Frank Schweihs

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Francis John Schweihs (February 7, 1932 – July 23, 2008), aka "Frank the German", was an American mobster, who worked for the Outfit, the organized crime family of Chicago. At the time of his death, federal prosecutors planned to indict him for numerous crimes, including murder. It is believed he had participated in, or had 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, loanshark Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Outfit hitman Charles "Chuckie" Nicoletti, John Roselli and others. Schweihs was convicted of extortion in 1989 and sentenced to 13 years and one month in prison; he was also ordered to pay $42,900 in fines and restitution. Schweihs operated with several crews, one of them the "Chinatown Crew" also known as the "26th Street Crew." Its operations were run out of the...

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