Louis Fratto
American mobster (1907–1967)
📍 Des Moines, Iowa USA
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Louis Thomas Fratto, born Luigi Tommaso Giuseppe Fratto, also known as "Lew Farrell" and "Cockeyed Louie", was an American labor racketeer and organized crime figure in Chicago, Illinois and Des Moines, Iowa from the 1930s to 1967. He was part of the Chicago youth gang called the 42s which members included later Outfit members besides himself, Sam Giancana, "Mad" Sam DeStefano, Charles Nicoletti and other notable mobsters. In 1939, Fratto replaced Charles "Cherry Nose" Gioe as the mob boss of Iowa, making his headquarters in Des Moines. He was later implicated in the murder of Gioe, who went b
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