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    Frank Ralph Nitto (born Francesco Raffaele Nitto, Italian: [franˈtʃesko raffaˈɛːle ˈnitto]; January 27, 1886 – March 19, 1943), known as Frank Nitti, was an Italian-American organized crime figure based in Chicago.

  2. Jun 20, 2024 · Frank Nitti was the one of Al Capones top henchmen, known as The Enforcer who was in charge of all strong-arm and muscle operations for the Chicago Outfit, and later the front-man following Al Capone’s prison sentence.

  3. Aug 9, 2021 · You have just read an eye-witness account of how Frank Nitti, the man who succeeded Al Capone as head of the Chicago criminal empire, really died.

  4. Frank Nitti was an American gangster in Chicago who was Al Capones chief enforcer and inherited Capone’s criminal empire when Capone went to prison in 1931. Starting as a barber, Nitti became a fence for stolen goods and about 1920 joined Capone’s gang.

  5. Apr 6, 2024 · One of Al Capone's top lieutenants during Prohibition, Frank Nitti succeeded Scarface as boss of the Chicago Outfit in the 1930s.

  6. Aug 3, 2014 · Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as Frank Nitti or “The Enforcer”, followed Al Capone as leader of the Chicago Outfit in the years after Prohibition. He was boss more in name than fact, but he left a major stamp on the city’s Mafia organization by the time he killed himself to avoid prison time.

  7. Frank Nitti was an Italian-born American gangster, best known as one of the top henchmen of the notorious gangster Al Capone. Nitti was in charge of the monetary matters of the ‘Chicago Outfit’ and later took control over the gang. Born in Campania, Italy, he was the first cousin of Al Capone.

  8. Oct 14, 2009 · In April 1933, Nitti went on trial for the attempted murder of Sergeant Lang. Police Officer Chris Callahan, a member of the mayor’s special squad who participated in the La Salle Street raid, was called to testify.

  9. Dec 31, 2010 · FRANK NITTI: TRUE STORY OF THE ENFORCER. Frank Nitti was born in Sicily in the 1880s. He emigrated to New York City after the end of World War I, and later moved to Chicago, where he set up business as a barber, with a profitable sideline as a small-time jewel thief and fence.

  10. Mar 19, 2014 · On March 19, 1943, mobster Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti, one of Al Capone’s henchmen and later front man for the Chicago Outfit, committed suicide after being indicted for extorting money from Hollywood producers. Born on January 27, 1886 in Italy, Nitti came to the United States in 1893, at the age of 7.

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