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Danny Stanton was a Chicago mobster and labor union racketeer for the Chicago Outfit

Chicago Outfit

The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA...

during Prohibition

Prohibition

Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...

. An early leader of the Sheldon Gang

Sheldon Gang

The Sheldon Gang was a Chicago bootlegging gang during the early years of Prohibition known for being the main rivals of the Saltis-McErlane Gang and the Southside O'Donnell Brothers....

, he later headed members of the Ragen's Colts

Ragen's Colts

Ragen's Colts was a chiefly Irish street gang which dominated the Chicago underworld during the early twentieth century. By the late 1920s and early '30s, the gang became part of the Chicago Outfit under Al Capone....

on behalf of Al Capone

Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early...

in support the Druggan-Lake Gang during the bootleg wars of the mid-1920s.

Daniel Stanton Jr. was born September 24, 1896 to Daniel Sr., a first generation Irish-American immigrant from Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

and Jane Hilton from Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and earned the rank of a Private, 1st Class during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

where he saw action overseas before returning in July 1919, first living in New York City and then finally settling at 6222 South Carpenter Avenue in Englewood, Chicago

Englewood, Chicago

Englewood, once known as "Junction Grove" , is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. At its height, over 97,000 people lived in its approximately 3 square miles , but the neighborhood's population has since dropped dramatically...

. In control of the Chicago's South Side since the early-1920s, he and Red Fawcett (Forsyth) continued running criminal operations in the area during the 1930s as well as organizing municipal workers as part of the syndicate's plans to infiltrate city hall. Becoming involved in an underworld dispute over illegal gambling operations, he was killed with his associate Louis Dorman on May 5, 1943.

Danny Stanton was married to Lucile Bock Stanton at the time of his death.

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