Giovanni Battista (GB) “Pete” Guardalabene
Pete Guardalabene was the son of the first Milwaukee mob boss, Vito Guardalabene, and then became the boss: 1921–1927
He rose to prominence as a high-ranking employee of the Milwaukee Sanitation Department. Pete extorted money from new immigrants in exchange for their jobs of hauling trash to the city incinerator.
The most notable incident involving Guardalabene was the “Garbage Melee,” a gun and knife battle at the city landfill.
Guardalabene’s Monte Carlo Club in 1926
(Image from the Milwaukee Sentinel)
- Born: 14 Jun 1881
- Santa Flavia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Died: 14 Jun 1949
- Milwaukee, WI
- Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum
- Angela Bellant
- Married: 24 Jun 1907,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Born: 23 Feb 1889, Santa Flavia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Died: 21 May 1981 at the age of 92 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Additional Information:
- Daughter of Peter Bellant and Josephine Amato
- Married: 24 Jun 1907,
- Dr. Vito Guardalabene
- Born: 11 May 1909, Wisconsin
- Died: 31 Aug 1968, Minnesota
- Rosemary C Guardalabene
- Born: 1918, Wisconsin
- Died: 2015
- Angelo Vito Guardalabene
- Born: 20 Jul 1916, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Died: 13 Feb 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Anthony J Guardalabene
- Born: 21 Sep 1919, Wisconsin
- Died: 1 Oct 2004, Brookfield, Wisconsin
- Antonia Guardalabene
- Born: 25 Sep 1875
- Santa Flavia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Died: 15 May 1943
- Born: 25 Sep 1875
- Giuseppa Guardalabene
- Born: 14 Sep 1877
- Santa Flavia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Died: 13 May 1908
- Milwaukee, WI
- Age 30
- Born: 14 Sep 1877
- Marie Guardalabene
- Born: 1878
- Italy
- Died: Aug 1927
- Kokomo, IN
- Age 49
- Born: 1878
- Angelo Guardalabene
- Born: 10 Jan 1891
- Santa Flavia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Death: 3 Oct 1936
- Milwaukee, WI
- Born: 10 Jan 1891
- Parents married December 14, 1878
- Vito Guardalabene
- Born: 26 Sep 1845
- Santa Flavia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Santa Flavia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Death: 6 Feb 1921
- Milwaukee, WI
- Born: 26 Sep 1845
- Giuseppa “Josephine” Alioto
- Born on 26 Apr 1849
- Solanto, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Died on 10 Dec 1911
- Milwaukee, W
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Monte Carlo Club
The Monte Carlo was a popular prohibition era nightclub known for its extravagant shows and extensive liquor selection. The Monte Carlo was frequently listed among the most flagrant violators of the law banning the sale of intoxicating liquors. On several occasions federal prohibition agents conducted high profile raids on the Monte Carlo failing at every turn to convince Milwaukee authorities to declare the place a public nuisance thereby banning it from operation. With each raid, the influence of the Guardalabene organization grew and the brothers continued to expand their operation through the 20s on into the early 30s.
Oct 15, 1926 – Pete Guardalabene was arrested for Liquor violations by out of state Prohibition Agents
Guardalabene agreed to close the Monte Carlo Club in exchange for having the charges dropped.