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Earl J. "Hymie" Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski; January 25, 1898 – October 11, 1926), was a Polish-American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone. He was known as "the only man Al Capone feared".
After the death of O'Banion, Hymie Weiss assumed leadership of the North Side Gang and immediately struck back at his rivals. On 12 January, 1925, Weiss, Bugs Moran, and Vincent Drucci attempted to kill Torrio's lieutenant, Al Capone, at a Chicago South Side restaurant.
Mar 23, 2009 · The Death of Hymie Weiss: Al Capone’s revenge. With Torrio out of the way, the trio of Weiss, Drucci and Moran made Capone their target and launched one attack after another on him. Capone was repeatedly lucky to escape with his life. Naturally, he fought back.
④ The brainiest leader the north side boozedom has had, Hymie Weiss ruled by the might of outsmarting his underlings and his enemies. He held sway over gunmen and politicians alike—until laid low with ten bullets in his body.
Jun 13, 2017 · Hymie Weiss, who assumed North Side Gang leadership after O’Banion’s execution, was next up for the Torrio-Capone mob.
Earl "Hymie" Weiss was a Chicago mobster and tough rival of Al Capone. Weiss was born in Chicago to a Polish Catholic emigrant family as Earl Wojciechowski, the family having changed their last name upon immigrating to the United States in the 1890s (he earned the nickname "Hymie" only later in...
Sep 19, 2023 · Hymie Weiss was the epitome of 1920s gangster. He spent his short 28 years on this planet intimidating, conspiring and collecting from the city of Chicago.
Oct 2, 2017 · Weiss is said to be the only man that fellow-ganster Al Capone feared. After O'Bannion was killed by Capone's men in 1924 at their headquarters in Schofeld's flower shop across the street from Holy Name Cathedral, Weiss became single-minded in his desire to kill Capone and his cohort Johnny Torrio.
Mar 16, 2024 · Earl J. Hymie Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski; January 25, 1898 – October 11, 1926), was a Polish-American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone.
Sep 22, 2023 · Al Capone, a name synonymous with organized crime, found himself unnerved by Hymie Weiss, a man who seemed to defy the unwritten rules of mob warfare. Weiss’s reputation as a fearsome mobster wasn’t built on brute force alone; it was his tactical acumen that made him a formidable adversary.
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