Danny Vallo was 38 year-old Chicago gangster with a history of changing allegiances. The Chicago Tribune stated that he was at first associated with the Gennas and then joined the Capone Syndicate. By 1930 he was allied with the Moran-Zuta- Aiello combination.
Vallo was not a product of Prohibition, his record predated the Eighteenth amendment when he was a member of a bandit gang headed by Edward Wheed. More arrests came for robberies. By the end of 1921, it was stated that Vallo had succeeded Paddy the Bear Ryan as leader of the Valley Gang after the latter's murder in 1920. He was arrested for murder in 1921 while getting the vote out for doomed mobster politician Anthony D'Andrea. Eight years later he was also picked up as a suspect in the St. Valentine's Day massacre.
The evening of August 13, 1930 found Vallo spending time with his young fiance. The started the evening at Vallo's sister's house where the hoodlum made three phone calls to a place in the Franklin Park district. After the third call he informed his fiance that he would have to take a ride out there and asked her to join him. After driving a bit, Vallo pulled over at a cafe in Niles Center (now Skokie) to make another call to the Franklin Park party. After the call, he returned to the car and invited his fiance in to get a sandwich. Vallo headed back to the cafe as his fiance stepped from the car. While exiting the auto, the fiance saw two men with sawed off shotguns step from some bushes. Before she had a chance to scream both fired at Vallo, who collapsed with wounds to his head and torso. He died an hour later.
Danny Vallo
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