Word was that Chicago attempted to install a “puppet” leader to head the Rockford Family which, of course, would have put the “Outfit” in the driver’s seat… Zammuto edged them out all the way.

The City of Rockford, in far northern Illinois, has been a hotbed of underworld activity since the 1920s. Located by the northern border of the state in Winnebago County, it is the fifth-largest city in the entire state outside of Chicago and is less than 100 miles from the “Windy City” itself.
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