The likely killers
Sam Battaglia (ABove) before the Kefauver Committee. He was dubbed "Teets" by the FBI for his habot of threatening to punch his late paying loan shark victims in the "Teets" if they contined to pay him late
Battaglia in the late 1930s. Like Marshal Ciafano and Sam Giancana, Battaglia was once part of the 42 gang
John Marshal Ciafano, hauled in for questioning in the Touhy killing. Ciafano would later, towards the end of his life, live as a homsexual
Ciafano's mother
Ciafano's Las Vegas Blackbook mug shot
Battaglia, he died in prison
Exhausted, Touhy broke down at his third trial
The Touhy gang on trial for the Hamm kidnapping. Touhy is on the front, Schaffer in back of him. Willie Sharky, the gangs top enforcer behind Tommy Touhy, sits in the third seat and Chicken McFadden, the gangs top extortionist, is in the last seat.
Crowds gathered to get into all of the trials
William Hamm (left) and Jake the Barber Factor. Hamm's mother had died, hence the arm band
Jake the Barber with a small army of thugs, mostly Capone men, he had hired as protection after his supposed kidnapping. It was great PR for Factor's shaky case that he had been kidnapped and had held out against the Touhy's who planned to kill him in return.
The Touhy gang on trial for the Hamm kidnapping. Touhy is on the front, Schaffer in back of him. Willie Sharky, the gangs top enforcer behind Tommy Touhy, sits in the third seat and Chicken McFadden, the gangs top extortionist, is in the last seat.
Crowds gathered to get into all of the trials
William Hamm, who may have been kidnapped as a warning for holding out on the bootleggers
William Hamm (left) and Jake the Barber Factor. Hamm's mother had died, hence the arm band
Jake the Barber with a small army of thugs, mostly Capone men, he had hired as protection after his supposed kidnapping. It was great PR for Factor's shaky case that he had been kidnapped and had held out against the Touhy's who planned to kill him in return.
Factor hams it up for the cameras
When Roger Touhy escaped from Stateville prison in 1942, Factor was interviewed by the press and told them he was in fear of his life, although a dead Jake Factor would not have helped Touhy's case in court. In these photos, Factor hams it up for the reporters, pretending to be too afraid to leave his hotel apartment.
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