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About this book
Painting a vivid picture of the scenes both inside and outside the courtroom and re-creating events from court transcripts, police records, interviews, and notes taken day after day as the story unfolded in court in 2007, this narrative accurately portrays cold-bloodedâand sometimes incompetentâkillers and their crimes. In 1998 Frank Calabrese Jr. offered to wear a wire to help the FBI build a case against his father, Frank Sr., and his uncle Nick. A top Mob boss, a reputed consigliore, and other high-profile members of the Chicago Outfit were eventually accused in a total of 18 gangland killings, revealing organized crime's ruthless grip on the city throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. After a series of other defendants pled guilty, those left to face off in court alongside Frank Sr. were James "Little Jimmy" Marcello, the acting head of the Chicago mob; Joey "the Clown" Lombardo, one of Chicago's most colorful mobsters; and Paul "the Indian" Schiro. A former Chicago police officer who worked in evidence, Anthony "Twan" Doyle, rounded out the list. The riveting testimony and wide-angle view provide one of the best accounts on record of the inner workings of the Chicago syndicate and its control over the city's streets.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Authorâs Note
- 1 A Killing Between Friends
- 2 The Surprise Letter
- 3 Witness of a Lifetime
- 4 United States vs. the Chicago Outfit
- 5 This Is Not The Sopranos
- 6 Testimony and Tapes
- 7 Alva and Emma
- 8 A Son Against His Father
- 9 Nick
- 10 A Killer Tells His Tale
- 11 Explosion on the Tollway
- 12 From Cicero to Las Vegas
- 13 One and Two
- 14 The Beak, the oven, and the Dentist
- 15 Joey
- 16 Cross-examination
- 17 Frank Sr.
- 18 Twan
- 19 Closing Arguments
- 20 End of a Trial, End of an Era
- Acknowledgments
- Key Figures
- Chronology
- Map
- Index