Career
Operating from his garage Bergl Auto Sales on 22nd Street, next to Ralph "Bottles" Capone"s Cotton Club, Bergl would supply Capone"s organization with custom made cars for both protection and evasion purposes including armor plated vehicles with bulletproof windows as well as creating oil slicks, smokescreens, and other devices designed to elude police pursuit. After a patrolman was killed, the gang fled the scene with a load of canceled checks and eventually forced to abandon their car after crashing lieutenant Winkler would be killed in a gangland slaying by unidentified gunmen on October 9, reportedly suspecting Winkler would turn states evidence in exchange for reducing the long prison sentence faced by the charges.
Although Bergl was allowed to live, the exposure to law enforcement officials ended his usefulness to the crime syndicate as criminals would turn to competitor Clarence Lieder.