Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-17
GANGS OF CHICAGO
REPORTED MERGED
Secret Pact Declared Signed
Between Capone and Moran
Racketeer Factions.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, April IA union of
Chicagos warning gangs under the
single leadership of AL CScarface) Ca
pone was understood today to have
been effected.
The amalgamation of the Capone and
George Bugs Moran factions. hereto
fore at odds with each other over
liquor. gambling and vice trafic, has for
its reported purposes:
% The ending of gang gunnery,
which has been responsible for hundreds
of deaths in Chicago during recent
years; and,
(2) The co-ordinating of all major
gang enterprises for purposes of in
creased power and profits.
Pact Secretly Signed.
The peace agreement was reported by
the Herald and Examiner as having
been secretly signed following confer
ences at Capone headquarters at Twen-
ty-second street and Michigan avenue.
Last night the agreement, binding
members of several warning groups into
one large gang, was celebrated at nu-
merous places where the more prom
! inent gang members congregate. The
Herald and Examiner said these parties
we're attended by lesser lights of both
the Capone and Moran gangs, with Ca
pone men in the majority. The Moran
celebration of the ratification is planned
| for a later date.
Although the amalgamation brings
under one leadership the most impor-
| tant gang men of Chicago 1t Is not en-
tirely representative. Neither William
| (Klondike) ODonnel nor Ralph Shell
don, each mentioned frequently in West
Side gang affairs, is included in the
gang union. The theory of Capone and
Moran men, however, was reported as
being that the new organization, be-
cause of its greater power, would be
able to crush out any lesser group that
might arise to challenge 1t.
City Divided in Past.
Under the old scheme of things, as
police often have outlined, the city has
been divided by the gangs for the gam
bling, liquor and vice privileges" The
Loop, for example, is generally under
stood to be under the control OF the Ca
pone gang so far as liquor and gambling
are concerned. Loop speakeasies are
compelled to buy "Capone beer" and
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their supplies elsewhere, they must pay
certain percentage to the Capone
group anyway. The same condition ap-
plies on the South Side. while on the
North Side the privilege" is held by the
Moran men.
The peace agreement provides that all
income from gambling, liquor distribu-
ton and vice resorts must be paid into
a common pool. Out of this pool will
be paid the profits as well as whatever
protection funds are needed.
| 1t was understood also that arrange
ments we're being made to revamp the
protection system to avoid its being
| scattered unfortunately among many
! persons. The plan calls for payment
| only to certain selected individuals with
| power great enough to handle smaller
| fry.
'AIl for Al, AL for ALL"
The Herald and Examiner said that
| at the several celebrations held last
night, the toast often heard was: "All
| for AL and Al for ALL"
| Among Moran men reported as having
sat at the council table yesterday with
Capone leaders were Jack Zuta, "busi-
ness agent" for Moran, and Joe Aiello
long foe OF Capone gangsters.