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Hymie Weiss
Acting
25 Jan 1898
† 11 Oct 1926
Sieradz, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Biography
Earl J. "Hymie" Weiss, born Henryk Wojciechowski in Sieradz, Congress Kingdom of Poland in 1898, was a prominent figure in the organized crime landscape of the Prohibition era. He grew up in a Polish immigrant family and, in his early teens, became involved in criminal activities alongside his friend Dion O'Banion. Together, they founded the Northside Gang, notorious for its involvement in bootlegging and other illicit operations during a time of fierce gang rivalries in Chicago. Weiss's organiz...
Also Known As
Henryk Wojciechowski, Earl J. Weiss, Earl Weiss
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