Season 3 [edit | edit source] Weiss attending a meeting with Johnny Torrio. Dean O'Banion (also Dion O'Banion) (8 July 1892 - 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. He made arrangements for beer suppliers in Canada to start shipments immediately, and also struck deals with whiskey and gin distributors. As a youngster, "Deanie," as he became known, sang in the church choir at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral. Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (played by Stephen Graham) is an extremely violent, ruthless and hot-tempered bootlegger and gangster based out of Chicago, who ends up becoming one of the most powerful, notorious and feared crime bosses in history. Duffy's body was later found in a snowbank outside Chicago; he had been shot three times in the head with a .38 caliber pistol. Joseph is related to Donna M Obanion. Dean O’Banion was born in Illinois on July 8, 1892, and is considered as the first great gangster of Chicago’s North Side. The family settled in Kilgubbin, otherwise know as "Little Hell," a heavily Irish area on the North Side of Chicago that was notorious citywide for its crime. Since a recent election in neighboring Cicero, Illinois, the city had become a gold mine for the South Siders and O'Banion wanted a cut of it. His family moved to Chicago from the town of … At some point, the family changed its last name to "Weiss." During one famous caper, O'Banion and his men stole over $100,000 worth of Canadian whiskey from the West Side railroad yards. Another witness later told police that he saw O'Banion and two other men dump Duffy's body, but he later retracted his statement. The family settled in Kilgubbin, otherwise known as, "Little Hell," a heavily Irish area on the North Sideof Chicago that was notorious citywide for its crime. She was born Helen Viola Kaniff to Thomas and Bridget ( Dee ) she and her twin sister Catherine Vivian, had an older brother Edward, and a sister Mary. She was the wife of North side gang leader, Dean O'Banion. Estate of Dean C. O'Banion Probate Court #101951 (1924) Dion O'Banion's family moved from Aurora, Illinois to Chicago when he was a little child, settling in the near north side neighborhood of Holy Name Cathedral. Obsessed with the Wild West, Alterie never went without a pair of Colt 45 pistols in holsters at his side, hence his nickname. He led the North Side Gang until 1924, when he was shot and killed, reportedly by … Charles Dean O’Banion, better known as Dion O’Banion, is born to Irish Catholic parents in Maroa, Illinois on July 8, 1892. Dion O'Bannion) The main rival of Al Capone and Johnny Torrio was Dean O'Banion's crew, who controlled a … O'Banion, Torrio, and numerous South Side gangsters were arrested. O'Banion pioneered Chicago's first liquor hijacking on December 19, 1921. Discussion; Bug Reporting; Delete/Combine Pages He and the "lads of Kilgubbin" quickly eliminated all their competition. Earl gained the nickname "Hymie" later in his career. The Gennas decided to rub out O'Banion; however, as the Genna family was Sicilian, it owed fealty to the Unione Siciliane, a mutual benefit society for Sicilian immigrants and front organization for the Mafia. Born: July 8, 1892, Maroa, Illinois. Charles Dean O'Banion (July 8, 1892 - November 10, 1924) was an American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. In 1901, after his mother's death, he moved to Chicago with his father and older brother (a sister, Ruth, remained in Maroa). In this man there was, as there is in many of his kind, a certain ingratiating bonhomie. The shorter leg was said to be the result of a childhood streetcar accident. Since O'Banion was a major crime figure, the Catholic Church denied him burial on consecrated ground, however, the Lord's Prayer and three Hail Mary's were recited in his honor by a priest O'Banion had known from his youth. As O'Banion's name grew in the underworld, he attracted more followers, including Samuel "Nails" Morton, "Three Gun" Louis Alterie, and "Handsome" Dan McCarthy. O'Banion then raised the tension between himself and the Gennas on November 3 by insisting that one of the Genna siblings, Angelo, pay in full the $30,000 debt he owed to The Ship. Dean O’Banion—also called Dion, Deany, Don, Danny, and Gimpy, and the last name often spelled with two n’s—was a strange mux and mix of ferocity, childishness, and mawkishness. Young Dean O’Banion was thrown to the ground by a sudden stop and the car ran over his leg. They appealed to Mike Merlo, the president of the Chicago branch of the Unione; however, Merlo disliked violence and refused to green-light the hit. On the morning of November 10, 1924, O'Banion was clipping chrysanthemums in Schofield's' back room. Both O'Banion and Torrio held large stakes in the Sieben brewery in Chicago. Charles Dean O'Banion (July 8, 1892 – November 10, 1924) was an American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. O'Banion worked as a waiter at McGovern's Liberty Inn, where each evening he would delight patrons with his beautiful Irish tenor voice as his pals were picking pockets in the coatroom. Charles Dean O'Banion (8 July 1892 – 10 November 1924) was an Irish-American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. Associations: North Side Gang, Al Capone, Bugs Moran, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The newspapers of his day made him better known as Dion O'Banion, although he never went by that first name. 1 Biography 1.1 Background 1.2 Season 1 1.3 Season 2 1.4 Season 3 1.5 Season 4 2 …