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Francesco Ioele (Italian: [franˈtʃesko joˈɛːle]; January 22, 1893 – July 1, 1928), known as Frankie Yale or Frankie Uale, was an American gangster based in Brooklyn and the second employer of Al Capone.
Jun 27, 2024 · Frankie Yale was an Italian-born American gangster and national president, during its heyday (1918–28), of the Unione Siciliane, a Sicilian fraternal organization that by World War I had become a crime cartel operating in several U.S. cities and active in robbery, prostitution, labour-union.
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Feb 19, 2016 · Learn about the life and death of Frankie Yale, a violent and ambitious mobster who worked with and betrayed Al Capone. Discover his involvement in the ice delivery trade, the Black Hand extortion, the Colosimo and O'Banion murders, and his lavish funeral.
Learn about Frankie Yale, a prominent figure in the Brooklyn underworld and the Mafia of the United States. Read about his early life, crimes, associates, and assassination in 1928.
Member of the Five Points Gang of New York and President of the Unione Siciliane, as well as a friend of Al "Scarface" Capone, Frankie Yale (Uale) was a mobs...
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The dominant Cosa Nostra groups in Brooklyn were led by Frankie Yale, Giuseppe Masseria, Nicolo Schirò and capo di tutti capi Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila. On July 1, 1928, Yale was murdered by Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone 's hit-men. [8]
Frankie Yale was a New York mobster who rose to power with John Torrio and Al Capone. He was involved in extortion, murder, and the famous Death Grip. He was killed in 1928 by unknown gunmen.
