The American Mafia - Earl Weiss

Earl Weiss
? to Oct. 11, 1926.
"Hymie"

Weiss apparently succeeded Dion O'Banion as boss of the Irish-Jewish gang on Chicago's North Side in 1924.

Weiss launched immediate attacks on Johnny Torrio and Al Capone. Neither achieved the desired result, though Torrio was severely wounded.

Capone reportedly asked for peace early in October of 1926. Weiss's refusal was his death warrant. The North Side leader was shot from nearby buildings as he approached his gang's headquarters on the afternoon of October 11.

A brief period of peace followed. But war erupted again in Chicago when George "Bugs" Moran took over the North Side gang in April 1927.