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Capone ally Ralph Sheldon attempted to kill both Capone and Lombardo for Aiello's reward, but Capone henchman Frank Nitti's intelligence network learned of the transaction and had Sheldon shot in front of a West Side hotel, although he didn't die.
Oct 23, 2016 · Without success Aiello decided he wanted to eliminate the both of them. On numerous occasions Aiello failed to assassinate Capone, one time offering Joseph ‘Diamond Joe’ Esposito $35,000 to put prussic acid in Capone’s soup.
Aug 2, 2024 · As Capone prepared for his return to Chicago, Joe Aiello, Zuta and two other gang members were arrested in the Loop, apparently just for having ventured downtown. On April 24, they, along with Capone, Moran and twenty-four other gangsters were named as public enemies by the Chicago Crime Commission. [19]
Nov 9, 2020 · The Gennas were killed by the Irish gang in 1925. Joe and his brothers took over the old Genna brothers’ territory: in particular, control of the Unione. Allied to the North Side, the Aiello gang became prominent targets for Al Capone’s Outfit. The Outfit was never part of the Sicilian Mafia.
Oct 14, 2009 · September 23, 1927 – Sam Valente, Cleveland gangster hired by Joe Aiello to kill Capone, is machine-gunned in Chicago. Aiello, who was suffering huge loses, aligned himself with the North Side gang now under the control of George "Bugs" Moran.
While Capone was on his way out of Chicago, Joe Aiello was headed back in. Meeting with his new allies on the North Side, Aiello still had fatalistic aspirations of climbing into the president's role of the Unione. The first obstacle in his way was Lolordo.
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Aiello would have been on the winning side in the Castellamarese conflict, but he was killed by Capone's men on Oct. 23, 1930, near the corner of Kolmar and West End Avenues. He was hit by dozens of bullets fired from several locations as he tried to reach a waiting taxicab.
