Chicago Outfit
Unione Siciliana
[miˈkɛːleˈdʒɛnna]
Chicago
Genna crime family
North Siders
organized crime
Marsala
Sicily
Antonio "the Gentleman"
Angelo "Bloody Angelo"
Vincenzo "Jim"
Chicago's Little Italy
Chicago Loop
North Side Gang
Dean O'Banion
South Side Gang
John "Johnny the Fox" Torrio
Unione Siciliana
Mike Merlo
The Ship

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