Vincenzo Colosimo (Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso koˈlɔːzimo]; February 16, 1878 – May 11, 1920), known as James "Big Jim" Colosimo or as "Diamond Jim", was an...
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Colosimo is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Big Jim Colosimo (1878–1920), Italian organized crime figure Gaspare Colosimo...
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Rush Street, Grand Avenue and Chinatown. Big Jim Colosimo centralized control in the early 20th century. Colosimo was born in Calabria, Italy, in 1878, and...
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Johnny Torrio (section Colosimo murder)
Coney Island section of Brooklyn. By 1909, Torrio moved to Chicago. "Big Jim" Colosimo, who had become head of a burgeoning vice empire in Chicago is reputed...
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and "Big Jim" Colosimo and his right-hand man Johnny Torrio of Chicago. Rothstein and Torrio are eager to buy alcohol from Nucky, but Colosimo declines...
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"How Did Big Jim Colosimo Get Killed? – Chicago Outfit". NCS. Retrieved May 5, 2019. "When the Outfit Ran Chicago, Vol I:The "Big Jim" Colosimo Era". D&R...
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difficulties for mob boss Big Jim Colosimo, a former Black Hand gangster and owner of brothels throughout Chicago. Colosimo's life was being threatened...
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Horony Cummings (November 7, 1849 – November 2, 1940), popularly known as Big Nose Kate, was a Hungarian-born American outlaw, gambler, prostitute and...
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kills his boss "Big Louis" Costillo in the lobby of his club; Capone was involved in the murder of his first boss "Big Jim" Colosimo in 1920. Rival boss...
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extortion threats cannot be traced to them. Chicago racketeer James "Big Jim" Colosimo brings his nephew Johnny Torrio, then with New York City's Five Points...
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rival Timothy "Big Tim" Murphy or Johnny Torrio and Al Capone. Enright's death occurred shortly before the death of James "Big Jim" Colosimo). Although Vincent...
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organized groups of European immigrants in the late 1800s. In 1910, Big Jim Colosimo founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side. In the early 1950s, immigration...
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executed in 1927. May 11 – Chicago business owner and racketeer James "Big Jim" Colosimo is shot and killed in the lobby of his restaurant by someone lying...
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Dorothy Baker Sydney Biddle Barrows Big Sue Belle Brezing Julia Bulette Hilma Burt Nina Clifford Big Jim Colosimo Joseph Conforte Belle Cora (Arabella...
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(1860–1898), assassinated Al Swearengen (1845–1904), natural causes James "Big Jim" Colosimo (1878–1920), assassinated Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila (1878–1928), assassinated...
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William Hale Thompson (redirect from Big Bill of Chicago)
(accessed November 2, 2016). Bilek, Arthur J. (2008). The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosimo and the Ladies of the Levee. Nashville, TN: Cumberland House. p. 179...
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Dorothy Baker Sydney Biddle Barrows Big Sue Belle Brezing Julia Bulette Hilma Burt Nina Clifford Big Jim Colosimo Joseph Conforte Belle Cora (Arabella...
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Dorothy Baker Sydney Biddle Barrows Big Sue Belle Brezing Julia Bulette Hilma Burt Nina Clifford Big Jim Colosimo Joseph Conforte Belle Cora (Arabella...
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at the invitation of Torrio, who was imported by crime boss James "Big Jim" Colosimo as an enforcer. Capone began in Chicago as a bouncer in a brothel...
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crime figure of Italian descent. He was associated with Johnny Torrio, Big Jim Colosimo, Frankie Yale and Al Capone during the Prohibition era. In his later...
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v t e Chicago Outfit Bosses Big Jim Colosimo Johnny Torrio Al Capone Frank Nitti Paul Ricca Tony Accardo Sam Giancana Sam Battaglia Jackie Cerone Felix...
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Dorothy Baker Sydney Biddle Barrows Big Sue Belle Brezing Julia Bulette Hilma Burt Nina Clifford Big Jim Colosimo Joseph Conforte Belle Cora (Arabella...
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List of brothels in Nevada (redirect from Big 4 Ranch)
were unsuccessful, so the brothel never reopened. Big Casino – Opened in late 1904 or early 1905, the Big Casino was a restaurant, saloon, betting parlor...
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Dorothy Baker Sydney Biddle Barrows Big Sue Belle Brezing Julia Bulette Hilma Burt Nina Clifford Big Jim Colosimo Joseph Conforte Belle Cora (Arabella...
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Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Stone Killer (1973); Capone (1975, as Big Jim Colosimo); Chesty Anderson, USN (1976); Heaven Can Wait (1978); The North Avenue...
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Mexico Territory with Blaylock, his brother Jim, and Jim's wife Bessie. There they reunited with Holliday and Big Nose Kate. The six friends traveled to Prescott...
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(1922–1982) Joseph Colombo, "Joe" (1923–1978) Big Jim Colosimo, "Diamond Jim" (born Vincenzo Colosimo, 1878–1920) Louis Consalvo, "Louie Eggs" (born 1958)...
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Dorothy Baker Sydney Biddle Barrows Big Sue Belle Brezing Julia Bulette Hilma Burt Nina Clifford Big Jim Colosimo Joseph Conforte Belle Cora (Arabella...
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was the third housemate to enter the final Channel 4 series of Celebrity Big Brother in the UK; she was the second to be evicted. She did not return for...
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