James Belcastro

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James Belcastro
Born	1895
Died	August 23, 1945 (aged 49–50) Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.
Other names	Mad Bomber, King of the Bombers

Allegiance	Chicago Outfit

James "Mad Bomber" Belcastro (1895 – August 23, 1945) was a Black Hand gang member, extortionist, and later chief bomber for the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition.

Biography

Known as "King of the Bombers", Belcastro was highly skilled at constructing improvised explosive devices. He used these skills to extort money from business owners in Chicago's Little Italy district during the 1910s. In the early 1920s, Johnny Torrio and Al Capone formed the Chicago Outfit and put the Black Hand gangs out of business. However, Capone invited Belcastro to join the Outfit and he soon became a prominent member. During the mid to late 1920s, Belcastro was suspected of causing over 100 deaths while bombing saloons that refused to buy alcohol from Capone.

During the 1927 Chicago primary elections – the so-called "Pineapple Primary" – Belcastro launched a bombing campaign against the opponents of Capone ally and Mayor, William Hale Thompson. He primarily attacked voting stations inwards where opinion was thought to oppose Thompson. killing at least 15 people. Lawyer Octavius Granada, an African American who dared challenged Thompson's candidate for the African American vote was chased through the streets on polling day by cars of gunmen before being shot dead. Belcastro was arrested in October 1927 and charged with Granady's murder, his co-charged included four policemen; all charges were dropped after key witnesses recanted their statements. By the end of the 1920s, the Chicago Crime Commission had listed Belcastro on its famous "public enemies" list.

Later years

On January 11, 1931, Belcastro was shot five times in the head and body. An indication of the attitude of the police to Capone's organization was that they suggested the attack came because Belcastro was an independent operator.^[1] Later in 1931, Belcastro was considered a suspect in the murder of bootlegger Matt Kolb, but was never charged.

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Belcastro continued to rise in the Outfit and ultimately became one of its top enforcers. On August 23, 1945, James Belcastro died of heart disease (although other accounts mistakenly claim his date of death on October 13, 1933).^{[citation needed]}

In popular culture

Belcastro was portrayed by Peter Mamakos in the 1959 television movie The Scarface Mob as well as on The Untouchables TV series.

References

^ The Evening Independent - Jan 12, 1931, AP, Career of Chicago bomb king halted by bullets

Kelly, Robert J. Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-313-30653-2
Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-8160-5694-1

External links

Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930: Interactive Database
Chicago Sun-Times: One family's rise, a century of power Archived 2006-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, details on his career in the Chicago Outfit.
Bugs Moran Online - Tony "Mops" Volpe & James Belcastro^{[permanent dead link]}

Chicago Outfit

Bosses

Current members

Past members

Made men	Joseph Andriacchi Dominick Basso James Belcastro Fiore Buccieri Frank Buccieri John Caifano Frank Capone Ralph Capone Frank T. Caruso Dominic Cortina William Daddano Marco D'Amico Mario Anthony DeStefano Peter DiFronzo Joseph Ferriola Joseph Giunta Angelo LaPietra Frankie LaPorte Antonio Lombardo Joseph Lombardo Pat Marcy Louis Marino Jack McGurn James McLain Charles Nicoletti Rocco Pranno Frank Rio John Scalise Anthony Spilotro Michael Spilotro Albert Tocco George "Babe" Tuffanelli
Associates	Harry Aleman Gus Alex Herbert Blitzstein Richard Cain Mickey Cohen Michael J. Corbitt Sam DeStefano William Dauber Allen Dorfman Angelo Genna Mike Genna Tony Genna Jake Guzik Virginia Hill Murray Humphreys William Jackson Hyman Larner Lucky Luciano Frank McErlane Joseph Saltis Bugsy Siegel William White Frankie Yale Jack Zuta
Informants	William Morris Bioff Nicholas Calabrese Robert Cooley Frank Cullotta Ken Eto Leonard Patrick Frank Rosenthal Gerald Scarpelli

Family events

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Operation Family Secrets (2005)
Trials	Capone Tax Evasion Trial (1931) Mafia Commission Trial (1986)
Wars	Castellammarese War (1929–1931) (Unofficial)

Relation to other groups

Allies	Bonanno family Buffalo family Bugs and Meyer Mob Cleveland family Colombo family Denver family Detroit Partnership Forty-Two Gang Gambino family Genovese family Genna family Kansas City family Los Angeles family Lucchese family Milwaukee family New Orleans family Patriarca family San Francisco family St. Louis family Unione Siciliana
Rivals	Joe Aiello North Side Gang

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