The Chicago Syndicate: Fred Roti
Showing posts with label Fred Roti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fred Roti. Show all posts
Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Jimmy DeLeo Era Begins

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An important Illinois political story took place on Wednesday. It didn't happen in Springfield or at Chicago's City Hall. It took pl...

Reputed Mob Lawyer Sam Banks Succumbs to Cancer

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Whether he was prosecuting comic Lenny Bruce on obscenity charges, defending a client, or fending off talk that he was a mob mouthpiece, law...
Sunday, August 02, 2009

Chicago's Mayor Daley Campaigns with Reputed Mobster - Flashback

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Flashback March 28, 1989. Richard M. Daley is leaving his stint at Cook County States Attorney to run for Mayor of Chicago. Chicago Sun-Time...
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Cook County Commissioner, John Daley, Named in FBI File of Chicago Mob Boss

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Giancana's FBI file has some rather interesting information. We'll quote to you: FBI Headquarters File Number 92-3171-2602 Samuel M....

Millennium Park's Grill, AKA "Clout Cafe" Linked to Mob, Yet Pays No Property Taxes

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It wasn't long after the hinky backstory to the the Park Grill in Millennium Park earned it a moniker among political insiders isn't...
Monday, December 08, 2008

Jane Byrne and the Cabal of Evil Men

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I first met Jane Byrne before Thanksgiving in 1978 at a meeting of the “Bogan Broads” — that was their name and they were proud of it — at a...
Sunday, March 09, 2008

Chicago Democrats and the Chicago Mob

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Barack Obama's key fund raiser, Tony Rezko, went on trial last week. It's important to take a broader look at America's most co...
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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Cook County State's Attorney Candidate Lobbied for Reputed Mob Associate's Company

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Larry Suffredin -- a self-styled reformer running for Cook County state's attorney -- lobbied for a landfill controlled by Fred Bruno Ba...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

It's Still the Chicago Way, New Books Prove Nothing Changes

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“Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about Hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking th...
Friday, August 17, 2007

Frank Calabrese Sr. Takes Witness Stand

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In the Family Secrets mob trial Wednesday there was testimony from "Joey the Clown." Thursday, it was "Frankie the Breeze.&qu...
Friday, July 27, 2007

The Mob Will Extort Street Taxes from Anyone

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Friends of ours: Nicholas Calabrese, Frank Calabrese Sr., Fred Roti, Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo,...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

Banker Becomes Focus of Mob Testimony

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Friends of ours: Frank "Toots" Caruso, Nicholas Calabrese, Bruno "The Bomber" Roti, Fred Roti Friends of mine: Fred Barb...
Monday, February 12, 2007

The Unfinished Business of Donnie Brasco

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The only real mobster I ever met was a funny little guy named Fred. He was short, stooped and rumpled, with basset-hound eyes and pallid ski...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Alledged Mob Social Club: We Do a Lot of Good Things

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Friends of ours: Angelo "The Hook" LaPietra, Bruno Caruso, Fred Roti, Frank "Toots" Caruso, Michael Talarico Friends of ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

One Family's Rise, A Century of Power

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When Bruno Roti Sr. died in 1957, 3,000 people lined the streets to pay their respects. Fourteen cars overflowed with flowers. The wail o...