. . . . . . "Johnny Jack Nounes, also known as the \"Beau Brummell of Galveston\", was a mob boss in Galveston, Texas, United States, during the 1920s and 1930s. He, with one-armed George Musey, led the Downtown Gang, one of the two gangs which controlled most of the Galveston Crime Syndicate until the early 1930s. They fought for control of the island against the rival Beach Gang led by Ollie Quinn and Dutch Voight, and later their successors, the Maceo Crime Syndicate. As the prohibition era began, his gang came to be one of the dominant forces in the Galveston Crime Syndicate. Galveston became the main port of entry for liquor supply in Texas and many parts of the Midwest. Nounes' flamboyance attracted the attention of federal authorities, leading to his conviction in 1924 and sentencing to Leavenworth Penitentiary. His prison term was short but only two years after being released he was again sentenced to prison after being caught with a shipment of liquor in Seabrook. Frank Nitti, a business partner of Nounes, was the \"enforcer\" for Al Capone's crime organization in Chicago as well as the future boss of the Chicago Outfit."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1924"^^ . . . "Johnny Jack Nounes"@en . . . . . "Johnny Jack Nounes"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Boss"@en . . "Bootlegging" . "*The Beau Brummel of Galveston \n*The Robin Hood of the Gulf \n*The King of the Underworld"@en . . "1970-03-11"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "John Louis Nonus"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1890-01-12"^^ . "Johnny Jack Nounes, also known as the \"Beau Brummell of Galveston\", was a mob boss in Galveston, Texas, United States, during the 1920s and 1930s. He, with one-armed George Musey, led the Downtown Gang, one of the two gangs which controlled most of the Galveston Crime Syndicate until the early 1930s. They fought for control of the island against the rival Beach Gang led by Ollie Quinn and Dutch Voight, and later their successors, the Maceo Crime Syndicate. As the prohibition era began, his gang came to be one of the dominant forces in the Galveston Crime Syndicate. Galveston became the main port of entry for liquor supply in Texas and many parts of the Midwest. Nounes' flamboyance attracted the attention of federal authorities, leading to his conviction in 1924 and sentencing to Leavenwort"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "14553"^^ . . . . "9223372036854775807"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Imprisonment, Leavenworth Penitentiary and Atlanta Penitentiary"@en . . . "Johnny Jack Nounes"@en . "1890-01-12"^^ . . . . . . . . . "1970-03-11"^^ . . . "Emanuel Nonus and Angelica Pinto Nonus"@en . . "1078911850"^^ . "Galveston, Texas, U.S."@en . "Deceased"@en . . . "Galveston, Texas, U.S."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "3"^^ . "25006203"^^ . "Downtown Gang" . . "* Willie M. Nounes \n* Ollie Nounes \n* Mary L. Nounes \n* Theresa M. Nounes"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .