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Paul RiccaPaul Ricca (1897-October 11, 1972) was an American Mafia figure based within Chicago. He was born Felice DeLucia in Naples, Italy. In 1915 DeLucia got his fist real taste of lawlessness when he killed a man receiving two years. On August 10, 1920 DeLucia boarded a boat bound for New York after having killed the man who testified against him at his trial. While in New York, a city he did not stay long in, he changed his name to Paul Ricca, from New York it was on to Chicago by way of a train ride. In Chicago, Ricca got a job as a waiter in a local restaurant owned by mobster "Diamond" Joe Esposito, thus the nickname. Soon, Ricca was on a first name basis with many of the mobsters who came in the door. Even sooner he left being a waiter to be a full-fledged mobster. Soon enough Paul was second in command next to Frank Nitti as boss, and the mob in Chicago was making inroads into Hollywood, major movie studio's like RKO, Paramount MGM and 20th Century Fox were being extorted. On March 18, 1943 a metting took place at Nitti's home, which Ricca was certainly present at. It was decided Nitti was to take the fall for them all. This didn't go over at all well with Nitti who kicked out all present. The next day, Nitti put a gun to his head and killed himself. Ricca now headed the mob in Chicago. On the 30th of December, 1943 a federal grand jury returned a gulty verdict to Ricca and his associates, Ricca receiving 10 years in prison. Thanks to the efforts of Murray "The Hump" Humphreys the Chicago mob's political guy, namely a phone call to Tom C. Clark Attorney General for Harry Truman, Ricca was out in three. The only caveat being that Ricca could no longer be present in the company of mobsters. With that, Tony Accardo became head of the Chicago mob, Ricca remained an advisor to "The Outfit" until his death in 1972. Ricca, Paul Ricca, Paul Ricca, Paul
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