Dan Healy (detective)
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Dan Healy was a Chicago detective who became famous when he killed the leader of the North Side Gang
, Vincent Drucci
, during an altercation on April 4, 1927.
By 1933, Daniel Healy had been made sergeant of the Chicago police
North Side Gang
The North Side family Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was the dominant Irish-American criminal organization within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early to late 1920s and principal rival of the Johnny Torrio-Al Capone organization, later known as the Chicago Outfit.- Early...
, Vincent Drucci
Vincent Drucci
Vincent Drucci, also known as "The Schemer" , was an American mobster during Chicago's Prohibition era who served as a lieutenant under Dean O'Banion's North Side Gang and later as gang boss. Drucci was one of the few mobsters to ever be killed by a law enforcement officer...
, during an altercation on April 4, 1927.
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By 1933, Daniel Healy had been made sergeant of the Chicago police