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Earl J. "Hymie" Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski; [1] 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". [2]
Born in Chicago, he grew up on the North Side with his Polish-American family. He was Catholic, despite the Jewish-sounding moniker. He befriended an Irish-American teen named Dean O'Banion. With Weiss and George Bugs Moran, O'Banion established the North...
Oct 9, 2020 · Hymie Weiss was also known as Henry Wojciechowski and was the leader of the North-Side gang in Chicago after the murder of Dean O’Banion in 1924. He was also a fierce rival of Al Capone and the Chicago Outfit, and after the death of his boss in 1924 he swore to seek revenge on his killers.
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.
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...
Mar 17, 2003 · Weiss was of Polish birth. His real name was Wajciechowski, but, being found cumbersome, it was contracted to Weiss. In police records his first name appears as Earl, but in gangdom he was “Hymie” and “Little Hymie,” and “Hymie the Polack.”.
Oct 26, 2014 · Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski was known as Hymie Weiss or Hymie the Pole. He was also known as “The Perfume Burglar” because he spilled perfume during a robbery. Weiss worked for Dean O’Banion ...
Oct 10, 2018 · One of the men killed is Earl “Hymie” Weiss, a member of the North Side Gang that controlled bootlegging and other illegal activity on the north side of the city, a rival to a gang controlled by Al Capone.
Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski (25 January 1898-11 October 1926), better known as Hymie Weiss, was a Polish-American mob boss who led the North Side Gang of Chicago, Illinois from 1924 to 1926, succeeding Dean O'Banion and preceding Vincent Drucci.
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.
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