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2 unusual facts about Cornelius Shea


Cornelius Shea

On April 16, anonymous charges of graft against Shea and other strike leaders were filed with office of Mayor Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (who had been inaugurated only days earlier).

He joined Sangerman's Bombers, a group of bomb terrorists which had emerged from the remnants of the James Sweeney gang, and did work for Al Capone's Chicago Outfit.


1905 in organized crime

June 2 - Teamsters President Cornelius Shea is accused of taking bribes in order to call his members out on strike during the 1905 Chicago Teamsters' strike.


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