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John Scalise (born Giovanni Scalise, 1900, Castelvetrano, Sicily – May 7, 1929, Chicago) was an American organized crime figure of the early 20th century and, with partner Albert Anselmi, was one of the Chicago Outfit's most successful hitmen in Prohibition-era Chicago.
Oct 10, 2019 · John Scalise was a Sicilian mobster and a trusted hitman of Al Capone. He and Albert Anselmi plotted to assassinate Capone for a $50k bounty, but they were betrayed and brutally beaten by Capone's men in 1929.
John T. Scalish (September 18, 1912 – May 26, 1976), also known as "John Scalise", was an American mobster who became the boss of the Cleveland crime family.
Police then announced that they suspected Capone gunmen John Scalise and Albert Anselmi, as well as Jack McGurn and Frank Rio, a Capone bodyguard. Police eventually charged McGurn and Scalise with the massacre.
John T. Scalish, the last great don of the Cleveland Mafia, was taking his biggest gamble yet — a long shot. At stake was life. But the odds favored death. At 63, Scalish was still very much in control of the city's underworld — still its Godfather.
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John Scalise was a Sicilian gangster who worked for Al Capone and was involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. He was killed in 1929 along with Albert Anselmi and Joseph Gunta, possibly by Capone's orders.