Jack Costa AKA Angelo Spano was, depending on which paper you read, either a member of the Northside Moran gang or was a with Joe Aiello, a Moran ally at the time. Since Aiello was at war with Capone at the time chances are Costa was aligned with the latter.
The New York Daily News stated that Costa was a transplant from Brooklyn. In Chicago, it was reported that Costa owned a number of cabarets that used Moran booze and beer. The details behind his demise are a bit murky. He was living in an apartment with his 23-year old girlfriend Margaret Reardon. According to Reardon, she threw party that she didn't want Costa to attend so rented a room for him and a confederate of his named Fred in the same complex for the evening. After the party, in the wee hours of September 14, 1930, Reardon called Costa in the room and told him the party was over and he could come back. Costa left the the room and as he was crossing the courtyard, he was cut down by shotguns fired from the apartment above the one he had just vacated. He died later that day.
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Hola querido amigo, tengo una pregunta Patrick en esta era de gángsters ¿Habian Australianos y alemanes en América? ¿Luchando por cerveza o solo polacos y judíos irlandeses?
Hi David, I am not aware of any gangsters of Australian ancestry in America during the 20s. I believe there were some of German ancestry. The Gusenbergs in Chicago. Also some other "bad guys" from the era. Bank robber John Dillinger, I believe came from German stock. The nickname "Dutch" comes up a lot in that era, but it seems mostly that it was Italians, Jewish and Irish for the most part, with some exceptions. The Chinese tongs were very active in the Chinatowns of the cities. Polish in Chicago.
gracias patrick, encontre algunos ingleses y franceses
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