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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.
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.
Bruce Gordon (February 1, 1916 – January 20, 2011) was an American actor best known for playing gangster Frank Nitti in the ABC television series The Untouchables. His acting career ranged over a half century and included stage, movies, and a varied number of roles on the small screen.
Frank Nitti (born 1896?, Naples, Italy—died March 19, 1943, North Riverside, Ill., U.S.) was an American gangster in Chicago who was Al Capone’s chief enforcer and inherited Capone’s criminal empire when Capone went to prison in 1931.
Mar 19, 2014 · O n 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.
Aug 19, 2017 · Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, left, with Louis "Little New York" Campagna in 1936, was considered the man who organized hits for Chicago mob boss Al Capone and then took over the crime syndicate...
Dec 31, 2010 · 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.
Aug 9, 2017 · Frank Nitti, center, known as the chief lieutenant of Al Capone and also as the real power of the gang “of which Capone is but a figurehead,” was arrested in 1930. He was seized by agents...
On March 18, 1943, Ricca and the Outfit leadership met with Nitti. Since the movie studio racket was Nitti's idea, Ricca and the Outfit leaders demanded that Nitti plead guilty to extortion charges to save them from prison.
In 1932 Frank Nitti was paroled from prison and went back to Chicago at the age of 42 to run the Outfit again. Times were changing and prohibition would soon end. Nitti being ever resourceful steered the outfit into the business of labor unions.
