The German is going to trial
Frank "The German" Schweihs
Frank "The German" Schweihs one of the most feared mobsters in Chicago history, is headed to trial in September, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
Schweihs had been battling cancer and was too ill to stand trial with the other five defendants in the Family Secrets trial last year.
In that case, Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo, James "Little Jimmy" Marcello and Frank Calabrese Sr. were the top mobsters convicted as part of the most important Outfit case in Chicago history.
Federal prosecutors gave a sneak preview of some of their case involving Schweihs, where it overlapped their case against some of the other defendants.
Jurors saw a chilling videotape of Schweihs shaking down the owner of a dirty bookstore in the Old Town neighborhood.
Apparently, Schweihs is on the mend. He's had cancer before and survived, and this time may be no different.
The Schweihs case is up for a status hearing before U.S. District Judge James Zagel on Thursday in federal court in Chicago.
Comments
FINALLY!
Posted by: anyonymous | May 7, 2008 01:29 PM
Steve, Will there be any other mobsters on trial with the German?
STEVE WARMBIR RESPONDS: It will just be the German. He's the last remaining defendant.
Posted by: Vinnie | May 8, 2008 04:06 PM
any comment on the story that Chuck Goudie wrote about the German and Marilyn Monroe?
STEVE WARMBIR: It was nice to see Goudie following up on the news that the German is going to trial. Schweihs has long been tied by rumor to the Marilyn Monroe murder, but I've never seen anything concrete to substantiate it, and the ABC news report did nothing to add to it.
Posted by: just curious | May 8, 2008 04:11 PM
About time.
I've never met a man being more devoid of humanity than this guy ..... Truly a frightening individual.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 12, 2008 10:27 AM
What are the remaining charges against Scweihs? Also, do you think that the prosecution will jettison some of the weaker charges against him now that his co-defendants have been tried?
STEVE WARMBIR RESPONDS: Schweihs faces the same charges as the other defendants did, plus a separate charge for ducking his arrest.
I don't think you're going to see the prosecution drop any of the charges, and I don't know if we've seen all the evidence against him, since, of course, he didn't go to trial with the five other men.
Posted by: Mob fan | May 14, 2008 03:29 PM
these guys arent as bad as our,elected leaders, yea they may be killers ,but so are our leaders,a war we will never win, ,elected officials ,making illegitmate kids, cheating on the wives ,yeah ,these guys arent that bad,they did everything for money,while the powers that be,destroy a nation of its own,
Posted by: Anonymous | May 16, 2008 12:42 PM
This whole "Operation Family Secrets" trial has been a railroad job. It will be nice to see this final trial and get it over with.
Posted by: Salvatore | May 16, 2008 02:14 PM
Anonymous, their is no way you are any kind of a relative of ours with the comments you make. You can't decide on what side of the law your on . To compare these guys to politions is crazy, I'm sure you didnt even know my father or anyone in our family....
Posted by: NICHOLAS R. SEIFERT | May 16, 2008 02:39 PM