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Al Capone was born of an immigrant family in Brooklyn. New York in 1899. After his 6th grade year he dropped out of school. He associated with a notorious street gang becoming accepted as a member. Capone became boss when leader Johnny Terrio was wounded seriously in an assassination attempt. Al Capone died on January 25, 1947.

Bumpy Johnson was born on October 31, 1905. He was a mob boss in Harlem. His parents were concerned about his short temper an insolence behavior towards whites. His criminal career has inspired films and television. By the summer of 1952 Johnson's activities were being reported to the celebrity section Jet. Bumpy Johnson died July 7, 1968.

John Dillinger was born July 22, 1903 in Indianapolis. In 1930s Depression, many Americans nearly helpless against forces they didn't understand, made heroes of outlaws who took what they wanted at gunpoint. His name dominated the headlines. He was a notorious and vicious thief. From September 1933 until July 1934 he and his violent gang terrorized the Midwest killing 10 men and wounding 7 others. He died july 22, 1934.

Lester Gillis was born on December 6, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois. He roamed the streets with a gang of Juvenile headlines during his early teen years. He accomplished car thief and had been dubbed Babyface by members of his gang due to his juvenile appearance at the age of 14. He was convicted of auto theft and was committed to a boy's home in 1922.

Alfred Brady, James Dalhover, and Clarence Lee Shaffer, Jr. formed a coalition for the purpose of engaging in criminal activities that later were to make the m the objects of one of the greatest manhunts in the history of American crime in 1935. T he members of this infamous gang committed in the neighborhood of 150 holdups and robberies and at least one and possibly two murders in the comparatively short period of time between the latter part of the year 1935 and April 1936, the crimes committed were violations of state laws and as such did not come within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI.


 * Organized crimes is local gangs highly enterprised and ran by criminals. The purpose is for engaging in illegal activity. There are also a number of localized mafia organizations around the world bearing no link to any specific ethnic background. Mafia is used to describe number of criminal organizations around the world. The Mafia refers to the Italian American Mafia.**