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A profile of Ken Eto, a Chicago mobster who rose to power and influence in the gambling world, and who was killed in 1983 by his own associates. The article traces his rise, his fall, and his final night out with his friends.
May 13, 2023 · The Last Gamble of Tokyo Joe by Dan O’Sullivan is the story of Ken Eto, who grew up the son of a fanatical Christian convert in California, was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, and after getting involved in illegal gambling, rose through the ranks of the Chicago mob. And then his story really started.
May 10, 2023 · The Last Gamble of Tokyo Joe. 10 May 2023. Now in Print and Online, Published By Chicago Magazine. Some people spend five years training for the Winter Olympics, hoping by the time the beds are made up in a city like Nagano or Lillehammer, they'll be ready to luge like a champion.
Ken Eto (衛藤 健 Etō Ken; October 19, 1919 – January 23, 2004), also known as Tokyo Joe and "The Jap", was an American mobster with the Chicago Outfit and eventually an FBI informant who ran Asian gambling operations for the organization.
The Last Gamble of Tokyo Joe. By Dan O'Sullivan. Ken Eto rose through the ranks of the Chicago mob, and then it tried to kill him. The underworld would never be the same.
Big Joe Arnold — Uncle Joe, as Steve had known him — had approached the son shortly after his father’s disappearance into witness protection, offering $10,000 to betray his father’s location. But Steve refused, and his dad managed to elude the mob.
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May 15, 2023 · Ken Eto left the meeting at Caesar DiVarco’s club on Wabash knowing they were going to kill him. It was midday. The plan was to get up with Johnny Gattuso and Jay Campise that evening, then they’d take him to Vince Solano and they’d all have dinner together.
