Vincenzo Genna headed the Genna crime family with his brothers.
10 Facts About Vincenzo Genna
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The Vincenzo Genna brothers became a close knit Marsala-based Mafia and bootlegging gang.
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On July 8,1925, Tony Vincenzo Genna was ambushed and killed by a Vincenzo Genna turncoat.
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Vincenzo Genna made a plan to steal the Madonna Di Trapani church jewels in Sicily.
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Vincenzo Genna was sentenced to a couple of years of hard labor in the jail at Favignana, and was released between 1928 and 1929.
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Vincenzo Genna then decided to return to Chicago and get back into business as a gangster.
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On May 31,1930, Vincenzo Genna was driving in a car with four old Vincenzo Genna gang members, when a large sedan pulled up alongside of them and a volley of shotgun and pistol shots into the car.
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Vincenzo Genna gave up on muscling in on the old Vincenzo Genna territory and fled to Calumet City.
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On November 8,1931, Vincenzo Genna died of heart disease.
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Vincenzo Genna's remaining two Chicago brothers died of natural causes: Pietro died on May 13,1948, at Columbus Hospital; and on December 20,1951, Salvatore Genna died of a heart attack in his home on 865 Blue Island Ave.