North Side Gang

North Side Gang
Founded1919
Founded byDean O'Banion, Earl "Hymie" Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski)
Founding locationNorth Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Years active1919–1935
TerritoryVarious neighborhoods in Chicago, mainly North Chicago
EthnicityMainly Irish American, with German American, Polish American, Jewish American, and Italian American members
Membership (est.)Around 30 members
Criminal activitiesRacketeering, bootlegging, illegal gambling, extortion, robbery, murder
RivalsChicago Outfit and Genna crime family

The North Side Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was an Irish-American criminal organization within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. It was the principal rival of the South Side Gang, also known as the Chicago Outfit, the crime syndicate of Italian-Americans Johnny Torrio and Al Capone.