March 28, 1901 - Gus Winkler
Winkler operated at the violent intersection of organized crime and contract killing during one of American gangland's most turbulent decades, running an outfit built around armed robbery and murder for hire alongside the notorious Fred Burke. His close association with Al Capone placed him near the center of Chicago Outfit power, and his suspected role in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre marks him as a figure connected to one of Prohibition-era crime's most defining events. He was thirty-two when he was killed, a reminder of how short careers in that world tended to run.
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Gus Winkler (March 28, 1901 – October 9, 1933) was an American gangster who headed a Prohibition-era criminal gang specializing in armed robbery and murder for hire with Fred "Killer" Burke. Winkler was a senior associate of Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone and is considered a suspect in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
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