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3 unusual facts about George Scalise


George Scalise

Horan, however, initially attempted to avoid being put under the influence of Capone and his Chicago Outfit.

Under Horan's presidency, the union's ties to the Chicago Outfit deepened.

In 1933, Horan was accused by former Illinois Attorney General Edward J. Brundage of consorting with gangster Al Capone and seeking to improperly influence James H. Wilkerson, the judge overseeing Capone's 1931 tax evasion trial.



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Jerry Horan

Horan arranged for Taylor to meet with Oscar Nelson, George Scalise, Harry Bates (president of the Bricklayers union), and AFL President William Green after a meeting of the AFL executive council in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in August 1937.