Paul Ricca, also known as "The Waiter" (1897 - October 11, 1972), was a Chicago mobster who served as the nominal or de facto leader of the Chicago Outfit for forty years.
Ricca also know as "Felice DeLucia", Ricca was born in Naples, Italy. By age 17, Ricca was working for the Sicilian Mafia. In 1915 Ricca stabbed Emilio Parrillo to death. Ricca later claimed that he killed Parillo for breaking an engagement to Ricca's sister. However, in realit...
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Paul Ricca, also known as "The Waiter" (1897 - October 11, 1972), was a Chicago mobster who served as the nominal or de facto leader of the Chicago Outfit for forty years.
Ricca also know as "Felice DeLucia", Ricca was born in Naples, Italy. By age 17, Ricca was working for the Sicilian Mafia. In 1915 Ricca stabbed Emilio Parrillo to death. Ricca later claimed that he killed Parillo for breaking an engagement to Ricca's sister. However, in reality Ricca killed Parrillo on Mafia orders. After serving two years in prison, Ricca then killed Vincenzo Capasso, who had testified against him in the Parillo trial, by slitting his throat. After killing Capasso, Ricca assumed the name Paolo Maglio and fled to the United States by way of Cuba. On August 10, 1920, Ricca arrived in New York City and started using the name "Paul Ricca".
While in Cuba, Ricca met Joseph "Diamond Joe" Esposito, a Chicago bootlegger and restaurant owner. Esposito brought Ricca to Chicago and put him to work smuggling...
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