---
title: Alberto Speciale
description: After being in America only four months, Alberto Speciale was shot by two gunmen on February 17, 1926 at the corner of Lyon and  Jackson Streets in Milwaukee.
url: "https://milwaukeemafia.com/wiki/alberto-speciale/"
updated: "2022-03-03"
category: Milwaukee Mafia / Biography
---

# Alberto Speciale

## Alberto Speciale

Alberto Speciale was born on July 28, 1892 in Bagheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy to Giovanni and Anna (D’Amato) Speciale.

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**Wife**: Anna (June 9, 1891-February 15,1969)

**Children**: Giovanni and Anita

**Death**: February 17, 1926: Shot by two gunmen at the corner of Lyon and Jackson Streets (in front of 736 Jackson Street)

Decades later, an informant told the FBI that this murder was personal and not business, and was ordered by Milwaukee Mafia boss [Joseph Amato](https://kingsridgemedia.com/MM/Wiki/milwaukee-boss-giuseppe-amato/) who wanted Speciale “out of the way”. The informant identified the gunmen as Milwaukee mobsters Vito Balestrere and Joseph Gumina.

    ![Alberto Speciale](https://kingsridgemedia.com/MM/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Alberto-Speciale.png)

## Documents from the Milwaukee Police Department

Documentation from the investigation of the murder of Alberto Speciale: [File #1](https://archive.org/details/AlbertoSpecialePapers/) and [File #2](https://ia601501.us.archive.org/27/items/alberto-speciale-police-docs/alberto-speciale-police-docs.pdf)

 

## Milwaukee Mafia Podcast Episode

[https://player.captivate.fm/episode/953b98cf-21e0-466f-be41-503e4d2f4fe4](https://player.captivate.fm/episode/953b98cf-21e0-466f-be41-503e4d2f4fe4)

This Milwaukee Mafia podcast episode is based on chapter 8 of Gavin's book, *The Milwaukee Mafia*, titled Alberto Speciale and the Chicago Connection.

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