Bullets, Flames, Lawsuits, and Votes: The End of an Era

CHAPTER 43 of THE COOLEST SPOT IN CHICAGO: A HISTORY OF GREEN MILL GARDENS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF UPTOWN PREVIOUS CHAPTER / TABLE OF CONTENTS Five months after he vanished from Chicago, Ted Newberry finally turned up. The North Side mobster, who was said to be the Green Mill’s boss, hadn’t been killed, as many… Continue reading Bullets, Flames, Lawsuits, and Votes: The End of an Era

Ted Newberry, Alleged Green Mill Mob Boss

CHAPTER 34 of THE COOLEST SPOT IN CHICAGO: A HISTORY OF GREEN MILL GARDENS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF UPTOWN PREVIOUS CHAPTER / TABLE OF CONTENTS / NEXT CHAPTER In the Prohibition Era, a mobster summoned a Chicago Daily Tribune reporter to sit down for a meeting one afternoon inside the Green Mill. The reporter, James L.… Continue reading Ted Newberry, Alleged Green Mill Mob Boss