Jack McGurn
Italian-American mobster
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| Intro | Italian-American mobster | |
| A.K.A. | "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn Vincenzo Antonio Gibaldi | |
| A.K.A. | "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn Vincenzo Antonio Gibaldi | |
| Places | United States of America Italy | |
| was | Criminal Mobster | |
| Work field | Crime | |
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| Birth | 2 July 1902, Licata, Province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy | |
| Death | 15 February 1936Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A. (aged 33 years) |
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Biography
"Machine Gun" Jack McGurn (July 2, 1902 – February 15, 1936), born Vincenzo Antonio Gibaldi, was a small-time boxer, Sicilian-American mobster and key member of Al Capone's Chicago Outfit.
Early life
McGurn was born in July 1902 in Licata, Sicily, the eldest son of Tommaso and Giuseppa Gibaldi (née Verderame). Four years later, he and his mother emigrated to join his father in the USA, arriving at Ellis Island on November 24, 1906. McGurn grew up in the Brooklyn slums where he went to Public School 46 on Union street between Henry and Hicks streets. McGurn moved to Chicago when he was 14 where he later took up a career in boxin