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Ex Capone Lawyer Thwarts Probers
Washington AP report details Chicago police linking mobster Tony Accardo to a 1954 plot to throw Abraham Teitelbaum from a window. Teitelbaum, Al Capone’s former lawyer, invoked the Fifth Amendment repeatedly before the Senate Rackets Committee. The panel probes gangster efforts to control Chicago restaurants, labor unions, and broader businesses.
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