Nitti’s gift for organizing soon caught the attention of Capone. Within a couple of years, he rose to the top tier of the Capone gang. His job was to make sure the boss’s orders were carried out and he soon became known as The Enforcer for his tough, violent way of getting things done. Early in 1924, tensions between Capone’s gang and the North Side mobsters began to escalate. Capone looked to Nitti to settle the score with the rival mobsters.
By 1926 the two factions of Chicago’s organized crime were at war. When Capone ordered the murder of North Sider Hymie Weiss, he called on Nitti and three others to carry out the hit. For several days Nitti and the other mobsters staked out Weiss from a rented room that overlooked Holy Name Cathedral. On October 11, 1926, as Weiss and four associates drove up to the church, Capone’s men opened fire. Weiss and bodyguard Paddy Murray were killed and the three others were wounded.
In 1929 Capone again called on Nitti to retaliate against his North Side rivals. Together, Capone, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn, and Nitti planned their move.
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