Organized Crime Mobsters and Gangster

Organized Crime Mobsters and Gangster

Colosimo, Jim

Early Chicago Mob Boss/ Prohibition

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Jul 27, 2023
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AKA Big Jim.  Born 1871 Died 1920 Founder of the Chicago Mob The Chicago mob was born out of the Levee one of the city’s first red light districts.   Officially the area had at least 50,000 prostitutes at a time when Chicago, city wide, had 81,000 known prostitutes and 52,000 known Procurers. During the first decade of the twentieth century, the Levee …

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