February 7, 1932 - Frank Schweihs
Among Chicago Outfit figures, Schweihs stood out for the directness of the violence attributed to him — federal prosecutors had prepared murder indictments against him at the time of his death, suggesting a body of alleged criminal conduct that extended well beyond his 1989 extortion conviction. His work spanned multiple crews and revenue streams, from Las Vegas casino skimming operations to extortion of Chinatown gambling interests, reflecting the Outfit's reach across institutional and ethnic boundaries during its later decades.
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Francis John Schweihs (February 7, 1932 – July 23, 2008), aka "Frank the German", was an American mobster, who worked for the Outfit, the organized crime family of Chicago. At the time of his death, federal prosecutors planned to indict him for numerous crimes, including murder. It is believed he had participated in, or had knowledge of, many murders going back decades, including brothers Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro and Michael Spilotro, Allen Dorfman of the Teamsters Union, a disgraced Chicago cop, Outfit associate and informant Dick Cain, Outfit boss Salvatore "Sam," "Mooney" Giancana, loanshark Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Outfit hitman Charles "Chuckie" Nicoletti, John Roselli and others.
Schweihs was convicted of extortion in 1989 and sentenced to 13 years and one month in prison; he was also ordered to pay $42,900 in fines and restitution.
Schweihs operated with several crews, one of them the "Chinatown Crew" also known as the "26th Street Crew." Its operations were run out of the Old Neighborhood Italian American Club, originally on west 26th Street, in Chicago. Its founder, Angelo J. "The Hook" LaPietra, and Schweihs' partner skimmed $2 million from Las Vegas casinos in the 1980s and built a new massive club structure on West 31st Street, in Chicago. In 1991, Schweihs collected $12,000 a month from the On Leong, in Chinatown, to allow them to run their casino there. The money was delivered to the Italian Club.
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