{"id":50,"date":"2021-11-18T10:46:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T21:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gf9games.com\/wiseguys\/?p=50"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:18:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:18:19","slug":"the-gangs-of-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gf9games.com\/wiseguys\/50\/the-gangs-of-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gangs of Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Wise Guys you will be taking over operations of one of four gangs, competing with your rivals to be the most successful and wealthiest in Chicago!<\/p>\n

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The Chicago Outfit\"\"<\/h2>\n

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When Al \u2018Scarface\u2019\u2019Capone<\/strong> took over the Chicago Outfit from his mentor, he inherited a well-oiled machine. The Outfit has the right connections in the Italian-American Mafia, city politics, and the police, to keep things above board and business-like. Capone takes the same professional approach to his syndicate, divvying up the turf to other gangs and avoiding unnecessary warfare. That doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s a pushover. Mess with an ally and you\u2019ll feel his wrath. Mess with the Chicago Outfit and \u2018Machine Gun Jack\u2019 will make you wish you hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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North Side Gang<\/strong>\"\"<\/h2>\n

The O\u2019Banion<\/strong> Gang runs the North Side, an Irish-American stronghold. The youth gangs there all report to O\u2019Banion and his lieutenants, providing a useful source of income and recruits. O\u2019Banion\u2019s Irish contacts in the police force make their aggressive style of operations, including literal daylight robbery, possible and profitable. Having put several rival gangs out of business, open warfare with Capone\u2019s Chicago Outfit will cost the gang dearly in the St. Valentine\u2019s Day Massacre.<\/p>\n

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Saltis-McErlane Gang<\/strong>\"\"<\/h2>\n

\u2018Polack Joe\u2019 Saltis<\/strong> was a Slovak, but to Chicago he was a \u2018Polack\u2019, a Pole, just like any other Eastern European. When Prohibition\u00a0came into force, he started up business with the city politician \u2018Dingbat\u2019 O\u2019Berta in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. The small but fiercely independent gang quickly found itself in conflict with its neighbors. However, the addition of the murderous Frank McErlane to the gang and a series of vicious \u2018hits\u2019 on their rivals increased their notoriety, making other gangs wary of crossing them<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll take care of it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sheldon Gang<\/strong>\"\"<\/h2>\n

Ralph Sheldon<\/strong> had a simple plan \u2014 sell cheap booze. This plan quickly made his gang the major supplier on the Southwest Side of Chicago, even supplying Capone\u2019s Chicago Outfit. Unfortunately, the low quality of their product and their unorthodox methods of sourcing product \u2014 they weren\u2019t above hijacking other gangs\u2019 shipments \u2014 put them at war with the Saltis-McErlane Gang and other South Side gangs. When that happened, they got creative, even using an aircraft to bomb a rival operation<\/p>\n

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