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: * ne ee me ria awe dette i574. . a3 cand = bfen oy _? +! Stacey made ai ies wiscina 3 ad ‘ened Sher os, rea’ light district when he was about ‘19 ‘or'16 years. of. “age.” Re started - i yb «in asa pimp and -has’ deen known ‘ae one ‘ever “ince. : “Be: orked: ‘Top and: wat. .° ddentified ‘with. three wory ‘pbtorions. houges im the olé ‘Cistrics, namely i DaER, Frank Lente, Guarlio Mayhoug As pnd manrieg Ye Yon Buren, ‘*. nuns " oo “gne old dtetriet waa eloced between i015 and'1924 ‘ant + aa Stecey went back to his home town, Melrose Park, Illinois, where he:made: = his headquarters. However, he lived in gurora, T}linols most of. the tine. — In Aurora, Illinois, he acted ase pinp for the ‘landlady of, 8 hotise of te or prostitution, known as Edna. Her aon, Elmer, ‘who also is nov known as. a . ' Elmer Stacey, is a boy ‘about 21 years of age and practically has pean - Paised by Doe Stacey. . Ximer Stacey was ‘a bartender at the 0. 2. Jan, *ierose Park,’ Tlinots. #Mner ‘Stacey ;-JAke | his fester father, is. torious pjmp; and hassbeen in e: gfeat many erooket deals with os. Pan .. Boe Stacey Also has"s " pfothor by %hé mane of fBlug" Btacey, quite. cs “ - fe an notorious character who formerly worked at the 6. ¥.< Inn. sBtacey. we My ; Four brothera, ‘pamelys, Mike, Roce, Andrew. and Tohnty. Braces, ; Pine, When propibition went into. “atteck “the” firet of suly, Yous, Stacey took 3500.00 that he had saved, bought liquor and started boot- , Legging in Awrora, Illinois. He remained in fis pusiness until 1921, | . _:dnereasing seme and making considerable’ money.- 7-puring | 2921 he returned © a 3) Melroe® Perk and formed a Liquor syndicate with Roy Deleno and George: . * Gorezd... ir Serri tory Was “part of Cook. Sounty: and-Kens ‘County, DLli- -~ Bple, ana t th soon controlled thé ®giky", L{guor and beer business” ix: $n . _ above mentiondé,, territory.’ “, Stacby, “tho conneeat 1164 $bis: Syndicate, ome - ¢4nued the same until late in 1925 or serly ip 1026," “et which tise” AL capone vie had taken over the syndicate in Chi cago. : Capone soon found that thie was . _ a lucrative territory, sent his men out and told ‘Stacey he was ‘going to © Bs ‘take over the territory but was willing to put Stacey in rt manager on a. - a 10% cut. : Stacey was wiee enough to give up the territory. fhis was the oe start of bie downfall. Hie money soon aiseppeared ac he was a big spender. — :- He did not take an interest ta the business thereafter, and the territory , * goon dwindled dow to. is Nee Barly in 1026 al Gepone let Stacey out : “gpd Frenk Ris wes. eént dden-to preenize the tortitory. stacey wes ot ,- soaetving favors fron this syndicste | ‘a8 ‘bechad stepped out gracefully, and . Was always willing todo anything he “poula ter them. - “Stortly ‘after Shis -. Btaeey hot & man in Melrose. Park, and ‘the same was ‘pquared: under the ® 55° 7 Bob Crowe Paging. me aroagcate ee. weed Btacey 0 op arse otf. tor ‘snd: Jods. - cede eh as en aBiRE vt, * ard Conv to ae