With a population of 27,000, East St. Louis notched 25 murders in 2011, 17 in 2012 and 15 last year. 13 February 1924 was disgruntled gang member Eddie Linehan executed by Dinty Colbeck and his men in the Max Welton Club . Mike Kinney managed to hold the senate seat for 6 terms until 1932. St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. 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. Circus pilot Lincoln Beachley died when his wings broke off. The gang earned a reputation for being "fast and willing shooters who would fight anyone, including themselves. This region is policed by EAST ST. LOUIS POLICE DEPT. Big Earl Shelton 22 May 1950 was Big Earl Shelton shot and wounded, Little Earl Shelton 5 June 1950 was Little Earl Shelton shot and wounded. Suspect was Art Newman. 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. Anthony Giordano 29 September 1965 Anthony Giordano beat up Rose Lopiparo the widow of Anthony Lopiparo, St Louis Frank Pisciotta and son Joseph Pisciotta. In July 1927 Birger men Ray Hyland and Arthur Newman get life for murder. Robert and Frank Aiello were killed for killing a rival, they were associates of Willie Russo. In the 1950s, the Mafia in St. Louis had little power. Genevieve, without the Sheriff's knowledge and connivance. The shooting came half an hour after the machine gunning of Colones bar in which his brother James Colone was wounded. http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/louis/2.html?sect=16 Frank Hussey died 3 August 1911 from a series of Hemorrages. EAST ST. LOUIS has an overall crime rate of 14,040 per 100,000 residents. Just as he stepped out the door of the courtroom into the hallway, a young man in a derby hat rushed up, firing a revolver. 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. St Louis: Cuckoo gang This was followed by Joseph "Mule head" Simon, Jimmy Michaels and Ben "Melon head" Bommarito's arrest for armed robberies. Greatly perturbed, the Egan chief struck back violently. 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. Egans Rats Tommy Hayes, Pete Licavoli, and Frank Wortman, began to associate with the Cuckoos, Italians, and East siders respectively and drifted away from Colbeck. St Louis Egans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn Harry Dunn went 8 January 1916 into Tom Egans saloon where he shot and killed Skippy Rohan. Sheriff Donze said he did not know what went on there after that because he had not been near the place since renting it to Haley. 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. The last item covered by the committee was the Pioneer News Service. New boss became Red Allen, Max Greenberg fight at Willie Egans saloon 16 October 1920 when Greenberg and his palls engaged the rest of Egans rats in a huge brawl at Willie Egans Franklin Avenue saloon, one of the men severely wounded was. St Louis Egan's rats rebel Max Greenberg William T Egans man Max "Big Maxey" Greenberg switched sides to the Hogan gang. Would also have to do with the Valmeyer shooting. Wortman would eventually succeed the Sheltons and take over St. Louis's gambling operations in southwest Illinois until his death. Kinney married Tom Egans sister Catherine and they got as a daughter Florence Kinney. Among suspects arrested were William Smith, Monroe Armes and Armes cousin Ray Dougherty. He fought the Green Ones and later the Russos. East St Louis gambler and resort owner Charles Phayer killed 19 October 1930 was the body of East St Louis gambler and resort owner Charles Phayer found shot and killed. Led by R. N. Mason, the Exalted Cyclops of the Trinidad Klan, raiding parties went on random searches for bootleg stills and liquor. They make a wrong turn in St. Louis and the. 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. St LouisEgans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn While in Chicago the brothers Harry cherries Dunn and John Puggy Dunn shot and killed 5 November 1914 gangster Robert Koch. Mohrle's brains were blown all over his lawyer. St Louiss Pendergast family In 1939 Thomas J Pendergast was convicted for tax evasion. St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina 17 January 1930 was Ray Weaver shot and killed by his boss Carmelo Fresina (who pleaded self defense) at Fresinas home. He refused to identify the buyer(s). With the passage of Prohibition in 1920, control of St. Louis's illegal bootlegging operations became a major power struggle between the seven different ethnic gangs; the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, the Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Shelton Gang and the Cuckoos all fighting to control illegal rackets in the St. Louis area. Greenberg escaped the rap. Youngs relationship to Vito Giannola remains unclear. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. Extra funding for police is paying off in East St. Louis, according to federal, state, and local authorities. Nick Palazzola associated with the Santino faction. 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 21 May 1926 Vito Giannola let his men murder Mariano De Luca (59) because he refuses to pay pizzo. Just minutes after the shooting police raided a butcher shop at 1433 North 14th street where they found rifles and 6 revolvers. The Kerry Patch or The Patch as it was also known was a neighborhood in the north of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina He was suspected in the murder of his former saloon partner Clarence Schnelle in 1927, St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina He was suspected in the murder of his former saloon partner Angelo Corella in 1928. The Egans rats were formed around 1890 by Thomas Egan and his best friend Thomas snake Kinney who was senator. St Louis Lawrence N Goldstein (34) was found shot and killed in the trunk of his car 24 August 1976 in Miami (Florida). St Louis Klan leader Glenn Young Young led raids against saloons, bars, still and breweries on 7 January 1924, St Louis Klan leader Glenn Young Young led raids against saloons, bars, still and breweries on 20 January 1924. Vitale capo and Giordano's nephew Jimmy Giammanco dies Around this time died the important capo Jimmy Giammanco, Giordano's nephew. East St. Louis holds first-ever youth anti-violence parade and rally EAST ST. 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). Steve George and Harvey Dungey then carried the body to a house and Birger lit the place, Joe Chesnas hanged 17 June 1927 was Joe Chesnas hanged for the murder of William Unsell, Charlie Birger hanged In June 1927 Charlie Birger was arrested for ordering the murder of Joe Adams (34) the mayor of West City and was hanged 19 April 1928. ), St Louis gang leaders the Russo brothers defeated 29 July 1928 ends the war as police escort the surviving brothers William Russo, Thomas Russo and Lawrence Russo to the station to get out of town alive. St Louis based KC faction boss Thomas Buffa, Mario Mike Oldani 24 June 1931 was Mario Mike Oldani shot and wounded in his car, Killer Peter Stevens 1 July 1931 was Eddie Menken shot by Peter Stevens and died 3 hours later. 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. Joe Giardano Joe Giardano (brother of Tony and Sam) was charged with the murder of the Italian gangster Vincent Barber. 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. St Louis Egans Rats George Ruloff (Kurloff) was shot down in front of Allices restaurant on Franklin Avenue 7 December 1921. Frank Wortman This time, the Egan gangsters did not rally around a concept of revenge. Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry 28 October 1918 Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry shot and killed Charles Farrell who worked for his enemy saloon owner Frank Morrissey. They had been killed in Ralph Smiths speakeasy at 330a East Broadway (East St Louis). Peabody-Darst-Webbe. St Louis mafia boss Matthew Trupiano. The informer was Thomas Kimpel (59) who was killed 8 June 1919. He was convicted of second-degree murder, but died of natural causes while his case was on appeal. East St. Louis is in the 6th percentile for safety, meaning 94% of cities are safer and 6% of cities are more dangerous. Needing better financing he sought out Irving Wexler "Waxey Gordon" in New York who in turn brought him to Arnold Rothstein. In their apartment was a big drug stash found worth 1,5 million on the streets. He was a former associate of the late Cuckoo leader Herman Tipton. St Louis mafia boss Matthew Trupiano dies Trupiano dies 22 October 1997. St Louis boss Vito Giannola Anthony F Russo and Vincent Spicuzza get into an ambush and are shot to death in their car at 9 august 1927, both have a dime in their hand. For more on the St. Louis crime scene check out the bookGangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh. 11 march 1921 one of his gunmen fired at Greenberg while he was standing with a group of men and Greenberg was wounded and political lobbyist and attorney John P Sweeney was severely wounded and died later. When the five prisoners were brought to St. Louis the Italians told very innocent stories of how they happened to be on the farm. Located at 601 James Thompson Blvd., it also will be a one-stop service center for Illinois' Workforce Advantage program. They riddled the storefront with bullets and shotgun slugs, but no one was injured. St Louis gang leader Thomas snake Kinney Rats member John Bad Jack Barry the leader of the Cross Keys Club was fatally shot in a North side court room 24 February 1910 by Henry Diederichsen. St Louis: Hogan Gang at war with Egan's rats In March 1923 the rats tried to ambush Edward Hogan and Humbert Costello as they were driving, the shooters Elmer Runge and Isadore Londe were arrested but Hogan refuses to identify them. Sam Palazzolo and Don Bommarito whisky still found (police protected) a huge whisky still operated on a farm owned by Sheriff Louis Donze (of Ste. Robert Carroll killed 7 January 1946 was Robert Carroll shot and killed. 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. He coveted control of the St. Louis underworld and saw the Laborers' locals as an expedient to it. 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. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 24 August 1927 Benny Giamanco (Benjamin Giamonco??) St Louis Black hand leader Frank Sicola killed Frank Sicola was shot and killed 23 July 1922. Williams County Chief of police George Galligan 8 February 1924 was deputy sheriff John Layman shot and wounded, Ku Klux Klan man Caesar Cagle killed 8 February 1924 was as revenge policeman Caesar Cagle (prominent Ku Klux Klan member) shot and killed, Herrin (Williamson County??) Although it was widely known that Democratic politician Thomas Egan had chosen Kane to kill the Yellow Kid, the Egan's Rats escaped punishment. 0. St Louis greenies (green ones) boss Frank Agrusa 12 July 1930 was in St Louis Sam Scorfina a grocer at Carr street kidnapped , he escaped later. Cuckoo gangsters are suspected. Posts: 1909. Dominic Giambrone was a prime suspect in the beheading of Salvatore Leoni, St Louis mafia boss Gaetano Viviano Dr. Guglielmo Cataldi got extorted and 24 december 1912 Vito Fasulo picked up the extortion money and brought it to Santinos saloon at Wash Street and police arrest Santino and the brothers Vito Fasulo and Mike fasulo. The last item covered by the committee was the Pioneer News Service. St Louis Egan's Rats leader Colbeck In 1941 Colbeck gets free from prison after 16 years. A short time later, he went to federal prison for. St Louis Republican mayor Frederick Kreismann served from 20 april 1909 till 15 april 1913. East St. Louis Community College Center. Local 53 was under the Mafia's jurisdiction and was ruled by Joe Tocco, a cousin of Giordano's. Gangsters Inc. recommends: Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect by Daniel Waugh. Irish immigrants had been settling in St. Louis since the early 1800's, the city held its first St. Patrick's Day in 1820. During the strike on 21 and 22 June 1922 in Herrin were 21 people killed of them were 19 strikebreakers. Mohrle claimed he shot in self defense, despite the fact that the pistol on Young's body was obviously planted there. Fugitive is Marshall Big Bo Fry. Berne, representing the East Side, controlled Local 42. Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry 18 August 1919 was saloon owner Frank Morrissey shot and killed. Dominick Giambrone was a prime suspect in the beheading of Salvatore Leoni. The assassination went awry and Greenberg escaped. Leavenworth prison Egans Rats inmates Colbeck and most of his lieutenants were incarcerated in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. He had been shot, PARTINICO CAPO MAFIA FRANK COPPOLA (USA DEPORTEE). His loyal follower Carmelo Fresina and others then start their own faction of which Fresina became the boss. One of his killers was believed to be Wingy Cox. St Louis mafia boss Giordano (67) dies Giordano (67) dies 29 August 1980 and was followed up by acting boss John Vitale. St Louis based Russo brothers gang Pasquale Santino becomes allies with a split faction from Giannola led by the Russo brothers. The man who shot. St Louis mayor Mayor Henry Kiel served till 21 April 1925. Cervantes appointed attorney Morris Shenker chairman of the city's new Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement. While most of the rival gangs were composed of multiple ethnicities, the Green Ones were a distinctly Sicilian group. Bommarito was a former employee who tried to set up a rival produce hauling firm to rural Illinois groceries. Dinty Colbeck 25 April 1924 robbery of the Granite City National Bank netting 63000 dollars was led by Dinty Colbeck. 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. St Louis 11 August 1981 Michaels friends retaliate when they disfigure Paul Leisure when they blow up his car. 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. Hardcover$38.99 4 Used from $34.58 11 New from $28.01. Police smuggle Greenberg out a back door and he fled to New York where he works again with Waxey Gordon. East St. Louis, Ill. - The United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today that seven alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples gang, including top national and state leaders, have been charged in a federal indictment accusing them of a years-long interstate RICO conspiracy involving multiple . St Louis Democratic mayor Rolla Wells served from 16 April 1901 till 20 April 1909. 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). 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. 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. 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. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 19 August 1926 the Cuckoos shoot at Frank Agrusa and Alphonse Palazzola in front of the club Santa Fara at Eight and Biddle streets and wound Adamo Girolamo and Frank Agrusa. 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". St Louis 30 March 1967 was gambler William A Kuna Jr shot and killed in front of Kincannons Lounge at 4123 Chippewa Street. Louis Colono, who owned several rival speakeasies, may have been involved in silencing the Grays to prevent them fron testifying against his nephews, or to eliminate his rival, Dominick Dan Maddalino (proprietor of the Collinsville Park Ballroom) brother Martin Maddalino was murdered 22 January 1928 in a saloon (their own saloon??). Seven alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang were arrested Monday, including top national and state leaders operating out of East St. Louis. Author Bill Nunes of Glen Carbon takes on the tales of the notorious gangster who hid unlawful enterprises - mostly involving gambling - behind legitimate businesses for decades. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Grays were discovered shot to death in their car, which had also been torched by the killer(s) on September 14, 1925. 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. wounded was Herman Phemister (he died 29 September 1924), Allison was replaced as deputy sheriff by Ora Thomas. St Louis gang Egan's rats members Max and Morris Greenberg Egans rats member Max Greenberg, his brother Morris Greenberg and two others were suspected in the murder of Sam Mintz on 5 December 1914. a friend of Russo and Spicuzza got killed with the innocent Aloys F Beelman. St Louis Egans Rats member Ray Renard (later witness) Ray Renard, the gangs wheelman, fled the city to avoid prosecution for robbery. He was state witness in the kidnapping of Dr Isaac Kelley and had named Angelo Rosegrant, Bart Davis and Felix McDonald as the other kidnappers. 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. He had been warned by Giambrone to close his business. 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. McGurn and his dime murders on Aiello hired killers?? Tensions in 1917 between whites and blacks often led to fist and stone-throwing fights between street gangs. New mayor became Victor J Miller who served till 18 April 1933. Like some of the other gangs, it originated in the Western Missouri Correctional Center. 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. By the late 1950s and 1960s, black families began to move into neighborhoods along Page Blvd., like Fountain Park, Academy, and the West End, eventually making their way into St. Louis County by the 1970s and 1980s. 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. Both were killed on orders of Frank Buster Wortman. St Louis gang Egan's rats leader William T Egan. John Vitale arrested In 1940 was John Vitale arrested after heroin was found in his saloon. By 1851 the US census recorded that of the 70,000 residents 14% of those . The gangsters split about $260,000 in cash and awaited Simmonson and other fences to sell the stolen bonds. ST LOUIS BASED SHELTON BROTHERS WAR WITH KKK IN HERRIN, KKK Imperial Wizard William Joseph Simmons Colonel William Joseph Simmons reestablished the KKK in 1915 in Georgia as a money making franchise and he became the Klans Imperial Wizard, Herrin (Williamson County??) St Louis: Cuckoo gang August "Gus" Webbe got 10 years for murdering St Louis officer Edward Griffin and merchant John Surgant during a robbery 10 June 1923. All have been charged under. EAST ST. LOUIS Seven members of the Gangster Disciples, including gang leaders from Missouri and Illinois, have been accused of . St Louis gang Egans Rats leader Dinty Colbeck On April 2, 1923 the gangsters held up the armored car at the intersection of Fourth and Locust in downtown St. Louis. BONUS ROUND! ST LOUIS BASED SHELTON BROTHERS WAR WITH BIRGER. 7 November 1913 deputy constable Harry Levin shot and killed auto mechanic Fred Hesse who was suspected to have snitched on the Egans Rats over a 15000 dollar railroad swindle. Again, no one was injured. St Louis boss Vito Giannola In 1924 St Louis boss Dominic Giambrioni flees for Vito Giannola. St Louis, Hogan gang 11 August 1963 dies Hogan (77). Springfield invasion by St Louis capo Frank Agrusa St Louis capo Frank Agrusa invaded Springfield in the early 30ties and there were at least 5 murders and a car bombing, Springfield 28 December 1931 was gambler Charles Dawson (originally from St Louis) shot and killed in Springfield which had been invaded by Vito Impastato and Frank Agruso. [1] Caudera was blindfolded, shot 6 times, and his body was found in the trunk of his Cadillac on a south St Louis street on 2 October 1971 he had disappeared since 30 September 1971 when he left his home. At the height of his power, he was the Sergeant-in-arms of the St. Louis Democratic Committee. The brothers worked for the boss Dominick Giambrone, St Louis Black hand leader Frank Sicola Sicola was a suspect in the 12 October 1921 Wash Street drive by shooting that killed Michael Adragna (23) and Joseph Giammanco (9). In May 1986 Matthew Trupiano got 4 years, he served 16 months. He was convicted of the robbery and sentenced from 10 years to life in prison in 1929. Ray Walker Sometime in 1944 was Ray Walker shot and wounded. 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. Search for: Mafia News Undertaker Visits St. Louis Mafia, Takes Away Man In Charge 8 years ago Scott Burnstein . Wounded was Raymond Reask. Ruloff was Egans shadow and bodyguard. He immediately resumed his former role as a plumber and opened a shop. Molasky was also a chief stockholder in this operation. Old North Saint Louis. The Rats blamed the murder of their leader on the Hogan Gang led by Edward J "Jellyroll" Hogan. Eagle Park Resort?? The warrants were issued after a raid on the Donze farm Friday afternoon by Federal prohibition officers under Chief James Dillon. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 21 August 1926 the mafiosi try to kill their former supporter Pasquale Santino what goes wrong but they kill Joseph Schamora and wound a woman. The East St. Louis men took no chances, except the chance from stray shots, which every spectator of their acts took. St Louis boss Dominick Giambrone (born 28 February 1876) Dominick Giambrone becomes the boss in 1917 and started a saloon at 826 Biddle Street. Racism in East St. Louis was evident even on the police force. Santino was close to people in Detroit and NYC, he probably didn't support the Aiellos in Chicago perhaps he knew Mike Merlo the head of the Unione Siciliano in Chicago. Methodology: How we determined the worst St. Louis neighborhoods in 2022. 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