GENNA GANG CHIEF APPEALS IN ITALY
According to the report he was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, and was charged with planning the theft shortly after returning to Sicily in 1925.
CHICAGO, November 2. - Chicago's liquor gangsters learned today that Vincenzo (Jim) Genna, who fled to his native Sicily after the third of his five wealthy brothers fell in reprisal warfare, and of whom little or nothing has been heard since, is fighting to cut short a prison sentence he is serving in Italy for a jewelry robbery.
Genna is appealing from his sentence of several years' hard labor for theft of the jewels of the famous Madonna di Trapani, in which he denies complicity, according to a cable to the Chicago Tribune from Palermo, Italy.
The newspaper's correspondent said Genna was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, who is credited with wiping out the Mafia gang. It was charged he planned the theft of the jewels shortly after he returned to Sicily in 1925, spending money lavishly.
Jim Genna was the oldest of the six brothers who in 15 years rose from the status of immigrant laborers to be chieftains of a powerful bootleg clique.
The family fortune was put at $5,000,000.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
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GENNA GANG CHIEF APPEALS IN ITALY
According to the report he was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, and was charged with planning the theft shortly after returning to Sicily in 1925.
CHICAGO, November 2. - Chicago's liquor gangsters learned today that Vincenzo (Jim) Genna, who fled to his native Sicily after the third of his five wealthy brothers fell in reprisal warfare, and of whom little or nothing has been heard since, is fighting to cut short a prison sentence he is serving in Italy for a jewelry robbery.
Genna is appealing from his sentence of several years' hard labor for theft of the jewels of the famous Madonna di Trapani, in which he denies complicity, according to a cable to the Chicago Tribune from Palermo, Italy.
The newspaper's correspondent said Genna was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, who is credited with wiping out the Mafia gang. It was charged he planned the theft of the jewels shortly after he returned to Sicily in 1925, spending money lavishly.
Jim Genna was the oldest of the six brothers who in 15 years rose from the status of immigrant laborers to be chieftains of a powerful bootleg clique.
The family fortune was put at $5,000,000.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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GENNA GANG CHIEF APPEALS IN ITALY
According to the report he was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, and was charged with planning the theft shortly after returning to Sicily in 1925.
CHICAGO, November 2. - Chicago's liquor gangsters learned today that Vincenzo (Jim) Genna, who fled to his native Sicily after the third of his five wealthy brothers fell in reprisal warfare, and of whom little or nothing has been heard since, is fighting to cut short a prison sentence he is serving in Italy for a jewelry robbery.
Genna is appealing from his sentence of several years' hard labor for theft of the jewels of the famous Madonna di Trapani, in which he denies complicity, according to a cable to the Chicago Tribune from Palermo, Italy.
The newspaper's correspondent said Genna was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, who is credited with wiping out the Mafia gang. It was charged he planned the theft of the jewels shortly after he returned to Sicily in 1925, spending money lavishly.
Jim Genna was the oldest of the six brothers who in 15 years rose from the status of immigrant laborers to be chieftains of a powerful bootleg clique.
The family fortune was put at $5,000,000.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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GENNA GANG CHIEF APPEALS IN ITALY
According to the report he was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, and was charged with planning the theft shortly after returning to Sicily in 1925.
CHICAGO, November 2. - Chicago's liquor gangsters learned today that Vincenzo (Jim) Genna, who fled to his native Sicily after the third of his five wealthy brothers fell in reprisal warfare, and of whom little or nothing has been heard since, is fighting to cut short a prison sentence he is serving in Italy for a jewelry robbery.
Genna is appealing from his sentence of several years' hard labor for theft of the jewels of the famous Madonna di Trapani, in which he denies complicity, according to a cable to the Chicago Tribune from Palermo, Italy.
The newspaper's correspondent said Genna was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, who is credited with wiping out the Mafia gang. It was charged he planned the theft of the jewels shortly after he returned to Sicily in 1925, spending money lavishly.
Jim Genna was the oldest of the six brothers who in 15 years rose from the status of immigrant laborers to be chieftains of a powerful bootleg clique.
The family fortune was put at $5,000,000.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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GENNA GANG CHIEF APPEALS IN ITALY
According to the report he was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, and was charged with planning the theft shortly after returning to Sicily in 1925.
CHICAGO, November 2. - Chicago's liquor gangsters learned today that Vincenzo (Jim) Genna, who fled to his native Sicily after the third of his five wealthy brothers fell in reprisal warfare, and of whom little or nothing has been heard since, is fighting to cut short a prison sentence he is serving in Italy for a jewelry robbery.
Genna is appealing from his sentence of several years' hard labor for theft of the jewels of the famous Madonna di Trapani, in which he denies complicity, according to a cable to the Chicago Tribune from Palermo, Italy.
The newspaper's correspondent said Genna was arrested at Rome in January at the instance of the prefect of police at Palermo, who is credited with wiping out the Mafia gang. It was charged he planned the theft of the jewels shortly after he returned to Sicily in 1925, spending money lavishly.
Jim Genna was the oldest of the six brothers who in 15 years rose from the status of immigrant laborers to be chieftains of a powerful bootleg clique.
The family fortune was put at $5,000,000.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 2, 1926, page 17.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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