Clarence Lieder (August 15, 1906 – January 1969) was a
mechanic and
armorer for
Chicago's underworld and Depression-era criminals, as well as the primary competitor to
Joe Bergl Joseph P. Bergl (1901 – September 1950) was a mechanic who supplied specially designed vehicles for Chicago's underworld, including Al Capone's Chicago Outfit, Depression-era outlaw George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and members of the Barker Gang.
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. Owner of the ''Oakley Auto Construction Company'', located at the corner of
Division Street and Oakley Avenue in Chicago's North Side, Lieder competed with Bergl in supplying both mobster and other criminals with customized automobiles throughout
Prohibition and during the early-1930s.
A longtime friend of bank robber
George "Baby Face" Nelson, Lieder also hid
John Dillinger and
Homer Van Meter from authorities after being unable to use their usual Chicago safehouses in early-1934. Shortly after Dillinger's death, Lieder closed his operations and left Chicago in July 1934, disappearing from public record thereafter.
References
*Newton, Michael. ''Encyclopedia of Robbers, Heists, and Capers''. New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002.
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1906 births
1969 deaths
People from Chicago