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MANIAC DRIFTERS: Started by a guy named Bobo and several other of the guys from Mcpherson School around 1970. There were some real good guys in this club. They hung out at the snack shop on the corner of Damen and Lawrence.

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The younger Drifters like the Samuel Brothers started the Seeley and Ainslie Gaylords after the Drifters broke up. BASEMENT BOYS: 1968(included BASEMENT GIRLS and JUNIOR BASEMENT BOYS): Here is what an ex Basement Girl had to say about their club: 'We hung out in the cold weather in the basement while the guys practiced in the band and in the alley of the house on Damen & Montrose. The guys were in a band called the Astetic Vistas. My ex was the guitar player.

They played at USO, churches, and various places, We all had all lot of fun. There were some unexpected gang fights. I started in 1968 and in approx. 5 years everyone got married, mostly to each other, thats when the Junior Basement Boys started the end.' The Junior Basement Boys would eventually become Seeley and Ainslie Gaylords. THORNDALE JAGOFFS/THORNDALE JARVIS ORGANIZATION:.

A Chicago Newspaper wrote an article about the 'Thorndale Jarvis Organization' in which a Chicago Policer referred to the gang as a 'bunch of jag offs', from that time forward they changed their name to the '. A retired member had this to say: 'When I was a teenager in Uptown in the 60's the TJO's and Turf were very active at Senn High School and the surrounding communities. The Turfers wore steeled toed work boots in all seasons and were known as garden variety street brawlers.

I think most of them got that out of their systems and went on to a more normal lifestyle. A neighborhood guy had this to say: The TJO's were legendary in their time. I remember the leaders, but will leave out names in this forum. The TJOs were involved in burglary and a variety of criminal enterprises, similar to the Simon City Royals of recent decades. A prominent member, made the headlines in 1975 when he was part of a spectacular escape at the Cook County jail. Long prison terms for a number of key members pretty much ended the reign of the TJOs in the mid and late 70's as I recall. In early 1963 I believe Chicago magazine did a story on street gangs in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

The Simon city gang was in its infancy at the time and got some mention in the article. In the hot summer of 1966 gangs were in the news on a daily basis. The old Chicago American did a lengthy series on Chicagos street gangs in either July or August of that year. That paper became Chicago Today in 1969, it was a tabloid similar to the Sun Times. Before the paper folded in 1974 veteran reporter Jack Mabley did a story on a SCR branch active around Hamilton elementary in the Lake View neighborhood.' Graduate had this to say: I grew up on Thorndale & Kenmore and saw TJO start up. I think they started around 1962.

The guys that started calling themselves the TJO weren't even from the neighborhood to begin with. After a few altercations on the street between TJO with toughs from the neighborhood, the stores put bars on their windows around 1963.

Anyone still standing from the first few altercations melded together into one. They hated being called jagoffs, which was hysterical since that is what they called themselves. They did not have jackets.

In October of 1984, in what was left of the TJO leadership, 3 former members of the TJO were involved in a shootout with Chicago Police in the restaurant parking lot of Carson - The Place for Ribs. 30 shots were exchanged, some fired by an Uzi. In 1964 at Senn High School, TJO was already an established 'club'. At the time as I remember they were simply refered to as Thorndale. An original TJO had this to say: 1.

Died of stomach cancer in prison, not in a shootout. Joey and another Thorndale member escaped from Cook County together.

3.Dave died of cancer. TJO ran Bob's at Senn, not the Turfers.

The bars and gates were put up on the storefronts after TJO left. We protected the businesses. One of the Deli owners told me he wished we were still around because after we left he kept getting robbed. We didn't paddle prospects to join the gang. That is what Turfers did.

We jumped them in. If you couldn't take an ass whippin' you didn't qualify. JARVIS STREET GREASERS: 70s DEVON BUMS: A former Bum stated: my regular crew formed our own 'gang', the Devon Bums, to resist some pressure to become Howard Street Grease due to an influx of TJO and Turf. We were good kids who just wanted to enjoy our youth. I knew many of the Grease and some Turf and TJO. The Bums were tiny and never very violent or criminal but we were actually the dominant group on Devon between Ridge and Western and most of the neighborhood all the way to Peterson.

I'd have to say the center of our Turf was Granville and Hoyne, the corner of Angel Guardian Orphanage. THE TURF: The Turf was big in the sixties. Most of them were jocks on the football team.

They hung out at Hayt Elementary School on Granville and St Gertrude?s. TJO was another big one. There were some decent guys in it that finally grew up and got jobs and moved. Some like Gary and his brother Dave and others went to prison or died of drug overdoses.

You knew what gangs hung where. Turf was at Bob's, the green and white had mostly black kids and black athletes at the time, I went there. There were a few girl gangs as well, the Chicago Sisterhood, not well known, hung out at Sifties or this restaurant on Clark and Granville Most of these 'gangs' were mostly social clubs but towards the mid sixties, there were a lot of throw downs involving racial lines or someone entering the wrong territory. I nearly missed having a young TJO beat me up because I was on Thorndale and he didn?t know that I was dating one of the old boys in TJO. Initiation for the boys was a paddling by the members but even that got more violent. A guy I knew joined TJO and came to school the next day with both eyes blackened, a tooth missing, and fractured ribs.

Dave enjoyed these initiations. Even with the girls, if you left or crossed the sisters, you would have to face each of them in a fight and usually all at the same time. BRYN MAWR: Some of them hung out at a place called 'The Green and White' that was across the street from Senn H.S. IRISH CLOWNS: The Irish Clowns were hanging around Damen & Winnemac, Damen & Montrose, Welles Park, John C Coonley School & A few other places.

I don?t believe they ever held a corner as they hung & partied with several older clubs: Basement Boys, Maniac Drifters, Early Seeley and Ainslie Gaylords, Coonley Boys, etc. There was some kind of a unity similar to the U F O. It was called United White Front, which started in the late 70's primarily as a front to stand off the Montrose & Paulina Latin Kings & the Latin Eagles who were the only threat to the hood at the time. I believe this unity started about the time Honkey R.I.P from s/a was killed.

Whether it was related or not, I'm not sure. But there was also a point in the late 70's when they went to war with the Lawrence & Rockwell Popes who I thought were a part of the United White Front or whatever it was called as they had the Kings just west of them on Lawrence also.

By 1980 the Irish Clowns were pretty much history. Many still hung around the neighborhood, flipped into other clubs, and went with McQueeny on his adventures. Other major players in the Irish clowns were Maddog Schraeder.

Rowdy Rhoadie, Hillbilly, The Eanes Bros. The Clowns did wear sweaters Green and Gold. You could still see older guys styling them at the downtown St Pat's Parade at late as 1990 when the parade was still a big street party. They became a legit social athletic club in the 80's when many became cops, fireman, govt workers or went to college. They are still around as a SAC with sports teams and charity work. COAL YARD GANG: Ex-Coal Yard Bob said: The Coal Yard Gang was at Lakewood and Wolfram,near Southport and Lincoln Avenue.

Just a local white gangoriginating in the early 60's. Mostly just taking care of local business. I was mostly a partier. I was too small, and often found myself in over my head way too many times. We had some associations with SCR at Fullerton and Southport, Wrightwood Boys and PBC's, Paulina/Barry Corp, and Insane Unknowns from Lincoln/Wrightwood area.

Our colors were Black and White. Drugs f.cked everything up. That brought in guns.Few people remember the true meaning of respect. I remember Lennies across from Lane Tech.I can still taste that greasy bag of fries, ten cent pin-ball games.

It was neat place. Everyone was safe there. Even girlfriends could meet you there. SAYRE SCHOOL BOYS SAYRE PARK BOYS KEELER AND IRVING PARTY PEOPLE LELAND AVE PARTY PEOPLE INSANE HOODS WILSON BOYS PARK 9ers BYRON AND KOSTNER BOYS Hells Devils Logan Square Heads STONED YARDERS STONED FREAK NATION: DRUMMOND BOYS GUZZLERS CORTLAND STACYS The Stacy's eventually became Maffot and Campbell Gaylords.

PREATORIANS MEDILL MADMEN MONKS KOZY KINGS: 70's Hung out at Koz Park. They eventually became Simon City Royals. TOKERS HEADS UNKNOWNS MARQUEE'S: Mid 1950s Their corner was Fullerton and Cicero. SAXON'S: Mid 1950s Their corner was Belmont and Cicero.

ASSYRIAN EAGLES: 1980s Their turf was north of Lawrence and Rockwell. Active area: Foster Avenue North, Wilson Avenue South, Sacramental BLVD East, Kimball Avenue West. CORP: THE DEICERS: 1945 Waller High School: Girls club that warmed up the planes in ww2, and were one great gang of roller skaters and got together every sat night. ARISTOCRATS: 1965 See their page: PUMPHOUSE GANG: 1960's Rival to the Aristocrats. RIIS PARK a.k.a. RIIS PARKERS: There was a large group of guys, mostly Italian who hung at Riis Park and that's what they called themselves, 'Riis Park' They were not a street gang in the 'classic' sense or understanding of what most people invision when you mention the term street gang, but they all fought as a unified group or gang when outsiders came around and started trouble. They had their fights with the Italians from Sayre Park as well as Sayre school and 'The Bank' at times and were friends with 'The Bench' from Stienmetz.

NorthWestSide Polish Mafia(Humboldt Park field house and Boat house) CHEETAHS: all girl gang 1957-1960 white jackets with black Cheetah and trim and members club name. About 10-15 members.

Janet, bonnie, Lovey, Pat, Barbara, Mary where a few of there names. EL PHIDERO'S: Girl's gang 63-65 I went to school at Schurz one year then to foreman in the early 63-65 and in 66 to note damn catholic girl?s school.

I was in a group called the El Phidero's white jackets and purple sewed on lettering. SNOWFLAKES: 70s, Foreman H. The Snowflakes were a girl gang that hung around with the Gaylords in the early 70s.

DYRANS: 1963-1965 Schurz High School: All had to have blonde hair and wore white from head to toe. REAPERS: Active area: Armitage and Western; Milwaukee and Campbell. Mixed White, Black and Latino gang. HUBS: 60's They would tag walls around Kimball at Diversey and around Belmont.

APOSTLES: 50-54 The Senn High School area. KIMBALL LAWRENCE BOYS: The Kimball Lawrence boys hung out at Napoli?s Restaurant during the 60s and attended Roosevelt and Von Steuben HS.

They had at least one major battle against a Latin gang at the Alba Dance Club on Lawrence Ave during the early 60s that became part of north side folklore. DELTA From 1956 to 1960 our president at the time was Angelo Lardas. We also became brother clubs of the Sons of italy from Chicago. BETA: 60's Senn High School GARGOLYES: 60's Senn High School GHOST SHADOW: Asian gang, Senn High area. SHARKS: 1948-1953 ASHLAND VIKINGS: Late 1960's: Mostly Polish gang started to counter Black gangs on Taylor Street. Members of the Ashland Vikings wore cross tatoos on their wrists. The Ashland Vikings eventually became a Latino gang.

Turf: Wood to Racine/Deversey to Grand; 945 North Ashland, 1347 Erie. PG3 - PARTY GROUP 3: 87-95 Irish gang, used to hang out in Hayt School Yard, on the North Side in the Edgewater neighborhood. Capone Lords CONQUISTADORES: Started in 1961 by a group of guys from Amundsen High, who had to defend themselves against another area gang called the 'Preatorians', who they had got into a fight with at a party.

They formed their gang as a mutual protection 'society'. Most of the original guys graduated in 1962. Some ended up joining the Marines. RICAN BOYS: Malden and Wilson was the corner of the Rican boys. Later they turned to Spanish Cobras.

A-BOYS: Aboys went to Portage Park School and Olv. We hung out around Portage Park until we realized we were sitting targets for wimps to try and get reps by fighting us. Our boys were unstoppable and unbeatable resulting in battery cases and lawsuits for facial reconstructing. We were on Lamon and Cullom and old Popes showed us how to throw bricks at cars and staying close to home.

Jefferson Park Cnotes and Royals never left without a losing visit. Rocker tried recruiting bonehead but he was our entertainment aka lilboz 1984 to 89. HOLSTEIN PARK BOYS: late 70s, early 80s FALCONER LORDS: 1980s Falconer Lords from Falconer school. They use to wear those black satin jackets that said Wanderers on back.

SCEPTERS: 1960s Included: Scepterettes. Mozart Park 3840 Armitage was their headquarters. The Scepters ended in 1969, and the remaining guys joined the Lawndale and Altgeld Gaylords. From a an ex-Scepterette:I was a Sceptorette back in the mid 60's 7th/8th/9th/10th grades.

I graduated from Mozart and KP HS. I still remember the Septors and where we hung out at Mozart Park. Sometimes the school grounds. We would frequent the Armitage Theater on Sundays.

Good place for some to make-out. I remember Officer Sacco who use to chase us up through the gang-ways, but never able to catch us.

We kept in him in good physical condition.lol. I too remember Simon City Boys, Chicago Ave Gang. I was there waiting on the bench in Mozart Park the night the big rumble took place between the Septors and Simon City. We kiss and hugged our guy?s good bye as they went off to war. Back then it was pipes, crow bars, fists, and knives. I do not remember guns. Not like now.

I think it was a territorial issue. One of our girls liked a SC guy. When found out - one of the SC girls attack her with a razor blade - a weapon carried in our purse along with a sharpen rat tail comb. Had to for protection just in case, which I never used. Some how I got along with everyone. To all my sister Sceptorettes - I have not forgotten you and our special bond.

Love to all past on and living. Gayle 'Scribbles'.

ALLEY BOYS: During the 1980's and 1990's, there was a small street gang called the Alley Boys, that centered around Ashland and Olive on the North Side. The gang was White and Hispanic and involved in battery, petty shop lifting, assault, theft, burglary, self defense, damage to property, trespassing and minor drugs.

One time, Brian K. Fought a Latin King in an alley with 'Kings' perched on garage tops just watching. Hence, the gang name. The Alley Boys were almost ambushed a couple of times by the Latin Kings on Halloween. Nonetheless, Rafael C. Focused the gang on remaining 'people.'

TJO's weren't considered a threat to the gang as many TJO's were respected brawlers. The Alley Boys 'stung' suburbanites who ventured into the city to start fights. Other members included Mike Sutton, G K, John Toth, Noel Quintana, John-O, Chris Aguda, Bobby.

Honorary Members included Chris K, Rodney C, etc. Victor was shot dead by the Latin Kings so we made him an Honorary Member too.

Uptown Rebels Uptown Rebels Uptown Rebels SweaterMontrose and Malden Uptown Rebels hung around at Malden-Wilson alot. There main turf was probably Clark to Broadway from Montrose to Lawrence, with a few more north of Lawrence probably all the way to Foster. I remember they made the news in 76 for chasing blacks off Foster Ave Beach. Members went to Lake View HS and Amundsen HS. Christian Picciolini Novel JAHN DUECES: PBC: 1970s: Paulina Barry Community Paulina/Barry/Community 13: Paulina and Barry was their corner.Active area: Damen to Southport/school to Deersey; 1600 West Barry; Ashland and Nelson.

After Psycho from the Insane Deuces was killed, the PBC became a big enemy of the Insane Deuces. Colors: black and white - sweaters with black trim. BELDING BOYS We were a big group of about 40 guys from Belding park and grade school on Tripp ave. Between Cullom and Berteau. Most of us were from Belding but some from St. We were around during that Gaylord/Pope war so some of the 70's Kilbourn G/L guy's should remember us from Belding. Some of our guys became KP G/L.

One night about 3 car loads of Popes showed up after the park closed and told us they were there to recruit us into the Popes. What they didn't figure on is we were a bunch of softball heads full of beer.

Funny how that shit works. Us Belding boys didn't have a lot of money so we all went to Starks warehouse and all bought the same sweaters. Black with red trim. No belts but otherwise pretty cool.

Belding and St. Eds is where a lot of Popes went to grade shool too but they all hung around Kolmar or Independance. They were'nt welcome at Belding park. I do remember the day Larkin died. Same neighborhood.

My neighborhood. Most of us went on to Schurz. BELAIRS: NOBLE KNIGHTS The Noble Knights started in the area of Division and North in the early 1960s. Their turf was bounded by Division Street and North Avenue, Western and Damen Avenues.

They fought the Jokers at various times. In the early sixties, the Noble Knights were a fast growing gang. JOKERS An orginal Joker stated: he started the Jokers in 1956 with his friends, who were 11 and 12 years old at that time, and they were one of the first gangs in that area of Humboldt Park. Their turf was Lafayette School on the corner of North Washtenaw Ave. And Cortez Street. After they started in the late 1950s, Chi-West and the Hirsh Street Lords started in the early 1960s. All of these guys went to grammar school together and remained friends up to today.

Their enemies were various Latino gangs starting up in the Humboldt Park area at that time, like the Young Lords, Latin lords, along with the Noble Knights. The Jokers consisted of the Pee Wee and Junior Jokers, no senior Jokers. A 1966 Chicago Tribune article stated that the Jokers were equally as violent as the Blackstone Rangers and the Disciples. Duke had this to say: I am Duke, a former Joker in the early 60?s.

Turf was bounded by Western Ave, Chicago Ave, Division St, and Humboldt Park. Was at Cortez and Washtenaw, at Lafayette School, where we played softball and hung out a lot at the East end of Humboldt Park. There were Senior Jokers, Junior Jokers, and Jokerettes. The Joker?s territory was invaded in about 1963 or 1964 by the Latin Kings one night and a general war erupted that lasted for several weeks, with several members of the Hirsh Street Lords and Chi-West joining in our defense.

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Some of us enlisted in the Marines when our neighborhood began to fall, including myself. Just to throw some names out there: Morel Brothers, Ustrak Brothers, Charlie M., Red, DuBose, Terry, McCarthy Brothers, Dilt, Duke, One-arm Herbie, Onopa, Sonny and Jeff, et al.Greetz. HIRSH STREET LORDS (Hirsch & Spaulding - Lowell school yard) BANKERS: The bankers were a bunch of Italian guys from North and Linder. MASONS a bunch of guys that hang at the church steps at Lemoyne and Mason. Most went to St. Petes, St Angelas and Young school.

Most were good fighters, alot fought out the park at Hirsch and Laramie. Stooge Brothers Chi-West Tony Rome Card CHI-WEST: Chicago and Western: COLT 45'S: A handfull (about 6 or 8) of mostly Polish toughs that lived between North Ave and Division and Western & Damen. They didn't hang on any particular corner in that neighborhood for the obvious reasons, but they did gather on the porches of the buildings they lived in and roamed between them. DEMONS: 1956 West Town: White gang numbering 25. CARDELLS: 1958 East Garfield Park: White gang numbering around 20. WRIGHTWOOD-RACINE: 1060 Lincoln Park: White gang numbering around 10. EAGLES: 1960 Lincoln Park: White gang numbering around 10.

TRIOS: 1961 Lincoln Park: White numbering around 63. F-S-L Brentano Boy's Irving Park Heads Lady Gents/Harrison Gents HARRISON GENTS: 1960s The Harrison Gents original corner was Flournoy and Western, Harrison just west of Western to Damen. They were originally a Irish White greaser gang up until 1969 when they became Irish and Hispanic. One of their rivals was the Taylor Street Jousters.

The HG's were also in the Uptown area of Kenmore and Sheridan to Montrose to clark in the 70's. Ashland and Beech Gents (late 1960s) - a very large mostly Latino section. Harrison and Western Gents - (early 70s) - a very large mostly Black section. In 1969, the Harrison Gents were involved in a large gang fight with the Young Lords at 2852 Clybourn Avenue. The CPD estimated that there were between 50 to 75 people fighting. Three CPD officers were injured attempting to break up the gang fight.

In the early 70s, the Harrison Gents also did battle with Cobra Stones. The Harrison Gents were never given as much credit as they deserved for being a large gang.

Harrison Gent Photos from Uptown 1970s - Rob Rehak collection Uptown Harrison Gents mid-70s: Harrison Gents Wall Tagging: Harrison Gents Graffiti: DOMINOES: 1960 Area of Grand and Noble. Gallant Counts: 1960 Area of Carpenter and Hubbard Noble Artesians: 1960 Area of Chestnut and Noble SENTINELS Hung out on Touhy and California at Pauls Drive-In from 1963-1969 on Morse Avenue. At least half of us went to Sullivan High School. The other half went to Mathers High School. ERIE DUKES: 1950s The ERIE DUKES was a gang on Erie St, close to the Erie Chapel church. The Gentile brothers were part. REVELS: 50's/60's Senn High School.

The Revels hungout at the 'Ridge House' on Ridge Ave. Bryn Mawr (Bryn Mawr/Broadway) basically broke up as a club, and numerous members aligned with the Revels.

A good number of us are still around, and we get together for a bash each year. Racine BoysActive area: Racine to Throop/18th to 17th; 1750 South Throop; 48th and South Throop; 19th and Racine. Colors: light blue and black. Taylor Street: Little Italy Gangs BRIGADIERS: 1945 Italian gang from the West Side. There turf was in the area of Paulina and Congress Streets and has been replaced with the UIC campus. There rivals were various Black West Side gangs. One gang fight that the Brigadiers were involved in caused a street riot that left two Black gang members beaten and one shot and killed.

TAYLOR MAJESTICS: 1965 Italian gang from the Taylor Street area. Also they were affiliated in the Cass High School area - Little Hell.

They fought Black gangs in the Cabrini Green area. TAYLOR STREET DUKES: 1950s The Taylor Dukes also hung around on the same corner with the Nobles, and the Jr. Imagine the large crew of guys on one corner, The Dukes girls were the Taylor Corvettes. The Dukes had 3/4 Length Jackets, Dark Blue, with a light blue 2' line around the shoulder and under the arm, They had a patch over the chest I believe the left side with a coat of arms made from the Pall Mall Cig packet. TAYLOR SHARKS: Italian mid 1960s. Hung around 24th Street and Central Park Avenue. There rivals were: Latin Kings and the Ridgeway Lords.

Members of the Taylor Sharks were arrested for shooting members of both rival gangs. TAYLOR BARRENS: The Taylor Barrens were one of the roughest gangs in the neighborhood. They also had girls in their club known as the barrens.

40's & 50's still are around old but respectful. TAYLOR NOBLES: The Taylor Nobles were also a very rough crew of guys who hung around at the WALL, located at Taylor St and Troop St. The gang was Italian, Mexican, some Irish, and Greeks. They also had girls in their club, they are also still around and respectful.

How rough were these guys they had a run in with some mob guys, the mob guys lost the fight, and accepted an apology later. TAYLOR BISHOPS: The Taylor Bishops four blocks west of the Dukes and Nobles, hung around in a pool hall. TAYLOR MONARCHS: 1950s TAYLOR CORSAIRS: 1950s Taylor Street Neighborhood: Now all the listed gangs meet every second Sunday at a Hotel in the western suburbs of Chicago for Breakfast, and have a big Christmas dinner once a year at a restaurant on Taylor St.

You are looking at guys that are now in their sixties and seventies and still around and meeting. Taylor Street was called the farm club, of you know who. The wall was a housing project that was 95% black and no one ever fought with each other, we just accepted one another. There were several other groups of guys in the neighborhood, Polk & Aberdeen (The Shack), Taylor St. & Halsted, Taylor St. & Ashland, Polk & Loomis, none of the groups in the neighborhood fought with each other.

The Collier magazine did an article on the Dukes in the fifties photos were taken of the group at the wall, also Mike Royko did a bull story on the Dukes, no truth at all to what he wrote. TAYLOR JOUSTERS: TAYLOR VICOUNTS: Sixties They had a club house at Taylor and Western.

TAYLORDS: 60s A member had this to say: The Tay Lords were part of a car club. Some of the members of the car club called themselves the Tay Lords. They were actually called the Road Panthers and wore jackets with the Road Panthers loco. They would meet in the empty lot left after Crerar Elementary School burned down in 1956 ((at the corner of Flournoy and Campbell?).

He attended this school as his elementary school as I did until it burned down. Sometimes 20 or 30 cars would show up. And they used to drag race on the street where the old Nabisco factory was on Polk ST. The drag races would start at Pork and Campbell. My brother had a 55 Mercury Montclair with a four barrel carburetor. They would do this on Saturday nights. There were big drag races on Des Plaines between Roosevelt and Taylor too.

Cicero Gangs ARCH DUKES: 60s and 70s ROMAN LORDS: 60s and 70s We lived in CICERO IL; Back in the mid 60's to mid-70's. We used the saying Always Surrounded before it was popular because we were. North & South of us were black East Mexicans & PR’s.

Cicero was a collection of corners more than Clubs, there were the ROMAN LORDS,& Arch Dukes, but even we were bound by the neighborhood we held. I was a ROMAN LORD, we had a great organization with strong leaders but drugs tore it down. Like I’m sure they did in your day.

I met a few of the 20th Century Bowl GL's from Belmont & Cicero in 66, I wanted the RL's & GL's to get to to know each other but being 13 and so far away it was hard to keep in touch with those cats. PARK BOYS: 70s JAW JACKERS: 70s SHACK: 60'sFrom 31st and Morgan was mostly Polish and fought with the Italian gangs in Bridgeport. Bridgeport gangs Old Dutch Restaurant 32ND AND MORGAN: early 50s Made big news in 1955 during the Sieboda murder trial which happened in front of the Old Dutch Restaurant, 3200 block of Morgan St. 38TH AND PARNELL: early 50s Rivals to the 32nd and Morgan gang.

DUNLOPS: 1950s McKinley Park area gang. They were investigated for the 1957 Grimes sister's murders, but were cleared by the police. GARAGE BOYS: 60s The Garage Boys from Canaryville THE KUP: 60s The Kup were greasers that hung on 34th morgan they sided with The Shack to fight the italian gangs in Bridgeport. POOLHALL BOYS: 60s The Poolhall Boys hung around the Poolhall that was two blocks west of Ashland on 47th St. ARMOUR PARK BOY'S: Irish Bridgeport. Rumors are they are still in existance today.

MA BEEFY BOYS: 82nd and California Streets: An ex-Beefy Boy had this to say: I met two of the guys in college and the first weekend down there we got into this big fight with a bunch of wrestlers and I jumped right in and the two guys I helped out turned out to be members of what they claimed was the last white street gang in Chicago, the Ma Beefy boys. They hung out at a bar on California, nest door was Long John's beef, and in there worked an old lady with giant breasts known to them as Ma Beefy tits, this is where the name came from. They also hung out at Groucho's disco. The guys I knew were Lithuanian, and the other one was half Italian half Jewish.

They were some tough kids. I went up to their hangout a couple of times, they even gave me a Ma Beefy boys t shirt. Of course I was half nuts back then and would fight at the drop of a hat, and they liked that, cause they were like that too. Their turf was next to the Tommy Moore boys, and if I remember right, they were always getting into fights with those guys. Irish Bridgeport Stone Greaser IMPERIALS: 1958-1966 I lived in the very area you mentioned about street gangs, corner of Leland and Malden (1958-1966). The gang I belonged to was the Imperials, joined in 1960, was active for 2-3 years, our turf was the Wilson/Broadway area but roamed between the Lake and Western ave, Wilson to Lawrence Avenue.

I joined this gang while a student at Stockton Elementary school(7th grade) on Lawrence Ave. As a protection mechanism against other gangs after getting beat up and stabbed a couple of times. We did a lot of things together (ie go to the lake and swim, a few Cub's games, played football, softball) all pretty much non-violent.

We did have a few fights, no guns, just knifes, brass knuckles, chains, and bass ball bats. All more for display rather than use, but some fights were very violent. After a couple of years, the gang started to turn very violent and committing crimes, usually late evening and weekends which I refused to participate (money for drugs), went against my Appalachian early childhood training.

I was finally arrested on a winter day in 1962 by an old Irish cop nicknamed 'Big John' (he had forewarned me before several times) for fighting, harassing folks, pan-handling and throwing snowballs through the bus and L train windows. Purse snatching was becoming quite the sport for the gang at that time. From that day, I learned a lesson, quietly left the gang and changed my life style. I was now a sophomore at Senn where a number of Imperials had started school (we did not wear our colors at school, kept a low profile there), I only know of two of us that made it past the sophomore year, soon afterwards, I was the only one.

I was approached in my junior year to join another gang at Senn which I hung with at times, but never joined, but that time I had become very independent and remained that way. Our colors were a shiny black baseball style jacket, on the back was a green dragon with some orange, yellow and red highlights.

IMPERIALS was in a semi circle over the dragon.Hope this helped out some. SONS OF ITALY: 1950s Hung out around Ogden park or 67 or 69th street near Racine. 31st Boys: 60s Bridgeport Club who hung out at 31st s Wallace. The 31st Boys had a saying: 'You heard about the east and you heard about the west, Now let me tell you about the best, A little south of Chinatown, Were the baddest guys all around.' The 31st Boys were just a handful of guys that were mostly Italian. Was there leader. A couple of the guys had older brothers that were in the Casanovas.

That was an older club from the early 60s. There were a couple Croations in the 31st Boys one was called Mogee. That's what the Italians use to call the Croations in Bridgeport. ARCHER SQUARE GANGS - 1960s: LA's, Aristocrats, the Shack, Chinatown: The LAs hung around Archer Park they wore black & white sweaters they fought with the 58th st jungle, Little Mexico, Centurians and The Settlement after the LAs broke up The Aristocrats hung around Archer Park then came the Popes who took on the colors of the LAs. The 26th st Boys hung around Naps Bowling Alley in Bridgeport they fought with The Shack from 31st Morgan & The Settlement. Shadowgun legends download android. The Settlement was a social center located at 45th McDowall the gangs that hung out there were The Unicorns, The Sons of 45th & The Cool Gents.The Settlement had alot of enemies, the gangs from 18t, the gangs from Bridgeport, Chinatown, LAs,Village Sharks & Emerald Knights and most any gang that didnt hang around The Settlement or Davis Square Park. ARCHER PARK: First the L.A.'

S then the Aristocrats and then the Popes. One of the Aristocrats was shot & killed in the park by a Spanish Cobra. The Spanish Cobras were from a sect out of Vittum Park. That was after the Centurians were gone. CORNELL SQUARE REBELS - 1950s: Cornell Square Rebels Cornell Square Rebels Demographics of Back of the Yards: CORNELL SQUARE SAINTS: early 60's They hung out near the swings in the park in the early 1960's. Most of the kids went to LindBloom High School. Cornell Square gangs: 60s The Rebels were first at Cornell Park then came the Muscaddulers and then the Cornell Dukes.

The Cherry Busters hung around at Hedges School a couple of them use to be Muscaddulers before they broke up.The Cherry Busters were a gang before the Cornell Dukes got started. 51st and Wolcott Rebels Spike's Candy StoreCornell Square Spikes Candy Store - Where the Rebels hung out in the 1950s.(Click image to enlarge) SPANISH REBELS: 1959 Not to be confused with the Cornell Square Rebels of the same time period. These Rebels were Latino and held turf in the Taylor Street/Independence Park area. Their main rival was the Spanish Counts. REBELS: 1974 Armitage and Kedzie Rebels hung out at a pool hall on their corner. SPANISH KINGS: 1962 West Town: numbering 20.

LATIN ANGELS: 1962 West Town (Crystal & California): numbering 40. JUNIOR SINNERS: 1962 West Town: numbering 20. TROJANS: 1962 West Town: numbering 13. GENTS: 1963-64 Black jackets with white lettering, and the cane and top hat. I think this set was led by a guy named Dale S. Mostly southern guys, they hung out in the park between Foster Ave. And Lawrence.

LATIN 6 TREY PANTHERS: Latin 6 Trey Panthers but were aka 6 Trey Panthere or Latin Panthers. Their turf was a small part of the area known as Bucktown. Their area was the North side of Armitage Ave and East of Western Ave and extended a few blocks North and East from that intersection where they occupied Holstein Park on & off for a few years. SPANISH COUNTS: 1959 Latino gang in the Fillmore District. Their turf was Springfield Avenue and Fillmore Street. COOLIE LEMOS: 60s and 70s Hung around Eckert Park area north of Chicago Ave around Noble. They were the gang responsible for the infamous attack on the Mozart & Division Latin Kingswhich killed their leaders Kino and Luckey and left a few others shot up as well.

That pretty much knocked them down a few notches. Their next in line leader Watussi was found shotgunned in the Humbolt park lagoon not to long afterward to put an end to their terrorizing the area.

RIDGEWAY LORDS: 60s Active area: 26th to 31st/Pulaski to Kosner; 27th and Kedvale; 2800 South Kedvale; 2800 South Komensky. Latino and White gang. CULLERTON BOYS A.k.a. Cullerton Duces: 19th to 22nd/California to Rockwell. YOUNG LORDS: Became the Paragons. The young Lords started in the late 1950s in Lincoln Park.

Their original club was located at 2512 Lincoln Avenue. Cha Cha was the big leader of the Young Lords and was part of the group that took over the McCormick Theological Seminary around 67 or 68 in an effort to get a playground at Halsted and Armitage. Cha Cha tells his club's history in his own words: in YouTube video. PARAGONS Wore black and purple sweaters black with a purple stripe.

HADDON BOYS: 60s and 70s A.k.a Familia Haddon boys. They started on the corner right behind the building the Good Time Inn, south side of Division two doors East of Leavit.

Christian was their president and Papo was their war counselor. Their rivals were the PVP Playboys and Chi-West. Ex-Haddon Boy President had this to say: I went to Chopin from 63 and 64 as I remember Friday was always rumble Friday. I started up the club and we called ourselves Haddon gents. I organized the Haddon Boys just for protection from the PVPS (Kong), and from the Chi West those rumbles went on for many years because we had to protect the few P.R.

Kids at Chopin who were always under fire. It was me, my Little Bro, Baby, Lefty, Cano, Papo, Papajoe, Raymon, Brillo, Buzzy and Tacobender.

By 69 we had around 25 members and that summer my oldest bro almost got killed by the C-Notes on Ashland and Ohio. Other Latin Gangs would come as backup many were shot or killed.

Kong was shot and killed by one of the Haddon Boys after that July. The second was celebrated by the Haddon Boys and the PVP?s with a gang fight; one July 2nd a miss shot by one of our own cowboy shot coco's leg off (one of our own). The following year the PVP?s shot one of ours, Cano, 13 times but he made it through ok. We shot some of them then they shot some of us. We burned their homes they burned ours. My family went to P.R.

When I came back the summer of 70, my boys told me that they were hanging out on Division just off of Levitt and that they called themselves the Haddon Boys. I stayed with the Haddon Boys until 76 and just got fed up with all the court cases I had and with drug addiction and dropped out of the gang.

That?s why I said I was the founder it was the roots. At that time no one ever said who was the pres but Cris was a good friend of mine.

To bad much pain we all caused. In my book (my defense), I talk a bit about life in the hood and these things. Too bad that there was to much pain just for being white, black or brown. SABIN BOYS: Levitt & Schiller WARLORDS: Colors: Black and Orange. LATIN SOULS MIGHTY GRAND: 60's Latino. Grand and Hoyne. LINKS: Early 50's South Side Italian gang.

VILLA LOBOS (LONE WOLVES): 60s They had a chapter on 47th s Racine. The Latin Kings tried to takeover 18th Street in the 60s and all the clubs on 18th st, except the Villa Lobos, went up against them. The Villa Lobos were tight with the Kings. That was before all that peoples & folks Alliance. LAZY GENTS: 60's White and Latino. Symbol: Top Hat White Gloves and a Cane. The allied with the C-Notes and the Gaylords and formed the GCG.

CHINATOWN DRAGONS: 60's Chinatown Dragons was a Mexican gang that hung around the Dragon Q poolhall in Chinatown they wore black & green sweaters and fought with the Settlement and gangs from 18th st. CHINATOWN DUKES: 50's aka Sons of Chinatown rival of the Cornell Square Rebels. Chinatown Dukes that was a white gang mostly Italians. CHINATOWN COACHMAN: 50's CHINATOWN NOMADS: 50's Chinatown Nomads a chinese gang. CHINATOWN ARISTOCRATS: 50s Started on 28th and Princeton in about '53 or '54. They had a small clubhouse on the corner there.

Their logo was a top hat, cane, and white gloves. A guy known as Pope, designed and painted the logo. The guys hung around the corner until '56, when they graduated H.S. And all went into the Marines.

The Aristocrats and other gangs from Archer Avenue would fight gangs from Taylor Street on occasion. VILLAGE SHARKS: 60's The Village Sharks was a Puerto Rican gang from 55th s Halsted. They wore black & burgundy sweaters they later became Latin Souls.

INSANE UNKNOWNS: Chinatown GangsChinatown was a mixture of Chinese, Italians, Croations & Mexicans. But they had their own ethnic gangs.

The Dragons were Mexican, The Coachmen & Dukes were Italians and some Croations, The Nomads were Chinese. Two-Six were from 26th st. The kings were closer to 21st and they were tight with the Villa Lobos. The Ridgeway Lords were big around 27th s Ridgeway in the 60s. Latin Hoods 1979 Ghetto-Brother's Mural 1970s Yates Boys OrganizationTurf: North to Armitage/Humboldt to Kedzie. Ghetto-Brother's Organization Maniac Latin HoodsStave and Francise. Rivals Maffot and Campbell Gaylords.

IMPERIAL GANGSTERSK-C stood for Kostner-Cortland where it started 1972- 1983. In the alleys. Offshoot of Palmer/DrakeK-D stood for Kostner-Dickens. It was a party house. Latin Lovers Maniac Latin Hoods Gang Latin Kings Watusi Card 1970s Yippies Card Young Men's International Party Ravens Gang PBC - Paulina/Barry Corp Brighton Jents SAC K-Town LordsThe K-Town Lords was a predominately Hispanic street gang that originated in the early 1970's on the Northwest Side of Chicago near North Avenue and Kostner Avenue.

The colors used by the K-Town Lords were blue/red. Sweaters were blue with red olympics (chops).

Their claim to fame was stabbing to death a 14 year old Gaylord named Harpo. After that, they had the Gaylords and the - after them and they went extinct after numerous beatings. Debbie Kozlarek/Carolyn Vandermolen Murder CaseNearly four decades later the case remains unsolved, but through the power of the internet, small but significant details of the case have been gradually emerging. Feel free to contact us at to offer your theories, suggestions, questions, or memories. We may never bring Debbie and Carolyn's murderers to justice in this world, but we will not give up trying. Jeff Fort - Teacher Speaks OutPitchfork Gangster Disciple SymbolThe pitchforks represent oppression!!!!

In a matter of speaking they feel like they already live in hell without a choice! Using what they believe GOD/ and or SATAN left them to fight oppression and 'come up' out of it! I do not remember the exact 'literature' from the GD book of Knowledge, but David barksdale taught to use the 'pitchforks' as a tool NOT a weapon to OVERCOME oppression! And find a better life! VERY anti-government, but sad to say on some levels I can relate! They get a lot of there 'lit' from the poet that did 'Dante's Inferno' and his quest out of hell!! The rest is Mason Secresy, &military codes!