Hawthorne Inn (Al Capone's Cicero Headquarters)

The story

Al Capone's suburban fortress survived a thousand-round machine gun attack from rival gangsters in 1926.

Everything that was here

• 1924–1970

  Hawthorne Inn (Al Capone's Cicero Headquarters)Hotel

  Al Capone's suburban fortress survived a thousand-round machine gun attack from rival gangsters in 1926.

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• 1920–1970

  Hawthorne Inn (Hotel)Hotel

  Al Capone's suburban fortress survived a 1926 assassination attempt when the North Side Gang fired over 1,000 bullets into the building from a motorcade of ten vehicles.

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• 1924–1928

  Western Hotel / Hawthorne Smoke Shopgambling

  First location of Hawthorne Smoke Shop gambling casino owned by Capone, run by Frankie Pope and Pete Penovich Jr. Offered horse betting, roulette, craps, blackjack, chuck-a-luck. Earned half a million dollars in two…

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