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Chronology of Newspaper Articles (from the Chicago Tribune) Related to
4807 W. Cermak, the Rock Garden Club and Various Individuals
Date of Article Details

10-17-35 Gambling facilities on the second floor of 2131 S. Cicero, the famous Rock Garden Casino owned by Rocco Fischetti, and at the rear of the tavern at 4807 Cermak (referred to hereafter as 4807) were reported to be similar and causing parking congestion in the area. 2131 Cicero was once the location of the Ship, a Capone place that was a major casino during Prohibition.

12-02-38 4807 is raided.

09-16-41 Raid on the Rock Gardens finds 6 games of blackjack and poker.

09-19-41 Operators of 4807 and 2131 S. Cicero are fined in court for gambling, following recent raids.

10-27-41 The Chicago Crime Commission’s survey of gambling places in Cook County in June and July notes 100 patrons at 4807. The Rock Garden is noted as the most expensive of all the gambling places with over 100 well dressed patrons.

10-23-43 Cook County State’s Attorney ordered Sheriff’s Police Chief McCarthy to raid 4807.

10-31-43 Rocco Fischetti, owner of the Rock Garden, is charged with aiding and abetting gambling. The Rock Garden is noted as having two locations: 4730 Cermak and 4807 Cermak. Virgil Peterson, in an article published on 11-04-56, confirms this with regard to operations in 1943. This explicitly links the two places, which is suggested or implied by some of the articles above. An article dated 10-10-43 notes that the 2131 location burned down a few years ago, seemingly in late 1941, and that 4730 Cermak is one of the current locations for the Rock Garden.

02-28-50 State’s Attorney’s investigators find open gambling at 4807.

03-08-50 State’s Attorney’s investigators find 175 patrons, 27 employees, four card games and a handbook running at 4807.

07-03-50 Both 4807 and 4730 get horse racing news by telegraph from Continental Press. The same individual, G. Park, is listed as the subscriber at each place.

10-10-50 4807 is raided. John Varlas is arrested as the keeper, along with seven others including Joseph Vaccaro and Charles Casie.

01-13-51 4807 is raided again. Charles Casie is fined as keeper of this location (see his tie to 4730 Cermak below).

07-11-51 4807 raided yet again. 300 patrons are dispersed and Joseph Vaccaro is again arrested at this location, as keeper of the establishment.

07-29-51 4730 Cermak is raided by the Cook County Sheriff. It is named as the second location of 4807.

08-08-51 State’s Attorney will seek an injunction against four often raided gambling places, including 4807.

08-12-51 4730 Cermak is raided and Charles Casie, previously arrested as the keeper of 4807, is booked as the keeper of this house, again linking the two places.

10-06-51 Raid on 4807 finds 90 customers and six employees.

10-16-51 The Cook County State’s Attorney asks Western Union to no longer furnish the telegraph wire service racing results to 11 places in Cicero, including 4807 and 4730 Cermak. Western Union revokes their privileges.

10-27-51 A Cook County grand jury singles out 18 individuals in indictments related to gambling in the county. Along with future Mob Boss Sam Giancana, the list includes James Vaccaro and Carl Cannata, who were arrested many times at 4807.

09-24-52 Federal gambling tax stamps were recently issued to Joseph Vaccaro and John T. Varlas, as well as Charles Casie (could this be Carl Cannata, who gave an address of 4807 Cermak?). All three gave 2131 S. 47th Ct. as their address.

08-18-53 Federal gambling tax stamps again issued in Cicero to Joseph Vaccaro and John T. Varlas, as well as Charles Casie.

08-25-54 State’s Attorney Gutknecht names 4807 Cermak, the front of which is now the Aloha Grill, as a gambling place.

02-17/18-55 Poker game is raided at Aloha Grill at 4807. Three poker tables seized.

07-29-55 Aloha grill raided again. 200 patrons dispersed and two keepers seized. The restaurant is one of six entrances to the gambling place in the back.

10-23-55 Aloha/4807 raided again.

04-09-56 John Varlas of the Aloha Grill address, identified as a gambler, appears in a line-up related to a murder.

07-24-56 Raid at the Aloha disperses 100 customers.

11-18-56 Virgil Peterson, Operating Director of the Chicago Crime Commission, notes that John Varlos, who had been arrested as the keeper of 4807, was at Mob Boss Tony Accardo’s July 4th party in 1956, along with various Outfit heavyweights. These functions were attended by higher ranking Outfit members.

01-04-62 Joseph Vaccaro AKA Joseph Vacco found guilty of keeping a handbook after a June 15, 1961 raid on 4730 Cermak. Other individuals were booked as keepers of the casino games.

06-25-65 John Varlas is at the MGM Lounge, at 1839 S. Cicero Ave. in Cicero, with Joe Ferriola and James “Turk” Torello. This is according to testimony by mob informant Lou Bombacino.. Ferriola and Torello both later bossed the Outfit’s Taylor Street crew, which ran the Cicero area. Varlas later testified on behalf of Ferriola, Jack Cerone and other defendants, to rebut testimony by Bombacino, in a gambling case brought against them. The MGM was owned by Nick Kokenas/Kokenes, managed by John Kokenes, and was long known as an underworld hangout (CT, 08-05-70)

02-26-66 John Varlos, described as a protege of Cicero Mob overseer Joey Aiuppa, is arrested in connection with gambling at 5535 W. 22nd Place.