Some of the major Black players from back in the days was Teddy Roe.Born on August 26, 1898, in Galliana, Louisiana,he was the last of the policy kings,Ed Jones prodigy,who worked as a bookkeeper and had a part of their policy operation.He was a tuff guy and was called Robin Hood in the black community of Chicago.He controlled all the gambling between Roosevelt and Halsted Street.The reason he was big is because he didn’t take any shit from the white mob.Theres a rumour that one day on a Nat King Cole show ,on the Westside of Chicago at the Boogie Woogie bar,Teddy Roe grabbed Sam Giacana and threatened to kill him if Sam didnt back off.The Chicago mob tried to scare Roe and get him out of the business many times.They threatened his family and he was also takin death calls all the time.Theres a story that Giancana even offered Roe,half a million dollars to leave town,but Roe refused.It is not known why Sam(known for his deadly reputation)waited to kill Roe so much time remains a mistery(wich i highly doubt that Sam was scared).Maybe Sam never met a black gangster like Teddy Roe before.

So one night,on June 19 1951 Teddy Roe was driving his Lincoln through the streets of Chicago and suspicious car was driving behind him and following him.The guys behind him were Sam's hitman,"Fat" Leonard(brother of Marshall Joseph Caifano),Jimmy "New York" and Vincent Loli.Roe stopped his Lincoln on the sidewalk and with all of his courage and got off the car.He was in company with three of his bodyguards.The three Chi hitman also stopped their car and got out and started walkin towards Roe,wich all hell broke loose.Theres a rumour that the killers identified themselves as state attorney police.Roe and his bodyguards started shooting their guns at Fat Leonard wich half of his head got blown off.Jimmy New York managed to get back in the car but Vincent wasnt so lucky.He was shot in the arm but survived.Both of the hitmen escaped with their car,but left Fat Leonard Caifano lying dead on the street.When the police arrived,there were no witnesses and the investigation uncovered no hard evidence about what had really happened. The two hitmen that escaped almost got killed by the Outfit cuz of leaving the dead body of Fat Lenny on the street.The killing of Fat Lenny shocked the Mob.

Later Teddy Roe was charged with the murder of Fat Lenny but later on the charges were dropped and Roe was hailed by the black comunity as a hero.Roe told to the reporters, "They'll have to kill me to take me." Wich later they did murder him.