James “Cowboy” Mirro was a Chicago Outfit loanshark who once led police on a wild car chase one warm summer afternoon back in 1949 when he was 36 years old.
It seems there was an impromptu race on a Chicago street when police interrupted the fun. Mirro was in one car and fellow Outfit mobster Charles English was in another. A third car was also involved, but whoever those occupants were remains a mystery.
