In 1978, Aleman was convicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of organizing a series of home invasion robberies. As a result, Aleman was acquitted in a bench trial. Wilson agreed, but later requested more money to compensate for the risk. Meanwhile, Cooley approached Judge Wilson and offered him $10,000 to take over the case and acquit Harry Aleman. But Harry wasn't going to let some Irish goon get away with calling him a guinea." He probably could have beaten her up a few more times and it wouldn't have mattered. The final straw came after one of the fights when she said, You better be careful, cause Harry won't be happy about it. They had a bitter divorce and argued constantly over custody of their son.
Billy Logan, the victim, had been married to Harry's cousin. The hit, I learned, had nothing to do with unions and all the other crap in the indictment. Wilson, Cooley said he knew a judge whom no one would ever suspect.Īfter taking the case, Cooley "picked up information that was total dynamite. Thinking instantly of a close friend, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Frank J. Marcy warned Cooley that, if he accepted the job and failed to deliver, the Outfit would murder him.
HARRY HOOK TRIAL
Marcy insisted that the Chicago Outfit preferred a bench trial with a judge who could be bribed to acquit. Although Cooley suggested that he could easily win an acquittal by discrediting the witnesses during cross-examination. However, shortly before Aleman's trial started, Chicago attorney Robert Cooley was approached by First Ward political boss Pat Marcy and asked to take over as Aleman's lawyer. According to prosecutors, the reason for Logan's murder was that the union man was obstructing Aleman's crew from hijacking trucks. Two witnesses watched Aleman commit the murder and prosecutors thought they had a strong case. On September 27, 1972, Aleman fatally shot Teamsters official William Logan in his Chicago neighborhood. FBI agents were reported to have said that Aleman "oozed menace" and his mere presence was usually enough to enforce the Outfit's will. Aleman was prosecuted for only one murder: the 1972 Logan killing. His alleged victims included Richard Cain, a top aide to boss Sam Giancana, along with counterfeiters, mob informants, a security guard from a Miami museum that failed to pay his gambling debts, a former police officer, and another mob enforcer. Īccording to law enforcement and the Chicago Crime Commission, Aleman committed 13 murders in Chicago between 19. If the bookmakers refused, Aleman was willing to use force on them. In the early 1970s, Aleman decided to force independent bookmakers in Chicago to pay extortion payments, or "street tax", to the Outfit. ĭuring the 1960s, Aleman was also arrested for malicious mischief, illegal gambling, possession of burglary tools, assault, aggravated assault, grand theft auto, armed robbery, and aggravated kidnapping. Aleman was convicted, but received only two years' probation. When Pierson arrived at the scene, the enraged Aleman punched Pierson, breaking his jaw. Police soon stopped Aleman and started questioning him. Pierson chased Aleman out of the bar, then flagged down a police car.
The incident started when Aleman, at a bar with his brother and friends, pushed a woman through a large window. In 1962, Aleman was charged with assaulting Howard Pierson, the 23-year-old son of a Chicago police commander. However, according to Ruth and his stepchildren, he was a loving and kind husband and father. Due to an accident as a teenager, Aleman was unable to produce children of his own. In 1964, Aleman married Ruth Felper Mustari, a widow with four children, who died in 2000 at age 68. Aleman went to work selling race track program sheets and produce from the South Water Street Market. In 1958, he graduated with a two-year degree in that field. In 1956, Aleman graduated from Crane Technical High School and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts to study commercial art. The only relief Aleman got was from ages seven to eleven, when Louis was in prison. In a 1997 interview, Aleman said that his father beat him every day. Īleman's mother was Italian, his father a native of Durango, Durango Mexico who was involved in narcotics trafficking. Aleman was a nephew of future Chicago Outfit acting mob boss Joseph Ferriola and uncle to Joseph Aleman. The legendary Taylor Street was the port-of-call for Chicago's Italian Americans. Born in the Taylor Street area of Chicago, Aleman was the first of three sons of Louis Aleman and Mary Virginia Baratta.
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