In some more "before they were famous" articles:

Sam Carlisi was busted for running a gambling den from his house on Polk St. Apparently, Sam's older brother, Alphonse, was a bigger wheel in Cicero than Sam was, at least through the sixties.

Someone who I believe to be Joey Lombardo (address listed as Hirsch St., ring a bell?) was arrested in 1953 for hijacking a fur track with coats valued at a total of nearly 90,000 dollars.


"Snakes... Snakes... I don't know no Snakes."