Famous Mobsters

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Famous Mobsters

• Mr. Young
• Part 2 History of the Mafia
• Sociology

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Public Enemy Number 1

• First used in the early 1930s by Frank Loesch to
  describe individuals who were criminals and
  extremely dangerous
• Know used as the FBI Ten Most Wanted List
• Loesch said he started using the phrase
• "I had the operating director of the Chicago
  Crime Commission bring before me a list of the
  outstanding hoodlums, known murderers, murderers
  which you and I know but cant prove, and there
  were about one-hundred of them, and out of this
  list I selected twenty-eight men. I put Al Capone
  at the head and his brother next, and ran down
  the twenty-eight, every man being really an
  outlaw. I called them Public Enemies, and so
  designated them in my letter, sent to the Chief
  of Police, the Sheriff every law enforcing
  officer. The purpose is to keep the publicity
  light shining on Chicago's most prominent, well
  known and notorious gangsters to the end that
  they may be under constant observation by the law
  enforcing authorities and law abiding citizens.

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Famous Lawmen

• Melvin Purvis-Born October 24, 1903
• 55 127lbs.
• Brought in (killed) John Dillinger and Pretty
  Boy
• Floyd, commits suicide in 1960
• The Man who Got Dillinger

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Alphonse Al Capone

• Born January 17, 1899 in New York
• Member of two Kid gangs
• Nicknamed Scarface
• Was sent to New York to cool off and became Boss
  after John Torrio attempted assassination
• Reported income of 100,000,000 a year

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St. Valentines Day Massacre

• February 14, 1929
• Owned by rival George Bugs Moran
• Capones men dressed like police officers and
  killed 7 men
• More than 150 bullets fired

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Al Capone Home in Chicago

• Isolated and Killed his enemies Rent apartment
  across street and murder them as they stepped
  outside
• Even though he was violent, he was loyal
• Also first to open soup kitchen after 1929 stock
  market crash and give clothes/food to needy at
  his expense

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Soup Kitchen outside Capone Restaurant
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Capones headquarters

• Capones Headquarters at Metropole Hotel (5-room
  suite)

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Capone in Jail

• Capone started in Atlanta but took over
• Sent to Alcatraz and became model prisoner
• Had some symptoms of Syphilitic Demenita
• Died January 25, 1947 from cardiac arrest

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Al Capone
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John Dillinger

• Born June 22, 1903 in Indianapolis
• Joined Navy but deserted in Boston
• Pleaded guilty to a robbery and spent 8 ½ years
  in jail (very upset)
• Dillinger escaped from the Indiana State Prison
• Later Dillinger escaped from the unescapable
  Crown Point jail with a wooden gun

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Dillinger Cont.

• Anna Sage, who worked at a brothel in Indiana,
  helped to give information to the police
• Dillinger and two ladies went to the Biograph
  Theater to watch a Clark Gable Movie
• Dillinger tried to escape but was shot 3 times
  and died later in a Hospital on January 22, 1934
• This was the beginning of the end of the Gangster
  Era

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Biograph Theatre
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Death Photo of Dillinger
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The many faces of John Dillinger
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The Midwest Crime Phase
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Lester M. Gillis akaBaby Face Nelson

• December 6, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois
• 54 tall and weighed 133 pounds
• Given the nickname because of his Juvenile
  appearance
• Escaped while being transported between jails
• Became connected with Dillinger gang in 1933

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Helen Gillis (Nelsons Wife)

• Killed special agents Hollis and Crowley
  (responsible for Dillinger death) in a gun battle
• Nelson was also injured during the battle and
  died later that evening on November 27, 1934

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Death Photo of Baby Face Nelson
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Baby Face Nelson Identification
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Baby Face Nelson Video

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vapq46lA0uSM

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Bonnie ParkerClyde Champion Barrow
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Bonnie and Clyde

• Met January 1930
• Bonnie was 19 and married to an imprisoned
  murderer she never divorced him
• Clyde was 21 and unmarried
• By their death, considered to have committed 13
  murders and several robberies and burglaries

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The Story of Bonnie and Clyde (1934)

• You've read the story of Jesse James--Of how he
  lived and diedIf you're still in needOf
  something to readHere's the story of Bonnie and
  Clyde.
• Some day they'll go down togetherThey'll bury
  them side by sideTo few it'll be grief--To the
  law a relief--But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde

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Bonnie and Clyde

• Helped with a jail break of 5 prisoners at the
  Eastham State Prison Farm in Texas
• Bonnie and Clyde were found to be hidden by the
  Methvin family and were eventually killed May 23,
  1934 while trying to drive away in Louisiana
• Around 170 shots fired, about 50 hit them

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Bonnie and Clyde Death Photos
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Bonnie and Clyde Video

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?voAr-CULUb6E
• Start at 108
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vuhHD-8bAIeQfeature
  related
• Start at 304

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George Kelly Burns Machine Gun

• Born July 18, 1895 in Memphis, TN
• Poor Student whose highest Grade (C) was in good
  physical hygiene
• Started as a bootlegger
• Married Young but could not make enough money
  legally to support his family

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Kelley

• Married Kathryn Thorne, an accomplished criminal,
  and took his status to the next level, eventually
  becoming Public Enemy 1
• Would take cartridges from her husbands gun and
  distribute them throughout the underworld
• Interesting to note, it is said he never killed
  anyone

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Kelley Phrase

• During his arrest in Memphis, Kelley coined the
  phrase, G-Men, please dont shoot.
• Was given a Life sentence and when he threatened
  to break out, was sent by train to Alcatraz,
  where he was one of the first group of Prisoners.
• He was AZ 117
• Died of a heart attack July 18, 1954, on his 59th
  birthday

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Life at Alcatraz
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Pretty Boy Floyd

• Born February 3, 1904
• Married with a son, but girlfriend in 1929 gave
  him the name Pretty Boy
• From 1929-1934 carried out a string of 30
  successful bank robberies

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Charles Arthur Floyd (Pretty boy)
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Kansas City Massacre

• Chief Suspect along with Adam Richetti in killing
  4 law officers, now found that he may not have
  been involved
• FBI agent Melvin Purvis shot and killed Floyd
  outside a corn field on October 22, 1934.
• 20,000 people attended his funeral, the largest
  in Oklahoma history

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Pretty Boy Floyd
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Pretty Boy Floyd Plaque
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House where Floyd was killed
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Funeral of Pretty Boy Floyd
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Pretty Boy Floyd Videos

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v26Pr3oKmHn8

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Gangster Videos

• http//ndepth.newsok.com/gangsters