John Kobler's bio of Capone (the best IMO) gives a lot of detail about the Outfit's allies and competitors among Chicago's many ethnic racketeers and gangs. Leaves me with two impressions: --While the Outfit was unquestionably the biggest, richest and most powerful gang in Chicago (and possibly in the US), it never had a monopoly (or even a near-monopoly) on the booze trade; --Chicago during Prohibition was an OC "equal opportunity employer."
Thats right and in fact, some Outfit guys stated that their organization allegedly never had monopoly over some of the rackets, possibly except for the vending machine racket, the local unions and the street tax. I also agree regarding the Outfit being "equal opportunity employer" since they worked with everyone. Even other bosses like Angelo Bruno stated something similar regarding Giancana and the Outfit. Even the non-Italians had their own position on the Outfits ruling panels and their leader or representative was usually elected by the Italian boss and underboss, followed by other powerful capos. This situation also made some of their elders allegedly worried regarding the inside info of the internal Cosa Nostra stuff, meaning they were worried on whether guys like Gus Alex knew too much about it. Thats why later Alex was placed next to Accardo and Aiuppa, because he was too important for the organization to be pushed out.
So, ill say it again, theres 99% chances that Capone first went through traditional ceremony but as time passed by, the traditional aka Sicilian influence allegedly started to fade away to an extent (like it was mentioned in some of the fbi clips that I already posted) because of the numerous Mainlander leaders and again, as I already said in one of my previous posts, it depends on the time period and also on the boss who ruled the Outfit, meaning whether he was traditional or not.
They still had a board of directors also known as "consiglio". I personally believe that the Outfit returned to its old traditional way, sometime during the early or mid 70s, or after the deaths of the "old school" leaders like Ricca and LaPorte. In fact, I believe that it was Accardo who brought back the traditional way, especially when the books were re-opened in 76/77. Later or during the 80s, we already have info that the Outfit was making people the "old way". As for the 90s, after all the trouble that occurred, we can only speculate on what really went down.
Again, dont forget that when Capone entered Cosa Nostra, he became even more powerful by receiving interests in and out of the country and in fact, by the 1960s the Outfit was present all around the world and none of the other crime families ever achieved that.
Theres also one completely unconfirmed story that Capone allegedly used Orthodox Bible, which was allegedly given to him by his Greek associates, while inducting new members but as I already said it is either a "myth" or "legend".
Yep Vito I'll eat my words about the Iacono hit, I figured there was no way it was a "mafia hit" but it damn sure seems to be what that was now. Guess we'll see Anthony Gallo in the headlines soon too. Just seems like when the Rizzuto's clear out a set of enemies, a new set steps up to raise hell. Just when we figured Desjardins would be the next to fall Del Balso figures he had the clout to kill Leonardo and take over with the help of the Angels who really stabbed Leo in the back and ended up with shit all over their face.
And holy shit what a stupid knucklehead that Del Balso was. He had the perfect opportunity to hit Leo and he picked those two and was dumb enough to rent the fuckin Porsche himself. Talk about being an idiot!
More good stuff from North of the border where the killing will continue....
After years of hard work, we're happy to announce that This Thing Of Ours is officially coming out on May 11th 2024! This is a huge milestone for us as we've spent the last 7 years working on this game. We have a ton of content planned for future updates with TTOO, and will be supporting this game for years to come!
What features to expect during launch:
Playable blackjack at 2 locations: The Beacon Hill Crew Hangout, and in the backroom of the strip club Purchasing new houses, where you can change your clothes, and save your game. Plenty of side missions! 10 main storyline missions to complete Purchasing clothes at 2 different clothing stores. Changing your hairstyle at the barbershop Hijack trucks and take them to a drop off location within a set amount of time and be rewarded with money for it. Money laundering! Certain activities you'll receive dirty money, which in order to be used to purchase items has to be laundered first. The ability to purchase weapons from various stores! An amusement park where you'll be able to ride some of the rides. Stealing cars, and taking them to chop shops. Drug dealing Breaking into houses and stealing items at night time, and fencing them to one of your connections. And more!