Frank Schweihs

Francis John Schweihs, aka "Frank the German" (1930? - July 23, 2008) was an alleged hitman who had been known to work for The Outfit, the organized crime family in Chicago. He was under indictment in the Operation Family Secrets case for the crimes of racketeering and extortion. It is believed he had participated in, or had knowledge of, many murders going back decades, including brothers Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro and Michael Spilotro, Allen Dorfman of the Teamsters Union, a disgraced Chicago cop, Outfit associate and informant Dick Cain, Outfit boss Salvatore "Sam," "Mooney" Giancana, loanshark Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Outfit hitman Charles "Chuckie" Nicoletti, and others.

He has been convicted of extortion in 1989 and was sentenced to 13 years and one month in prison and was ordered to pay $42,900 in fines and restitution.

In April 2005, he was a fugitive along with Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo; however, Schweihs was eventually caught in Berea, Kentucky, on December 16, 2005, and less than a month later Lombardo was caught on January 13, 2006, in the Greater Chicago area. Schweihs' trial was separated from the other defendants due to his poor health due to cancer. His co-defendants were convicted in the original trial in 2007. Schweihs remained in jail pending his trial. After his health had been judged to have improved, he was finally scheduled to go on trial in October of 2008.

Schweihs died on July 23, 2008, from complications related to his cancer.

References

External links

• DOJ Operation Family Secrets press release
• New Criminologist: Alleged Mafia hitman Frank "The German" Schweihs arrested in Kentucky by Nick Morris
• Frank Schweihs: Flood Testimony Recalls Breakup Of Mob Hit Attempt, Illinois Police and Sheriff's News
• FBI says hit man, 75, kills for mob by Roberto Santiago