Al Capone target him. His driver was found tortured and murdered, and there was an attempt on Weiss's life in the Chicago Loop. On September 20, 1926, the North Side Gang used a ploy outside the Capone headquarters at the Hawthorne Inn, aimed at drawing him to the windows. Gunmen in several cars then opened fire with Thompson submachine guns and shotguns at the windows of the first-floor restaurant. Capone was unhurt and called for a truce, but the negotiations fell through. Three weeks later, Weiss was killed outside the former O'Banion flower shop North Side headquarters. The owner of Hawthorne's restaurant
Al Capone II Al Capone II Al Capone II (born 1988) is a French Autre Que Pur-Sang ((AQPS), translated as "Other than Thoroughbred") steeplechaser. Sired by the Selle Français jumper, Italic, and out of the mare L'Oranaise, he is a full brother to The Fellow who won the 1991 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris, the 1991 & 1992 King George VI Chase, and the 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Al Capone II won the Prix Georges Courtois three out of four years between 1993 and 1996, finishing second in 1995. He also won the prestigious Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris in 1997 but gained worldwide recognition