There was a contingent of Outfit guys who didn't want to see guys like Accardo, Giancana & Co to takeover? Never read about that, and it doesn't make much sense to me. All of those guys came up with Capone. Guzik, Humphreys, Alderisio, Fischetti's, Nicoletti, Battaglia, Aiuppa, Ricca. And while some were younger and did the a lot of the heavy stuff for Capone, the Guzik's and Ricca's of the Chicago underworld were Pretty freaking old by the mid 50's, certainly they didn't believe they could run things forever. Who else was against the middle age group getting theirs?


Also don't recall really reading anywhere that Ricca forced Accardo to step down as boss, especially in favor of Giancana, who was always a high profile individual, and a lot more attractive to LE than a Tony Accardo. And historians & LE always provided the impression that Accardo was Giancana's overseer of sorts, not Ricca.

Interesting stuff to say the least.