Frankie Yale: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Frankie Yale (1893 - July 1, 1928) was a Brooklyn gangster and original employer of Al Capone, before the later moved to Chicago to start his own gang. An early friend of Johnny Torrio, Yale took over all New York operations when Torrio moved his base to Chicago. Frankie Yale's headquarters was at a bar in Brooklyn named the Harvard Inn. It was here that Al Capone worked for several years between 1916 and 1919. Yale took part in several mob hits in the city of Chicago, notably those of Jim Colosimo and Dion O'Banion. Later, Frankie Yale himself was gunned down on the streets of Manhattan. Capone and Yale began distrusting each other as the 1920's dragged on, and Yale was the victim of a Capone hit.