Originally Posted By: ht2
I don't believe the Outfit had anything to do with Cermak's death. The gunman was targeting FDR campaigning in Florida. A brave woman in the audience hit his arm and one bullet struck Cermak and 4 other random people. His obsession with FDR was no secret. He attended an anarchist meeting in Manhattan? and walked away with the idea that all bosses were bad and became obsessed with Roosevelt. He was in constant pain from stomach or duodenal ulcer and probably lost his mind during the Great Depression.

The Untouchables TV show did an episode "The Unhired Assassin". The producers did their homework and IMO did a fairly accurate portrayal. IMO, the Giancana book and other theories are nonsense.

But even if Zangara acted alone, in "The Untouchables" they portrayed Cermak as some antimafia hero. What about his contacts with Ted Newberry and Roger Touhy and the failed contract on Nitti?

Willie Marfeo to Henry Tameleo:

1) "You people want a loaf of bread and you throw the crumbs back. Well, fuck you. I ain't closing down."

2) "Get out of here, old man. Go tell Raymond to go shit in his hat. We're not giving you anything."