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Earl J. "Hymie" Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski; January 25, 1898 – October 11, 1926), was a Polish-American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone. He was known as "the only man Al Capone feared".
Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski (25 January 1898-11 October 1926), better known as Hymie Weiss, was a Polish - American mob boss who led the North Side Gang of Chicago, Illinois from 1924 to 1926, succeeding Dean O'Banion and preceding Vincent Drucci . Biography. Weiss after being shot by Capone's men.
Real name Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski. Born in Chicago, he grew up on the North Side with his Polish-American family. He was Catholic, despite the Jewish-sounding moniker. He befriended an Irish-American teen named Dean O'Banion. With Weiss and George Bugs Moran, O'Banion established the North...
Hymie Weiss. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Born Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski in Poland in 1898, his family emigrated to the US and settled in Chicago. Nicknamed "Hymie"--despite his Jewish-sounding last name, he was actually Catholic--became friends with Irish gangster Charles Dion O'Bannion.
Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski. Mini Bio. Born Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski in Poland in 1898, his family emigrated to the US and settled in Chicago. Nicknamed "Hymie"--despite his Jewish-sounding last name, he was actually Catholic--became friends with Irish gangster Charles Dion O'Bannion.
Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski "Hymie The Pole", Earl J. Weiss. Hymie "the Polack", Perfume burglar, also went under the alias of Oscar Nelson. Born January 25,1898, Son of Walenty S. Wojciechowski known as "William Weiss" and Mary Bruszkiewicz known as "Mary Weiss".
Hymie Weiss is a Polish bootlegger, based in Chicago and second in command to Dean O'Banion for the North Side Gang. He was born Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski in 1898. He is Roman Catholic, but often mistaken for being Jewish, because of his nickname.
