The following page presents statistics and interpretations on the activity of gangs in East St. Louis in Illinois, including information relating to overall numbers, per capita numbers, approximate gang membership, locations, and any correlations between gang activity and the demographic and socio-economic environment of East St. Louis, Illinois. He was a brother in law of Arthur Berne. The informer was Thomas Kimpel (59) who was killed 8 June 1919. 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. 31 October 1921 William Egan shot and killed from a car in front of his saloon at 1400 Franklin avenue. 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. Candlish was fired along with twelve other Klan affiliated policemen. St Louis boss Frank Coppola deported 11 January 1948 Frank Coppola was deported and made John J Vitale boss. Almost every section of the North Side, other than parts of North Point, Penrose, and Hyde Park, are home to active St Louis gangs. 152% more crime than St. Louis. Fresinas wife is Louise Cinardi and they lived at 2716 Semple Avenue. Tipton did not believe that the Cuckoos could pull off such a crime by themselves and so Tipton took the information to Colbeck. St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. The far east portion of St.Louis City, MO is considered Downtown St. Louis. The room had been occupied by Frank Agrusa who is a suspect in the shooting. 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. These were the men found by the Grand Jury to be the leaders in the riots. 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. Primary Menu. In May 1986 Matthew Trupiano got 4 years, he served 16 months. Joe Buselaki killed 3 march 1924 was Joe Buselaki killed after he had run afoul with Giannola. 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. St Louis local mcs In June 2003 the two most notorious biker clubs in the nation have established their first footholds in the St. Louis area. Wortman was the dominant gangster in St. Louis from the early 1940s through the early 1960s. The majority of these raids were directed at operations run by Italians, Jews, Blacks, and other anti-Klan groups. Youngs relationship to Vito Giannola remains unclear. St Louis Egan's rats rebel Max Greenberg William T Egans man Max "Big Maxey" Greenberg switched sides to the Hogan gang. East St. Louis is traditionally known as the "bad part" of town. Police smuggle Greenberg out a back door and he fled to New York where he works again with Waxey Gordon. FRANK BUSTER WORTMAN 5 March 1962 were Frank Buster Wortmans man Elmer Dutch Dowling and Melvin John Beckman found killed. May 22, 2016 - Explore Mary Anne Reuther-Hoette's board "St. Louis Gangsters" on Pinterest. During that time, their territory ranged from East St. Louis to Peoria and southward. 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. McGurn and his dime murders on Aiello hired killers?? Robert Carroll killed 7 January 1946 was Robert Carroll shot and killed. 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. Location: St.Louis,MO. 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. Soon everybody in the Italian borough pays pizzo, when Garavellis Caf (at 5701 De Giverville Avenue) cook Angelo Pastori refuses to buy his meat from Vito Giannola' whole sale company he gets 16 September 1923 stabbed to death by Palazzolo and then they mutilate his body even more with baseball bats. His name was Billy Kane, and he was a deputy constable under Sam Young, whose gun he had used to kill Fred Mohrle. 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). 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 . Its. Would also have to do with the Valmeyer shooting. However, many of the stolen bonds were seized in several police raids. 19 February 1904 was snake Kinney charged with shooting black lounge singer Walter Sloan. "While violent crime has spiked in some communities. Stevensons widow Carrie was married to Bernie Shelton for a while, Cuckoo gangster James Wingy Cox 7 November 1930 was Cuckoo gangster James Wingy Cox wounded by machinegun fire. Egans Rats member Eddie Linham killed David "Chippy" Robinson and Eddie Linham were vying for the position of the gangs premier gunman. Posts: 1909. On the way to hospital he whispered a message to John Doregherty (Dougherty??) St Louis Democrat mayor Edward A Noonan served from 16 April 1889 till 18 April 1893. 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. Charlie Birger 15 November 1923 was bar tender Cecil Knighton shot and killed by Birger, Charlie Birger 18 November 1923 was William F. Whitey Doering shot and wounded by Birger and died. He was convicted of the robbery and sentenced from 10 years to life in prison in 1929. Lyle shag Worsham Lyle shag Worsham was machinegunned to death by Steve George and Ward Casey Jones according to Eural Gowan. The murder rate is over 100 per 100,000 which makes it the 5th most dangerous city in the world. 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. 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. i dono how NY niggaz turned in to tite jeans wearing bloods. A final mystery added to the murder is that there were substantial rumors that John Doyle was in Ohio prison at the time of the Egan murder. Anthony Giordano 29 September 1965 Anthony Giordano beat up Rose Lopiparo the widow of Anthony Lopiparo, St Louis Frank Pisciotta and son Joseph Pisciotta. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 6 September 1926 Cuckoo member Peter Pete Webbe get shot to death in his car by the Giannola faction. His brother the boss Dominick Giambone then fled St Louis and the new boss became Vito Giannola. With a population of 27,000, East St. Louis notched 25 murders in 2011, 17 in 2012 and 15 last year. By 1851 the US census recorded that of the 70,000 residents 14% of those . St Louis green ones leader "Greenie" Frank Agrusa killed In 1943?? New boss of the Green ones became Frank Agrusa. Jasper Aiello (20) killed In 1927 was Jasper Aiello (20) killed with 15 shots over a bad liquor deal. St Louis In 1938 Anthony Giordano (24) was arrested. In reality, St Louis lost a third of its residents over that period - a decline that had begun as early as the 1930s. Young purchased the farm for Vito Giannola and protected his name when questioned by authorities three years later. Miss Morrison was in Club Royal the night Hogan was believed to have been killed there. Mohrle's brains were blown all over his lawyer. FRANK BUSTER WORTMAN in December 1963 Frank Wortman his man Michaels, Giordano and KC mobster Max Jaben were arrested. 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. St Louis boss Vito Giannola (Capone henchman) The same year Giannola becomes the most important boss in St Louis after the conviction of the Irish gangster Dinty Colbeck with a lot of his Egans Rats gang for a postal robbery and also Cuckoo members Roy Tipton and Leo Cronin got arrested and all got 25 years in Leavenworth. Like some of the other gangs, it originated in the Western Missouri Correctional Center. Bommarito was a former employee who tried to set up a rival produce hauling firm to rural Illinois groceries. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town's illegal enterprises. St Louis boss Viviano deported Gaetano Viviano was deported in 1914. While in prison, Gruender met and befriended Elmer "Dutch" Dowling and Isidore Londe, lieutenants of East St. Louis mob boss Frank "Buster" Wortman. Enjoy! Like most big cities, St. Louis has a long criminal history filled with pickpockets, robbers, bootleggers, mobsters, and gangsters. He had been seen at the tracks with Egan gangster David Chippy Robinson. 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. In the 1950s, the Mafia in St. Louis had little power. St Louis 30 March 1967 was gambler William A Kuna Jr shot and killed in front of Kincannons Lounge at 4123 Chippewa Street. Extortion from bootleggers and other gangs, robbery, kidnapping and murder for fun and profit were Cuckoo specialties." Carl Shelton and Earl Shelton (POLICE) It was the same tavern where Wortman man Joseph Callahan had been wounded the week before. To figure out how bad a place is to live in, we only needed to know what kinds of things people like and then decide what places have the least amount of those things. Chicago: Aiello man killed 17 July 1927 saloonkeeper Dominick Cinderella who was killed by McGurn and his friend Orchell De Grazio. St Louis Egans rats member John Dunn killed John puggy Dunn was a suspect in the murder of Egan. St Louis based Russo brothers gang Pasquale Santino becomes allies with a split faction from Giannola led by the Russo brothers. 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. Bennie Bethel was a suspect in a Pine Lawn bank robbery. The Cuckoos were headed by the three Tipton bothers, Herman, Ray and Roy. Today many sections of the Ville are vacant, especially below St. Louis Avenue, but there are still hoods like Lexingtons 41LEX and 44LEX, Ashlands 44Ashland and 39Ashland (3940), 4200 Maffit, 442 Ville, the largest section from the 4200 to the 4400 blocks, and more. Primary Menu. St Louis boss Vito Giannola (Capone henchman) In St Louis the members of the Black Hand get as leader Vito Giannola who had just arrived from Sicily with his brother John and their friend Alphons Palazzolo. Frank "one ear" Fratto from Chicago's Des Moines murders St Louis green ones leader "Greenie" Frank Agrusa in Hot Springs, Arkansas. St Louis boss Vito Giannola In the night of 14 September 1925 John Gray and his wife Catherine get killed. Irish immigrants had been settling in St. Louis since the early 1800's, the city held its first St. Patrick's Day in 1820. dgvc63 OPMade MemberJoined: Dec 2013Posts: 114. This region is policed by EAST ST. LOUIS POLICE DEPT. Never seen before look inside the streets of the St Louis hoods with a full breakdown through a St Louis gangs map. Wortman Wortman had been out of Alcatraz since 1941 where he had been sent up for assaulting a prohibition agent. East St. Louis holds first-ever youth anti-violence parade and rally EAST ST. A large stock of new empty cans and other items necessary to whisky manufacture had been stored in the barn. John Dunn killed 14 July 1937 was twice convicted murderer and union racketeer John Dunn shot and killed, Leo Quick killed 5 March 1938 was Leo Quick shot and killed, he had followed up the in 1932 killed Oliver Alden Moore as business agent of the boilermakers, Thomas Cox killed 28 June 1938 was Thomas Cox (brother of killed WingyCox) shot and killed, Arthur Schading killed 19 September 1938 was Arthur Schading shot and killed. Cervantes appointed attorney Morris Shenker chairman of the city's new Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement. This did not sit well with any of the established underworld groups operating on the Eastside. 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. Jan 25, 2021. 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. Missouri state senator Michael Kinney In 1924 was Democratic senator Michael Kinney shot while waiting for a train at St Louis County station. Although it was widely known that Democratic politician Thomas Egan had chosen Kane to kill the Yellow Kid, the Egan's Rats escaped punishment. In 1923 Benjamin Stapleton was elected mayor with the support of the Ku Klux Klan. Hardcover$38.99 4 Used from $34.58 11 New from $28.01. The Gangster Report . Colbeck was later transferred to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He named Bommarito as the man who engaged him. Molasky was also a chief stockholder in this operation. Hayes In February 1931 Hayes led an attack on a house in which 3 Shelton men were killed. Benedetto Amato and his partner Tony Fasulo had a bakery, St Louis faction boss Pasquale Santino (born 12 September 1886 in Siculiana) killed 17 November 1927 the green ones kill Pasquale Santino. Joined: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:28 pm. He was charged 28 April 1927 with five others, in warrants issued here by United States Commissioner Atkins, with setting up and operating the still. 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. Fugitive is Marshall Big Bo Fry. St Louis gang leader Thomas snakeKinney By 1894 snake Kinney was running a saloon at second and Carr Street which served as headquarters for the Ashley street gang soon to be known as the Egans rats. The history is based facts and people, along with photos obtained from the local police and FBI files. From the hearings on Organized crime in sports (racing) 1973. Dominick Giambrone was a prime suspect in the beheading of Salvatore Leoni. By the 1970s and 1980s, Cass Avenue was the most notorious section of the city, from drug kingpins claiming turf to project and neighborhood wars. Max Stirner. St Louis mafia boss Giordano (67) dies Giordano (67) dies 29 August 1980 and was followed up by acting boss John Vitale. A few months later gang members Oliver Hamilton and Clarence "Dizzy" Daniels got life in prison for the murders. In 1956 Giordano gets 4 years in prison. Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator. This map was created by a user. St Louis gang Egans Rats leader Dinty Colbeck Another batch of Egan gangsters was convicted of a mail robbery in Pocahontas, Illinois in which they made their escape by airplane. The rate of crime in East St. Louis is 84.19 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. St Louis Republican mayor Henry Ziegenheim served from 20 April 1897 till 16 April 1901. Kathryn Morrison shot and killed in a tavern, she was a former waitress for Bess Newman. Downtown once included Carr Square, Cochran, Blumeyer, Pruitt-Igoe, George Vaughn, Laclede Town, and years later the Ofallon Place apartments. Greenberg escaped the rap. Eagle Park Resort?? [1] 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. 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. The man who shot. While once home to numerous famous musicians, athletes, entertainers and activist, people like Tina Turner and the founder of rock music Chuck Berry, the Ville has changed from the early days. Contents More than two-thirds of the city's children live in poverty. 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??). Galligan died in a mine. Paul John "Paulie" Leisure, a Syrian who was a suspected contract killer, headed a small dissident, but deadly, group of gangsters. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . 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. He had been warned by Giambrone to close his business. http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/louis/2.html?sect=16 Herrin coal mine owner W. J. Lester Coal mine owner W. J. Lester hired 50 strikebreakers from employment agencies in Chicago. 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 boss Vito Giannola 21 May 1926 Vito Giannola let his men murder Mariano De Luca (59) because he refuses to pay pizzo. His loyal follower Carmelo Fresina and others then start their own faction of which Fresina became the boss. Located at 601 James Thompson Blvd., it also will be a one-stop service center for Illinois' Workforce Advantage program. A short time later, he went to federal prison for. East St. Louis has a population of 26,000. Several days later Vitos brother John left St Louis, the war had cost 30 dead and 18 wounded. 16 October the cuckoos murder Kustandy Ajilouny a supporter of the green ones as killer was identified Alphonse Palazzola. The National Criminal Research Society. Mohrle claimed he shot in self defense, despite the fact that the pistol on Young's body was obviously planted there. 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. Cuckoo gangster James Dormondy escaped. St Louis Republican mayor Frederick Kreismann served from 20 april 1909 till 15 april 1913. St Louis: Hogan Gang at war with Egan's rats 21 February 1923 Jacob Mackler gets killed in his car by men led by Dinty Colbeck. Led by R. N. Mason, the Exalted Cyclops of the Trinidad Klan, raiding parties went on random searches for bootleg stills and liquor. St Louis based Afro American crime scene the august 2012 murders of the girls Sharrice Perkins, Kristen Lartey and Genevieve Marie Phillip (all 22). Genevieve County, Mo) his father's estate at Weingarten, Mo., twelve miles from Ste. St Louis 2 April 1985 Paul Leisure, Anthony Leisure and David Leisure, Robert Carbaugh and Steven Wougamon get convicted. Before the West Side neighborhoods became predominantly black, Taylor Boulevard was the racial dividing line with neighborhoods like the Ville and Finney Avenue being the only areas for black families to live. 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. The shooting came half an hour after the machine gunning of Colones bar in which his brother James Colone was wounded. The Ville is historic black community of St Louis, a hood of St Louis that is large enough to have sections located on both the North Side and the West Side. St Louis political boss Pendergast dies 26 January 1945 dies Thomas J Pendergast (72). In 1922 Fresina was also charged with the murder of Joe Bucceri who dying accused Fresina of his murder. Among the suspects is Herman Tipton the operator of Lemay Distributing Co who was reported to be financed by Bev brown and Gully Owen. The men kick in the secret door to his shelter place and riddle him with machineguns, a happy widow Augustina Dattilo leaving behind, because her husband was abusing her. 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. 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. 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. George Appleton killed 26 October 1936 was ex convict George Appleton found shot and killed. They found four St. Louis Italians and Bedford Perkins, 22 years old, son of Dr. B. G. Perkins of Weingarten, operating the still. James Birger In March 1919 George Ruloff and James Birger were arrested for robbery of a bookmaking operation in Hot spring Arkansas, they were both sentenced to 15 years but were free in a few years. St Louis In February 1968 Giordano was arrested. St Louis murder case Joe Bommarito Former acting boss Vito Cusumano shot and killed Joseph Joe Bommarito 26 August 1951. Soon after their release Max Greenberg and Ben Milner decided to go into bootlegging and Greenberg got 2000 dollars from William Egan to buy whiskey and they keep the whiskey and rip him. In March 1922 Hogan gunmen ambushed Colbeck in his plumbing shop. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 10 November 1927 were Robert Aiello and Frank Aiello shot and killed in Springfield, Illinois, wounded were Lee Meachum and Vito Lapicola. St Louis: Cuckoo gang This was followed by Joseph "Mule head" Simon, Jimmy Michaels and Ben "Melon head" Bommarito's arrest for armed robberies. There are five main white supremacist gangs operating in Missouri: Sacred Separatist Group (SSG): The Anti-Defamation League first encountered the SSG in 2005, but it has grown considerably in recent years. Powered by. Eagle Park Resort?? 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. Beginning during the 1980s and 1990s, white families began to move from the State Streets, the 3rd District section of the South Side, located south of Gravois and east of Grand Blvd. At the height of his power, he was the Sergeant-in-arms of the St. Louis Democratic Committee. St Louis : Italians 27 December 1921 was Hogan gang member Joseph James Cipolla (22) murdered by Egans rats. Larita Rice-Barnes (left), Terra Jenkins (center) and April Roby-Bell work behind the scenes in East St. Louis, Illinois, and its surrounding communities to help grieving families after tragedies. St Louis Egans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn his brother John puggy Dunn took an oath to kill everybody connected to his brothers murder. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town s illegal enterprises. The 1920s gang wars in St. Louis were violent. Partinico family Coppola Francesco Coppola sr and Pietra Loicano had as son Francesco Frank Paolo Coppola (born 10 June 1899 in Partinico, FBN book page 781) who married Leonarda Chimenti and their daughter Pietra Coppola married Giuseppe Corso jr (born 6 october 1927 in Partinico, FBN book page 782) the son of Giuseppe Corso sr (born 4 October 1899 in Partinico, FBN book page 783). 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. 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. 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. St Louis murder case Michael Kornhardt 31 July 1982 Michael E Kornhardt charged with the murder of George Faheen was killed while free on bond by Paul Leisure, Anthony Leisure and David Leisure, Robert Carbaugh and Steven Wougamon. Old North Saint Louis. Greatly perturbed, the Egan chief struck back violently. 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 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. Earl Shelton survives The last surviving brother Earl Shelton survived a murder attempt and fled the state. They were shot to death in University city and their bodies dumped. Over a two year period, twenty-three men were killed in bloody gang wars. Racism in East St. Louis was evident even on the police force. St Louis Egans Rats gang leader Willie Egan killed Based on the confessions of Ray Renard, the murder of Willie Egan was engineered by his chief lieutenant, Max Greenberg. 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. 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. Congress member Annunzio and Gianacan son in law Tisci In 1965 Tisci resigns as righthand of congres member Annunzio and was 7 weeks later in St Louis with John D'Arco arrested during an underworld meeting. St Louis boss Anthony Giordano In 1963 Lopiparo was replaced by Anthony Gordano. Suspect was Art Newman. Frank Selvaggi obtained a half interest in the Resort just days before John and Catherine's murder. 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. As a dealer in stolen bonds, he had learned through his connections that on a given date an armored car carrying over $2 million in negotiable bonds and cash would be traveling between various businesses in downtown St. Louis. John Vitale John Vitale owned a piece in Sonny Liston?? St Louis mafia boss John Vitale dies John Vitale reigns till 5 June 1982 when he died. They make a wrong turn in St. Louis and the. St Louis, Local 110 In June 1992 the members of Local 110 throw Trupiano out of his office and he got 2 years for other things. When questioned, Young stated he represented other parties who hired him to make the purchase anonymously on their behalf. 15 January 1907 was Willie Gagel shot and killed by Tom Egan, 2 March 1907 was Rex McDonald shot and killed. Big Earl Shelton 24 May 1949 was Big Earl Shelton shot and wounded. Search for: Mafia Mob Hits Mafia Hit List - Top St. Louis Mob Murders 9 years ago Scott Burnstein . 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