By Robert Patrick St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Genevieve, without the Sheriff's knowledge and connivance. He was a brother in law of Arthur Berne. His gang merged with the Green ones and John Vitale to form one St Louis family under Frank Coppola. Ezra Fowler killed In July 1923 was Ezra Fowler killed and suspect was Charles Chink Shaffer, Walter Dahm kiled 2 August 1923 was the body found of the killed Walter Dahm. He was spoken free, Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry 7 january 1919 were Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry and John HonusRawie for burglary. Russo and Spicuzza were not killed by McGurn, their killer Alphonse Palazzolo left the dimes to put the blame on McGurn (the other killer would have been Frank Agrusa and they were accompanied by Impastato and Jack Licavoli), but he started to brag about the murders and William Russo heard it and started the Italian gang war. St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina In January 1929 Fresina and 2 members of his gang attended a meeting at the home of a Russo faction member and he gets wounded and his companions killed. St Louis : Italians 27 December 1921 was Hogan gang member Joseph James Cipolla (22) murdered by Egans rats. St Louis, Hogan Gang In 1937 Hogan member Humbert Costello is deported after 12 years prison. St Louis green ones leader "Greenie" Frank Agrusa killed In 1943?? St Louis Republican mayor Cyrus Walbridge served from 18 April 1893 till 20 April 1897. Fred Yellow kid Mohrle killed 7 June 1909 Egan rats kill rival gun man Fred Yellow kid Mohrle in the Four Courts building while he was on trial for killing Egan gangster Sam Young. St Louis mayor Henry Kiel 15 April 1913 was Henry Kiel chosen mayor of St Louis he was 2 times rechosen and served till 21 April 1925. The Penalty on conviction is a minimum of six months in jail and a $500 fine and a maximum of two years in the penitentiary and a $5,000 fine. Within a week's time before their murder, John and Catherine sold half of the Eagle Park Resort concession rights to Frank Selvaggi and changed their residence from the resort to a boarding house in East St. Louis, Illinois. To repay political debts, Stapleton allowed Klansmen to be hired as police officers, including the Chief of Police, William Candlish. More than two-thirds of the city's children live in poverty. During the strike on 21 and 22 June 1922 in Herrin were 21 people killed of them were 19 strikebreakers. Although their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, Egan s Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Cuckoo Gang and the Shelton Gang) are . They had been killed in Ralph Smiths speakeasy at 330a East Broadway (East St Louis). Pretty good article!.A lot of history uncovered there.Other Egan's Rats alumni were infamous as hired guns with the most notorious,of course,being Fred "Killer" Burke,one of the suspected triggers in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.Another was Leo Vincent Brothers,the supposed killer of newspaper man Jake Lingle in Chicago. St Louis: Cuckoo gang This was followed by Joseph "Mule head" Simon, Jimmy Michaels and Ben "Melon head" Bommarito's arrest for armed robberies. Ray Dougherty (cousin of the Armes brothers) killed 24 April 1947 was the body of Ray Dougherty (cousin of the Armes brothers) found. St Louis: Cuckoo gang Next came the arrest of Milford Jones, Carl, Bernie and Earl Shelton for robbery. Previously he had been a committeeman in the fifth ward. St Louis 16 September 1981 police arrest Stoneking and he became witness and Berne and Matthew Trupiano went to prison. The rate of crime in East St. Louis is 84.19 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. St Louis boss becomes John Vitale who dies in 1961 and was followed up by Anthony Giordano. The Grays had a bar and when Giannola wanted them to sell his liquor they turned to the Cuckoos. St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina In June 1930 Fresina, Dominic Cateldo and Anthony Di Trapani visited Charles Spicuzza (a fruit wholesaler) and they were attacked and Cateldo and Di Trapani were killed and Fresina was shot in the hip. Ray Weaves was his former partner in a garage business. Vitale Jr. was followed up by Matthew Trupiano. By 1851 the US census recorded that of the 70,000 residents 14% of those . The war came to an end on July 29, 1928 after St. Louis police escorted the surviving Russo brothers - William, Thomas, and Lawrence - to the Union Station so they could get out of town alive. Eagle Park Resort?? Puparo has put together a comprehensive text of all the information available on St. Louis gangland, describing wars, hits, murders, and alliances that occurred in the city from the 1900s up until now. The shooting came half an hour after the machine gunning of Colones bar in which his brother James Colone was wounded. Although it was widely known that Democratic politician Thomas Egan had chosen Kane to kill the Yellow Kid, the Egan's Rats escaped punishment. Then, from the 1980s to the 2000s, apartment complexes helped changed North County, with most apartments being located between Parker Road and Lucas-Hunt, as white flight to West County and St. Charles County from the lower income apartment complexes led black families to move into places Jennings, Riverview, Spanish Lake, Dellwood, Parker Road, and other surrounding areas. View the sections of St. Louis gangs, old St Louis hoods that have been torn down, images of certain neighborhoods, community history, and much more representing mostly all the hoods in St Louis. In July 1927 James T Licavoli was arrested with John Mirabella and Ralph Caleco for weapons possession but charges were dropped. Greenberg went to Jacob Mackler (Hogan man). Police smuggle Greenberg out a back door and he fled to New York where he works again with Waxey Gordon. Santino had changed sides to the Cuckoos because he wants to replace Giannola and he gets support from the Aiello brothers in Chicago. In May 1986 Matthew Trupiano got 4 years, he served 16 months. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 6 September 1926 Cuckoo member Peter Pete Webbe get shot to death in his car by the Giannola faction. Greenberg soon fled St Louis for Detroit where he got involved in smuggling liquor from Canada. 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. While most of the rival gangs were composed of multiple ethnicities, the Green Ones were a distinctly Sicilian group. Snake Kinneys biggest rival was George Baldy Higins who he killed in a street fight in the early morning hours of 20 September 1896. This was Shelton territory, Timothy Ted Cronin 30 December 1944 were Timothy Ted Cronin and his bodyguard William Bozo Remphry wounded. 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. 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. Primary Menu. Herrin coal mine owner W. J. Lester Coal mine owner W. J. Lester hired 50 strikebreakers from employment agencies in Chicago. St Louis mafia boss Gaetano Viviano 12 September 1910 was St Louis Fruit Supply Company stockholder and Mafioso Giuseppe Joseph Cammarata stabbed to death by Antonio Sansone. In St. Louis County, the St Louis gangs of the Bloods and Crips expanded into the hoods along Natural Bridge and Page Avenue into places like Pagedale, Hillsdale, Pine Lawn, University City, and Wellston. Liquor Commissioner Nelson Hagnauer said he is for revocation of the county liquor license of Donald Maddalino of Collin licensee of the Paddock Tavern on Collinsville where sheriffs deputies arrested Maddalino and three women in a vice Arrested with who was released from the county jail on bail on a charge of keeping a place of were Diane and Juanita who gave a Granite City address and were charged with and Lota of East charged with soliciting for Deputies from the narcotics and vice section raided the place at following a sur of the Maddalino obtained a county liquor license for the Paddock Tavern at 9401 Collinsville near State late in December for the 1974 license The place previously had been operated by Anna records, Cuckoo gangster James Wingy Cox 10 September 1933 was Cuckoo gangster James Wingy Cox shot, cuckoo associate Leo Burke 20 September 1933 was cuckoo associate Leo Burke shot and wounded, he formerly owned the bar in which Cox was killed. In fact . Wortman would eventually succeed the Sheltons and take over St. Louis's gambling operations in southwest Illinois until his death. St Louis greenies (green ones) boss Vito Giannola killed 28 December 1927 at Vito Giannola's home rings the doorbell, when his wife opens there are several men who say they are policemen. St Louis boss Vito Giannola In 1924 St Louis boss Dominic Giambrioni flees for Vito Giannola. Missouri state Senator Thomas E Kinney dies Michael Kinney succeeded his brother Thomas E Kinney who died 15 May 1912 as Missouri state Senator. The parade started at 89th and State Street and proceeded west on State Street. 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. The Gangster Report . St Louis double murdercase In December 1979 Stoneking murders 2 men who had tried to set him up for a hit. From the subdivisions and apartment complexes of North County, to the blocks of North City, to the projects of Downtown, to the streets of the West Side, and to the ghettos of the East St Louis, get a true understanding of the streets of St Louis. who they wanted but also the innocents Frank Christian and the reporter Joseph Rubino. John puggy Dunn himself was shot and killed 14 July 1937. St Louis 24 March 1982 James A Michaels the third, grandson of Jimmy Michaels, and former police chief Milton Russell Schepp are charged with the Paul Leisure bombing. St Louis Democrat mayor Edward A Noonan served from 16 April 1889 till 18 April 1893. The median household annual income is less than $20,000. This did not sit well with any of the established underworld groups operating on the Eastside. 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. The south side of the city was dominated by the Syrian Mob (they were actually Lebanese), headed by Jimmy Michaels, Sr., who was close to Buster Wortman, the rackets boss in East St. Louis. He was convicted of second-degree murder, but died of natural causes while his case was on appeal. Santino knew he had to hit first and aided the Russos in killing Palazzolo. His brother Salvatore moncado had been murdered some time before by a taxicab driver. This region is policed by EAST ST. LOUIS POLICE DEPT. Genevieve County, Mo) his father's estate at Weingarten, Mo., twelve miles from Ste. A History of St. Louis Gangsters: A Chronology of Mob Activity on Both Sides of the River Ranging from the Egan Rats to the Last Mob Leader on Record. Willie Russo brother in law Tony Aiello. He immediately resumed his former role as a plumber and opened a shop. In the 1930ties Zito's top capo was Vincent Salvo. He named Bommarito as the man who engaged him. The prohibition agents pointed out that these cars were equipped to carry whisky as well as egg cases. The cuckoos shoot up 23 September the Submarine Bar and kill the owner Anthony dattalo (who died 26 September 1926??) St Louis boss Vito Giannola In the night of 14 September 1925 John Gray and his wife Catherine get killed. They were divided equally among the three underworld factions. St Louis boss Dominick Giambrone (born 28 February 1876) Dominick Giambrone becomes the boss in 1917 and started a saloon at 826 Biddle Street. John Vitale arrested In 1940 was John Vitale arrested after heroin was found in his saloon. Trupiano later became business agent of Laborers Local 110. Scheduled for completion in the fall of 2003, it will be shared by East St. Louis Community College, Southern Illinois University and the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Otis Clark, Bert Grace, James Brown, Lova Mann, Philip Fontanetta, Peter Hiller, Oscar Howard and Jess Childers. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 6 December 1927 the Santino faction wounds Joseph Lopiparo and in an other ambush that day they also wound Peter Bommarito, who works for Benedetto Amato. George Tyson and Madison waitress Ethel Sparks killed 28 October 1945 were the bodies of George Tyson and Madison waitress Ethel Sparks found. wounded was Herman Phemister (he died 29 September 1924), Allison was replaced as deputy sheriff by Ora Thomas. In March 1922 Hogan gunmen ambushed Colbeck in his plumbing shop. Informants told the raiders that Sheriff Donze (who is administrator of his father's estate), had made frequent trips to the farm recently, driving in an automobile and sometimes in a truck. St Louis mafia boss Matthew Trupiano dies Trupiano dies 22 October 1997. Greenberg escaped the rap. St Louis mafia boss Members are Joe Panneri, Fernando Bartolotta, Dominic Biondo, Joe Crimi and Willie Orlando. Kane claimed that he had acted in self-defense. Today, the murder rate in East St. Louis is 17 times higher than the national average, but financial problems have forced huge cuts to the police budget. 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. In reality, St Louis lost a third of its residents over that period - a decline that had begun as early as the 1930s. When questioned, Young stated he represented other parties who hired him to make the purchase anonymously on their behalf. St Louis mafia boss Damiano Capuano killed The first boss was Damiano Capuano and he was shot to death Christmas eve December 1910 and was replaced by Gaetano Viviano. St Louis Laborers Local 42 president Louis D Shoulders killed 25 August 1972 Louis D Shoulders was killed in a car bombing he was president of Laborers Local 42 at the time the Local was handling a Pentagon contract and also working for the Local is Joseph Scalise. St Louis mafia boss The boss became Anthony M Parrino, underboss is Joseph Cammarata who ran the north side. Missouri state Senator Michael Kinney. St Louis mobster Frank Coppola Frank Coppola came illegally to St Louis in 1926 via Cuba and used the name Frank Lamonde. A cavalcade of at least four touring cars full of gunmen slowly drove past the Hogan residence and poured a fusillade into the house. St Louis Laborers Local 42 22 October 1979 Jesse Stoneking murders a man who had raped a girlfriend of his mentor Arthur Berne the east side rackets boss who had replaced Buster Wortman. Several days later Vitos brother John left St Louis, the war had cost 30 dead and 18 wounded. East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois. For a hundred years, East St. Louis had two hospitals, one Protestant (Christian Welfare), and one Catholic (St. Mary's), and Belleville had one hospital, Catholic (St. Elizabeth's), In the late 1960s, due the migration of people "up the hill" from East St. Louis, a Protestant hospital was built in Belleville, and about eight years later . Mike Trupiano (a nephew of the boss Tony Giardano) got paid 8000 dollars in 4 months during the contract for doing nothing. East St. Louis has a population of 26,000. St Louis: Leo "Buster" Brothers arrested On December 21, 1930, Leo "Buster" Brothers, 31, was arrested in St. Louis and charged with Lingle's murder. Youngs relationship to Vito Giannola remains unclear. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 15 November 1927 was Benedetto Amato (44) killed he was a leader of the Green ones. Cuckoo gangster James Dormondy escaped. St Louis Egans Rats member Ray Renard (later witness) Ray Renard joined the gang in 1920 by being acquainted with Gus Dietmeyer. St Louis, Teamster Local 862 In 1986 Trupiano and Frank Parrino get arrested (he is the brother of Teamster local 862 official Anthony M Parrino). 11 September his men retaliate by wounding Jimmy's grandson Charles John Michaels. New mayor became Victor J Miller who served till 18 April 1933. Years later, East St Louis gangs came into the mix as Chicago gangs of the Vice Lords and the Gangster Disciples were introduced into the city, eventually given the city a reputation of one of the most dangerous places as East St Louis crime was running rampant. When the five prisoners were brought to St. Louis the Italians told very innocent stories of how they happened to be on the farm. Frank "one ear" Fratto from Chicago's Des Moines murders St Louis green ones leader "Greenie" Frank Agrusa in Hot Springs, Arkansas. East St. Louis is its own city in IL, to the east and over the river from the city of St. Louis in MO. Satellite Wine Club, Septembre 2022 Domaine Srol - 'Odan' - Gamay - Cte Roannaise, Loire Valley, FR - 2020 $41 Retail, $492/Case $394/Case for Members ($32.80/Bottle) Storm x Satellite - 'Presqu'ile Vineyard' - Gamay - Santa Maria Valley, CA - 2021 $46 Retail, $552/Case $442/Case for Members ($36.80/Bottle) Winestronaut! acting Chief of police and Klan leader Glenn Young returned his job to John Ford 12 February 1924 when he was ousted, Herrin (Williamson County??) Galligan died in a mine. 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. The South Side has traditionally always been predominantly white, but there have been several neighborhoods that make up the original South Side hoods, before Bloods and Crips came into the city. The National Criminal Research Society. 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. Colbeck Colbeck was not only a gangster, but he was also a politician. He coveted control of the St. Louis underworld and saw the Laborers' locals as an expedient to it. It was the same tavern where Wortman man Joseph Callahan had been wounded the week before. St Louis greenies (green ones) boss Frank Agrusa. Search for: Mafia Mob Hits Mafia Hit List - Top St. Louis Mob Murders 9 years ago Scott Burnstein . ISBN 978-1-59629-905-4; Auble, John. Cuckoo gangster Leo Orlando and Isadore Katz killed 7 January 1931 were the shot and killed Cuckoo gangster Leo Orlando and Isadore Katz found. Eagle Park Resort?? St Louis Egans rats member Max Greenberg Max Greenberg was also believed to have played a key role in the Rats first known bank robbery that of the Baden bank on 10 April 1919 the take was 59000 dollars. Peabody-Darst-Webbe. 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. The Kerry Patch or The Patch as it was also known was a neighborhood in the north of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 10 July 1925 Vito Giannola scares Peter Cusamano who runs from the city and divorced his wife Augustina Dattilo after which Vito Giannola starts to live with her and beats her up all the time. 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. He had been shot, PARTINICO CAPO MAFIA FRANK COPPOLA (USA DEPORTEE). Dominick Giambrone was a prime suspect in the beheading of Salvatore Leoni. Kathryn Morrison shot and killed in a tavern, she was a former waitress for Bess Newman. St Louis: Charles A Lindbergh In 1927 a group of St Louis business people financed Charles A Lindbergh to fly nonstop from NY to Paris in his plane the "Spirit of St Louis". As usual, Cusumano walked. In the resulting investigation police raided the resort of Dale Stamper (now an ally of Frank Buster Wortman). In March 1987 Raymond Flynn gets convicted and gets 55 years prison which is a year later reduced to 30 years. However, many of the stolen bonds were seized in several police raids. St Louis Egans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn 21 August 1916 Harry Dunn and his friend Eddie Schoenborn shot and killed semi pro boxer Harry Romani who worked for Egan. 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. Rodgers partners were Vitale and Vincent Filipello. St Louis gang leader Thomas snake Kinney Frank Hussey had been shot and nearly killed in a street fight with Egan rats members (then named the Kinney gang) in November 1900. Instead they did nothing. //
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