Vincent Drucci

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Vincent Drucci

Born	1898 Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy
Died	April 4, 1927 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci (1898–April 4, 1927), was a prominent organized crime figure from Chicago's Prohibition era, a lieutenant under Dion O'Banion's North Side Gang. He has the ignoble distinction of being one of the few gangsters to be killed by law enforcement.

Born Vittorio D'Ambrosio, Drucci was a leading member of the North Side Gang of Chicago and associate of Bugs Moran, Earl 'Hymie' Weiss, and Dion O'Banion. Known for his inventive and detailed plans from bank robberies to kidnappings of prominent Chicagoans, Drucci earned the nickname "The Schemer". Drucci was involved with the attempted murders of both Al Capone and Johnny Torrio in the turf wars of the 1920s. Drucci was shot four times and killed during an altercation with Chicago detective Dan Healy on April 4, 1927. Given a lavish funeral at Mount Carmel Cemetery, typical of gangland fashion at the time, his silver casket cost $10,000 and more than $30,000 in flowers adorned the funeral rooms.