This was one of his many real-estate dealings that he made money on with his personal take and share of running the most powerful and successful Outfit neighborhood for decades. Īiuppa also owned it for many years and eventually sold the Navajo Hills golf course outside suburban Chicago. Prostitution, slot machines, and various gaming activities occurred inside these nightclubs. The various clubs located on Cicero Avenue were the Frolics, the Towne Hotel, the 411 Club, and a few others. Aiuppa operated handbooks at 4835, 4811, and 4818 Cermak Road in Cicero, IL. This was the original 'strip' before the mob-controlled casino strip in Las Vegas. Aiuppa eventually owned or operated several establishments in Cicero, collectively called the Strip. The Cicero district was the highest-earning neighborhood for decades, going back to Al Capone, who headquartered out of this area while he was in command. īeginning in the late 1940s and well into the 1960s, Aiuppa was in charge of the Cicero district of the Outfit.

In 1935, Chicago crime files indicated Aiuppa as a trigger man and expert bank robber for Claude Maddox. A member of the Capone Mob, Aiuppa also had connections to John Dillinger and the Karpis Gangs. Aiuppa was a charter member of Local 450 Union for Hotel and Restaurant Employees. In the early 1930s, Aiuppa managed Taylor & Company, ostensibly a furniture manufacturer though in actuality a front for manufacturing illegal slot machines. These clubs included bookmaking establishments and underground casinos with secret entrances. He graduated to operate several gambling establishments in Cicero, Illinois. Joseph Aiuppa was born in Melrose Park, Illinois, the eldest son of Simone (Sam) Aiuppa (1883-1934) and Rosalia (Rose) Marie Greco (1886-1968), Sicilian immigrants from Lascari, Province of Palermo, Sicily.ĭuring the 1920s, former boxer Aiuppa rose through the ranks of the Chicago Outfit, beginning as a driver for higher ranking Outfit leaders such as Tony Accardo. Joseph John Aiuppa (Decem– February 22, 1997), also known as ' Joey O'Brien' and ' Joey Doves', was a Chicago mobster who became a leader of the Chicago Outfit from 1971 until his skimming conviction in 1986. 'Joey O'Brien', 'Joey O.', 'Joey Doves', 'Mourning Doves'

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