Mr. YoungPart 2: History of

the MafiaSociology

First used in the early 1930’s by Frank Loesch to describe individuals who were criminals and extremely dangerous

Know used as the FBI Ten Most Wanted ListLoesch 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 can’t 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.“

Melvin Purvis-Born October 24, 1903

5’5” 127lbs. Brought in (killed)

John Dillinger and Pretty Boy

Floyd, commits suicide in 1960

The Man who Got Dillinger

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

February 14, 1929Owned by rival

George “Bugs” Moran

Capone’s men dressed like police officers and killed 7 men

More than 150 bullets fired

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

Capone’s Headquarters at Metropole Hotel (5-room suite)

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

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

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

December 6, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois

5’4” 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

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apq46lA0uSM

Met January 1930Bonnie 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

You've read the story of Jesse James--Of how he lived and died;If you're still in needOf something to readHere's the story of Bonnie and Clyde.

Some day they'll go down together;They'll bury them side by side;To few it'll be grief--To the law a relief--But it's death for 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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAr-CULUb6E

Start at 1:08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhHD-8bAIeQ&feature=related

Start at 3:04

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

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

During his arrest in Memphis, Kelley coined the phrase, “G-Men, please don’t 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 #117Died of a heart attack

July 18, 1954, on his 59th birthday

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

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Pr3oKmHn8

http://ndepth.newsok.com/gangsters