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Joseph Paul Glimco (January 14, 1909–April 28, 1991) was an Italian American labor leader and well-known organized crime figure based in Chicago, Illinois. He was considered "Chicago's top labor racketeer" in the 1950s.〔(May, Allan. "The Guileless Gangster." ''Crime Magazine.'' April 2000. )〕 One high-ranking Chicago Teamsters leader noted in 1954, "He is the mob. When he opens his mouth, it's the syndicate talking."〔"Mob Menace In Chicago." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' September 3, 1954.〕 Glimco was active in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and a close associate of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa. He was a capo in the Chicago Outfit, an organized crime syndicate, and oversaw the syndicate's labor racketeering efforts.〔〔Arnesen, Eric. ''Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-Class History.'' New York: CRC Press, 2006. ISBN 0-415-96826-7〕 He worked closely with Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo, who led the Chicago Outfit from 1943 to 1957, and Sam "Momo" Giancana, who led the syndicate from 1957 to 1966.〔"Joseph Glimco, Ex-Taxi Union Chief." ''Chicago Tribune.'' May 1, 1991.〕〔"Joseph 'Joey' Glimco, Labor Leader, Reputed Mob Aide." ''Chicago Sun-Times.'' April 30, 1991.〕 A United States Senate committee once claimed that Glimco ran "the nation's most corrupt union."〔"Taxi Union Asks Delay." ''Associated Press.'' July 16, 1961.〕〔 Among his numerous aliases were Joey Glimco, "Tough Guy" Glimco, Joseph Glinico, and Joseph Glielmi.〔("Pal Joey." ''Time.'' September 7, 1959. )〕 He was also known as "Little Tim Murphy," a reference to Timothy "Big Tim" Murphy, a Chicago mobster and labor racketeer (also well known for his close ties to the Teamsters) whom the Chicago Outfit feared and subsequently murdered in 1928.〔Murchie, Jr., Guy. "Capone's Decade of Death." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' February 9, 1936.〕〔"Old 'Gang List' Found." ''Chicago Tribune.'' August 8, 1963.〕 ==Early life== Glimco was born in Salerno, Italy, in 1909 and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1913.〔〔"Mob Menace in Chicago." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' August 30, 1954.〕〔"Union Terrorist Rule Charged to Gangster." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' October 8, 1954.〕〔"Inquiry Centers on Hoffa's Ally." ''New York Times.'' March 12, 1959.〕 He had at least two brothers and a sister.〔 The family settled in Chicago. Glimco attended public school but quit after the seventh grade to earn a living as a shoeshiner and newspaper delivery boy.〔 He owned two newsstands when he was 20 years old.〔"Mob Menace In Chicago: Union Rule By Terror." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' August 31, 1954.〕 Glimco's criminal career began about the same time as his departure from school. By the time he was 18, he had been arrested five times and convicted twice for disorderly conduct and once for larceny (receiving six months to a year's probation each time).〔〔 By the time he was 25, he had been arrested another 16 times—including arrests for murder (twice), bootlegging (twice), motor vehicle theft, criminal intimidation, bombing, and public brawling.〔〔〔〔 In 1932, he married Lena Alex, an American citizen and the sister of Gus Alex, a hitman for Chicago Outfit financial and legal advisor Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik (who oversaw the Outfit's bribes to police and politicians and ensured that income due to the Outfit was not skimmed by lower level mobsters).〔〔"U.S. Probes Glimco's Right to Citizenship." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' September 12, 1954.〕〔Binder, John. ''The Chicago Outfit.'' Mt. Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7385-2326-7〕 The Glimcos had a son, Joseph Jr. (born in 1937), and a daughter, Jo Anne.〔〔"It's A Big Day for Gangland: Two Weddings." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' April 4, 1959.〕 Around the time of his marriage, Glimco became an associate of important Chicago Outfit leaders Tony Accardo and Louis "Little New York" Campagna.〔〔 Campagna became Glimco's "mob patron," helping to guide his decisions and actions and keep him out of law enforcement trouble.〔Smith, Sandy. "Ponder Glimco's Mob Position." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' July 23, 1961.〕 Glimco applied to become a naturalized U.S. citizen in November 1931, but his application was turned down in November 1932 due to his extensive criminal record.〔〔〔 He applied again in June 1938, and was denied for the same reasons in July 1939.〔〔 He applied a final time in 1940, and his petition was approved in 1943.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Glimco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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