Joseph "Hop Toad" Giunta (1887 – May 7, 1929), was an American mobster with the

Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or The Organization) is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate or crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, ...

. He was born in

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. He was of Italian descent.

Biography

Grave of Joseph Giunta (1887–1929) at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL

After the murder of

Unione Siciliana The Italian-American National Union (formerly known as Unione Siciliana) was a Sicilian-American organization, which controlled much of the Italian vote within the United States during the early twentieth century. It was based in Chicago, Illinois ...

president Pasqualino "Patsy" Lolordo, Giunta became the new president of the Siciliana in 1929. He unsuccessfully tried to organize a revolt against Al Capone's gang. As a result, according to legend, Giunta and his co-conspirators ( Albert Anselmi and

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) were beaten and shot to death by Capone at a party. Their bodies were found the next day in Hammond, Indiana. Giunta was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giunta, Joseph 1887 births 1929 deaths American gangsters of Italian descent American gangsters of Sicilian descent Prohibition-era gangsters People from Cicero, Illinois