Frank Schweihs

Francis John Schweihs, aka "the German" (1930? - ) is a hitman who has been known to work for The Outfit, the organized crime family in Chicago. He is currently under indictment. It's believed he has knowledge of many murders going back decades, including brothers Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro and Michael Spilotro, Allen Dorfman of the Teamsters Union, a disgraced Chicago cop, Outfit associate and informant Dick Cain, Outfit boss Salvatore "Sam," "Mooney" Giancana, demented loanshark Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Outfit hitman Charles "Chuckie" Nicoletti, and others. He has been convicted of extortion, and beginning in April 2005, he was a fugitive along with Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo; however, Schweihs was eventually caught in Berea, Kentucky on December 16, 2005, and less than a month later Lombardo was caught on Friday the 13th of January 2006, in Greater Chicago.