His loyal follower Carmelo Fresina and others then start their own faction of which Fresina became the boss. Club Royal owned by Tom Barry and ex St Clair County sheriff Henry Siekmann had become the headquarters of Wortman, Steve Ryan, Chippy Robinson and Blackie Armes. Colbeck received fifteen years. East St. Louis, commonly abbreviated as " ESL ", is a city in Southern Illinois directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. for the kidnapping of St Louis grocer Sam Scorfina arrested Frank Agrusa, Vito Impastato, Soria Mantia, Baptista Bommarito, Mike Lombardo and Carl Fiorita. Phayer was a former partner of the late Ray Stevenson in a Brooklyn gambling house. St Louis double murdercase In December 1979 Stoneking murders 2 men who had tried to set him up for a hit. St Louis boss Viviano deported Gaetano Viviano was deported in 1914. When arrested in connection with the murders, the new car, which they had owned only two days, had 700 miles on it, the bumbers and runners were filled with weeds and mud, and found tucked in the seat cushion were strips of paper that had been cut from John Gray's old bank account and were used as scratch paper - matching strips were found in the Grays' apartment. Mohrle's brains were blown all over his lawyer. That same night were Samuel and Robert Aiello murdered in Springfield, they were brothers of Tony Aiello of St Louis a brother in law of Willie Russo. Chief of police and Klan leader John Ford John Whitesides and Arlie Boswell, Carl Neilson, Exalted Cyclops of the Herrin Klavern Illinois Grand Dragon Charles Palmer Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans, St Louis Klan leader Glenn Young 23 May 1924 were Ku Klux Klan leader Glenn Young and his wife shot and wounded in their car from an other car by bootleggers Jack Skelcher, Charles Briggs, the brothers Carl Shelton and Earl Shelton, In the evening of 23 May 1924 was Jack Skelcher shot and killed and Charles Briggs wounded by Klans police men, 30 August 1924 were Klansmen Green Dunning, Dewey Newbold and Charles Wollard (Wolland) shot and killed just like special deputy Bud Allison, Chester Reid and Otto Rowland by Carl Shelton and his men. Kathryn Morrison shot and killed in a tavern, she was a former waitress for Bess Newman. Missouri state senator Michael Kinney In 1924 was Democratic senator Michael Kinney shot while waiting for a train at St Louis County station. St Louis, Pendergast family In 1946 president Truman wants to lose congressman Roger C Slaughter because he always voted against Truman's proposals and he uses Tom Pendergasts nephew Jim Pendergast who looked after that Enos Axtell became the new congressman after fraudulent elections. St Louis mafia boss Giordano (67) dies Giordano (67) dies 29 August 1980 and was followed up by acting boss John Vitale. In November 1924 Dinty Colbeck, David Chippy Robinson, Gus Dietmeyer, Charles red Lanham, Frank Hackenthal, Frank Cotton Eppelshelmer, Louis Red Smith, Stephen Ryan, Oliver Dougherty and Cuckoo members Roy Tipton, Leo Cronin and Rudolph Featheredge Schmidt were convicted of a mail robbery in Staunton, Illinois. We threw the following criteria into this analysis in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Western Union major stockholder St Louis gambler William Molasky In june 1950 police raid C J Rich Company who uses Western Union for gambling, a major stockholder in Western Union is St Louis gambler William Molasky. In the 1930ties Zito's top capo was Vincent Salvo. St Louis gang leaders the Russo brothers defeated Tommy Hayes murders 25 July 1928 Vincent James Russo and Giannolas top killer Michael Mike the chink Longo. By April 1925, Stapleton had had enough of Candlish's performance and secretly deputized 125 members of the local American Legion to carry out a series of raids. Roy Tony Armes killed 24 September 1950 was Roy Tony Armes shot and killed. Chief of police and Klan leader John Ford, Herrin mayor Anderson Herrin police chief Matthew Matt Walker (his son Harry Walker), St Louis Klan leader Glenn Young Young shot and killed 7 November 1920 Luke Vukovic (brother in law Michael Sever) at a still he raided and stood on trial 6 June 1921 and was spoken free, Williams County Chief of police George Galligan In 1922 was George Galligan chosen chief of police all the other posts went to KKK members, Williams County based KKK grand Cyclops Sam Stearns Williams County Board of Supervisors chaiman and KKK Grand Cyclops Sam Stearns and son Leonard Stearns. The last item covered by the committee was the Pioneer News Service. St Louis capo mafia Dominick Giambrone flees 21 October 1923 was Paul Giambrone (32) so severely wounded in an attack that he died 2 days later. St Louis, Syrian Cuckoos In 1962 Frank Wortman goes to prison. On the train ride back to St. Louis, Renard was accompanied by Harry Brundidge who managed to elicit a confession from Renard. He had been warned by Giambrone to close his business. The informer was Thomas Kimpel (59) who was killed 8 June 1919. Ray Walker and Little Earl Shelton named Black Charlie Harris and Roy TonyArmes as two of the shooters. "Dinty" Colbeck killed On February 17, 1943 "Dinty" Colbeck was driving on a lonely road outside of East St. Louis when another car pulled along side of him and a man with a machine gun strafed Colbecks car. Long before the arrival of the Bloods and Crips, St Louis gangs were already somewhat established with the Westside Rockers, Hardy Boys, Boys of Destruction, and many more. dgvc63 OPMade MemberJoined: Dec 2013Posts: 114. They riddled the storefront with bullets and shotgun slugs, but no one was injured. St Louis mafia boss Members are Joe Panneri, Fernando Bartolotta, Dominic Biondo, Joe Crimi and Willie Orlando. Indicted were bothers Alfred and Frank Selvaggi, George Herwig (bartender with Gray), Frank Collins, Marvel Paul Michaels, Joseph Costello, and Louis Colone (uncle of the Selvaggi brothers, and owner of another speakeasy). St Louis mafia boss Matthew Trupiano dies Trupiano dies 22 October 1997. St Louis Laborers Local 42 Around 1965 Louis D Shoulders jr, George "Stormy" Harvill and William Sanders took over control in Laborers Local 42. St Louis arrests Matt Manzello (30) was 12 September 1930 arrested as a witness of the murder of Charles Palmisano the wealthy president of the M. Longo Fruit Co. who was shot and killed 10 november 1927 as he stood in his doorway. Springfield boss Zito In later years worked for Zito also Ernest "Buster" Dinora (born 20 January 1907 in Scranton and died 19 September 1994), Michael Fortune, Matt Manzella and Thomas Jinuzzo. Eagle Park Resort?? Most of Colorado's 200 prohibition agents were members of the Klan. Nick Palazzola associated with the Santino faction. The North Side has been known to be the most active side with a number of rivalries, from GStreet (5000 Geraldine) and Walnut Park Bloods to the split with the Dub of JMV and DST, or the citys first Rollin 60s and 62 EastCoastCrips war of the OPAC and College N Carter. One of his killers was believed to be Wingy Cox. Bernie Shelton 2 February 1931 were found the killed East St Louis pawnshop owner David Hoffman, Joseph Carroll (former policeman and an incorporator with Bernie Shelton of the Red Top Taxicab Co of St Louis) and Theodore Kamanski. Mintz had informed on them on an arson insurance scam they were running. Pruitt Igoe, which was one of the countrys largest housing complexes, was only short lived, after building a notorious reputation that led to its demolishing during the late 1970s. In reality, St Louis lost a third of its residents over that period - a decline that had begun as early as the 1930s. Phayer had been a suspect in the failed ambush at gambling char Clyde Garrison two days before in which Garrisons wife had been killed and Garrison wounded. The Book traces the history of Gangsters and their gangs in the metro area of St. Louis, Southern Illinois, Kansas City and their connections to the east and west coast Mob Bosses. St Louis mafia faction leader Carmelo Fresina In 1922 Carmelo Fresina arrives in St Louis and joined the faction headed by Pasquale Santino. Lyle shag Worsham Lyle shag Worsham was machinegunned to death by Steve George and Ward Casey Jones according to Eural Gowan. Stevens had two months before killed Milton Rost, Gus Buselaki killed 16 July 1931 was Gus Buselaki shot and killed by the Cuckoo gang, Cuckoo John Flynn 21 July 1931 was Cuckoo John Flynn shot and wounded. From St. Louis City, between Natural Bridge and Delmar, to St. Louis County, hoods south of Interstate 70 and west of Kienlen Avenue, all can be considered as the West Side. St Louis mafia boss John Vitale Jr. St Louis gangster boss Jimmy Michaels killed Less than three weeks later in September 1980, Michaels was blown to pieces because he was not anymore protected by Giordano and Leisure saw his chance. St Louis Black hand leader Frank Sicola killed Frank Sicola was shot and killed 23 July 1922. This analysis applies to East St. Louis's proper boundaries only. The Italians gave their names and addresses as follows: Don Bommarito, 22, of 1619 North Sixteenth Street; Andrew Garsano, 20, of 1401 Blair Avenue; Angela Patrillo, 45, of 1219 Pendleton Avenue, and Sam Palazzolo, 42 of 1229 Walton Avenue. Most of the gangsters received a sentence of twenty-five years to run concurrently with their previous convictions. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 12 November 1927 also Charles Casamento was killed he was one of the killers of the Aiellos in St Louis. St Louis Cuckoo gang member Tommy Hayes In January 1921 there is a mail robbery in Wood River for which was convicted Cuckoo gang member Tommy Hayes. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales of a whipsmart detective - which has even ensnared Enola Holmes - finally came to an end as the 1927 copyrights which expired Jan. 1 included Conan Doyle's last Sherlock Holmes work. Search for: Mafia Mob Hits Mafia Hit List - Top St. Louis Mob Murders 9 years ago Scott Burnstein . He refused to identify the buyer(s). ISBN 978-1-59629-905-4; Auble, John. The most likely perpetrators were members of the Shelton Gang. East St Louis gambler and resort owner Charles Phayer Phayer was in December 1928 arrested for complicity in the 250000 dollar robbery of the Broadmoor Country Club near Indianapolis. St Louis In 1915 settle Vito and Giovanni Vitale with their friend Alphonse Palizzola in St Louis and start there the so called Green Ones gang which was led by Vito Gianolla. Gangsters Inc. recommends: Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh. When Colbeck learned that some of his old henchmen were running some of the gambling clubs, he began to demand a cut of the profits. Although it was widely known that Democratic politician Thomas Egan had chosen Kane to kill the Yellow Kid, the Egan's Rats escaped punishment. St Louis murder case Hayes 15 April 1932 Carl Shelton had Tommy Hayes (34) and his body guards William Willie Gee Wilbert and Harry Pretty boy Lechler shot and killed in their car. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities. While it attracts a few visitors who come mainly for gambling, East St. Louis is definitely not your typical travel destination. Otis Clark, Bert Grace, James Brown, Lova Mann, Philip Fontanetta, Peter Hiller, Oscar Howard and Jess Childers. A few months later gang members Oliver Hamilton and Clarence "Dizzy" Daniels got life in prison for the murders. St Louiss Pendergast family In 1939 Thomas J Pendergast was convicted for tax evasion. Bommarito was a former employee who tried to set up a rival produce hauling firm to rural Illinois groceries. Bennie Bethel was a suspect in a Pine Lawn bank robbery. Some of the more notorious gang members were Dinty Colbeck, Tom and Willie Eagan, Ray Renard and Willie Heeney - my great-uncle. This region is policed by EAST ST. LOUIS POLICE DEPT. The notorious crime chief was dead. At 19, he was arrested for robbing the Illinois Central freight depot in East St. Louis. "While violent crime has spiked in some communities. Greatly perturbed, the Egan chief struck back violently. To repay political debts, Stapleton allowed Klansmen to be hired as police officers, including the Chief of Police, William Candlish. Their son married Maria Antoinetta Nania and they had as son Giuseppe Corso Jr (born 10 June 1927, FBN book page 782 and he married with Pietra Coppola the only daughter of Frank Coppola). St Louis state representative Edward jelly Roll Hogan In 1916 Edward J Hogan of the Hogan gang becomes a state representative. The other 2 killed were union miners Jordie Henderson and Joe Pitkewicius. According to Security.org, which analyzed 2019 FBI crime data, East St. Louis ranked in the top spot for the highest per-capita murder for American cities with a population of over 10,000 residents. Nunes began. There were, however, five major players in the St. Louis liquor wars at the time: Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Pillow Gang, the Cuckoos and the Green Ones. St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. St Louis Klan leader Glenn Young dies 24 January 1925 deputy sheriff Ora Thomas walked into a cigar store where he saw Ku Klux Klan leader Glenn Young with his friends Omer Warren and Edward B. Forbes in the shootout all 4 died. Timeline of Illinois History - Research History He had been seen at the tracks with Egan gangster David Chippy Robinson. St Louis greenies (green ones) boss Frank Agrusa. James T Licavoli aka Jack White aka Blackie was born in 1904 he was the cousin of Pete and Thomas Licavoli and Leo "lips" Moceri. Light Heavy Weight. St Louis mobster Thomas "Tom" Buffa killed 27 March 1947 was Thomas "Tom" Buffa shot to death in his car as he drove through Lodi (California), because he had testified that Joseph DeLuca's girlfriend had perjured herself. Still survived the third brother Harry Goebel, St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina killed 8 May 1931 Fresina gets killed near Edwardsville, Illinois and his gang was taken over by Thomas Buffa from KC. Howard Akers and Fabian DeClue killed 22 November 1945 were Howard Akers and Fabian DeClue found killed. His brother the boss Dominick Giambone then fled St Louis and the new boss became Vito Giannola. East St. Louis is in the 6th percentile for safety, meaning 94% of cities are safer and 6% of cities are more dangerous. The three women grew up around street gangs and now fill in the gaps for a community overwhelmed by gun violence. St Louis gang leader Charles Spicuzza In 1932 was Charles Spicuzza the boss of the Russo gang shot at and escaped unharmed. The East St. Louis men took no chances, except the chance from stray shots, which every spectator of their acts took. As gentrification is occurring in the original South Side hoods, the State Streets have been growing and expanding further south, almost into South St. Louis County. He had left his home to meet his extortionists who had demanded half of his profits because according to them his Flamingo junkets were cutting in on the Casino Dunes junkets operations. Barnstormer Walter Ballard and parachute jumper Harold Tibbets. ISBN 097-1340-900; Bureau of Narcotics. Sheriff Donze told a Post-Dispatch reporter yesterday on telephone that he had rented the farm three months ago to a man who gave his name as O. Haley. St Louis boss John J Vitale, Springfield 9 August 1948 was in Springfield Leonard Giordano shot and killed, Springfield 2 October 1948 was James Moncado shot and killed, he had been questioned in the murder of Leonard Giordano. Joe Giardano Joe Giardano (brother of Tony and Sam) was charged with the murder of the Italian gangster Vincent Barber. The East St. Louis affair, as I saw it, was a man hunt, conducted on a sporting basis, though with anything but the fair play which is the principle of the sport. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 27,006, less than one-third of its peak of 82,366 in 1950. FRANK BUSTER WORTMAN 5 March 1962 were Frank Buster Wortmans man Elmer Dutch Dowling and Melvin John Beckman found killed. Miss Morrison was in Club Royal the night Hogan was believed to have been killed there. St Louis boss Vitale war with Springfield boss Zito John Vitale's St Louis family got into war in the early 40ties with Frank Zito's Springfield family for territory in Southern Illinois. The parade started at 89th and State Street and proceeded west on State Street. The raiders rounded up 200 bootleggers, gamblers, and prostitutes and uncovered a network of corruption controlled by Candlish's handpicked Klan vice squad. All have been charged under. On April 7, 1909 Sam Young and another accomplice confronted the Yellow Kid in a wagon corral, only to be shot to death. St Louis Laborers Local 42 and murder of Harvill In 1966 George "Stormy" Harvill was gunned down. The wire service, which once was owned by Moses Annenberg and James Ragen, effectively ended up in the hands of the Capone syndicate in the late 1940s, with muscle provided by East St. Louis gang boss Frank "Buster" Wortman. Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry 18 August 1919 was saloon owner Frank Morrissey shot and killed. The assassin ran out of the building and across the street to police headquarters and surrendered to police, exclaiming, "I've just burned the Yellow Kid!" John puggy Dunn killed 8 June 1917 triggerman Frank Gutte Newman. In 1923 Benjamin Stapleton was elected mayor with the support of the Ku Klux Klan. In their apartment was a big drug stash found worth 1,5 million on the streets. St Louis mobster Frank Coppola Frank Coppola came illegally to St Louis in 1926 via Cuba and used the name Frank Lamonde. His arrest was followed by the arrest of Frank Agrusa, Joseph Vitale, Michael and Frank Russo (cousins of Willie Russo), Leo Palmisano (from Kansas City), James Palmisano (from Kansas City) and Frank Palmisano (from Kansas City), Richard Victorino (from Kansas City), Carl Orlamdo (from Kansas City) and Samuel Calatrino (from Kansas City), Cuckoo gangster Peter McTigue and William Boody killed 2 October 1930 were Cuckoo gangster Peter McTigue and William Boody (former business agent of the East St Louis plumbers union which was associated with the Cuckoo gangsters) shot and killed while wounded were Sam Therina and Joe Moceri. St Louis boss Vito Giannola James T Licavoli aka Jack White aka Blackie was born in 1904 he was the cousin of Pete and Thomas Licavoli and Leo "lips" Moceri. David "Chippy" Robinson, Eddie Linham, and James "Sticky" Hennessey were bad Egan Rats leaders and the liquor interests of the Egan Gang were usurped by the Italian crime boss, Vito Giannola. He skipped bond, but was recaptured a year later. Michaels Michaels goes to prison in 1929 for 10 years to life. former St Louis boss Dominic Giambrioni killed In 1934 boss Dominic Giambrioni returns and was killed. St Louis: Willie Egan killer John Doyle killed Egan's replacement William P "Dinty" Colbeck was not satisfied and 22 January 1922 Rats kill Hogan gunman John Doyle, (was killed 6 January 1922 by a St Louis detective who wanted to question him about the murder of Egan, Doyle fired a pistol and the detective shot back and killed him). McGurn and his dime murders on Aiello hired killers?? St Louis murder case Thomas Rodgers In October 1968 Thomas Rodgers owner of a mortuary supply company gets killed by John J Vitale. In January 1925 Egan and Cuckoo gangsters were brought to trial for the armored car robbery. next they fire on a car containing Mackler, Kennedy and James Hogan no one was injured. St Louis gang leader Thomas snake Kinney By 1901 snake Kinney had formed an alliance with St Louis Police board Head Harry Hawes. The brothers Bonvissuto had killed 17 December 1916 Agostino Curella in Cleveland. Like most big cities, St. Louis has a long criminal history filled with pickpockets, robbers, bootleggers, mobsters, and gangsters. St Louis: Cuckoo gang Next came the arrest of Milford Jones, Carl, Bernie and Earl Shelton for robbery. Carl Ray Shelton killed Carl Ray Shelton (son of Ben Shelton and Agnes) was killed 23 October 1947 on his farm near Fairfield. St Louis green ones leader "Greenie" Frank Agrusa killed In 1943?? Dominick Giambrone worked with his brothers Paul and Nick Giambrone, Gaetano Buffa and Momo Anello, St Louis boss Dominick Giambrone (born 28 February 1876) 14 February 1917 was Vicent Butera found hacked to death in his saloon at 901 Biddle Street. St Louis boss Vito Giannola Nick Palazzola paid protection money to the green ones but still worked with their enemy William Russo (the brother of the killed Anthony F Russo) so they kill him also 27 November 1927. St Louis mafia boss John Vitale dies John Vitale reigns till 5 June 1982 when he died. St Louis gang leader Egan murders Harry Dunn 19 September 1916 was Harry cherries Dunn killed by Willie Egan and 4 others under whom the shooters Walter Costello and Frank Gutter Newman. The St Louis family is not so happy about that. Starting in the 1970s the black population expanded into the city of Berkeley. Sullivan in 1923. Wortman was the dominant gangster in St. Louis from the early 1940s through the early 1960s. The late Frank Cotton Eppelsheimer and Drewers pal Joseph Burnett were named as his killers. Irish immigrants had been settling in St. Louis since the early 1800's, the city held its first St. Patrick's Day in 1820. 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