More than two-thirds of the city's children live in poverty. The median household annual income is less than $20,000. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town s illegal enterprises. 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. Light Heavy Weight. The prohibition agents pointed out that these cars were equipped to carry whisky as well as egg cases. 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. 31 October 1921 William Egan shot and killed from a car in front of his saloon at 1400 Franklin avenue. Bernie Shelton 11 May 1932 were Bernie Shelton and Jack Britt shot and wounded, Floyd Miller killed 17 July 1932 was Floyd Miller shot and killed he was allied with a new Cuckoo faction, Oliver Alden Moore killed 10 August 1932 was Oliver Alden Moore (president of the East St Louis Central Trades and Labor Union) shot and killed . 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. African-American Archives Bikers cartel Case Files Chicago Detroit Documentary Drug Gangs East Coast Exclusive Featured International Interview Mafia Mafia . Police said Matt Manzello knew about these murders and the earlier murder of Joseph Consiglio who was shot and killed in an automobile. 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. St Louis 2 April 1985 Paul Leisure, Anthony Leisure and David Leisure, Robert Carbaugh and Steven Wougamon get convicted. Cuckoo gangster Leo Orlando and Isadore Katz killed 7 January 1931 were the shot and killed Cuckoo gangster Leo Orlando and Isadore Katz found. Population 1,438. The gang earned a reputation for being "fast and willing shooters who would fight anyone, including themselves. Daito lived above the grocery store where Frank Sicola was killed. St Louis mafia boss Matthew Trupiano. 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! St Louis gangster Sam Shanks Mid 60ties St Louis gangster Sam Shanks grabbed influence in Colorado and murdered 7 August 1963 gambler and Smaldone associate Robin Walkie Talkie Roberts who had turned informant. Bommarito, Levecchi and Mirabella were former members of the Russo Gang in St Louis. 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. East St. Louis crime stats will be calculated seperately from St. Louis City and St. Louis County, as are the thier governance. They were divided equally among the three underworld factions. Wortman was the dominant gangster in St. Louis from the early 1940s through the early 1960s. 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. Wesley red Simmons Wesley red Simons shot and killed gangster Emmett Carroll 31 March 1913 in a fight over a woman. 1909 was an election year, and Young made sure that people voted Democrat. St Louis : Italians 27 December 1921 was Hogan gang member Joseph James Cipolla (22) murdered by Egans rats. St Louis Egans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn Nine days later (so 30 December 1915) Dunn and two friends botched a holdup and killed North St Louis saloonkeeper Charles Reutilinger. 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. St Louis, Syrian Cuckoos In 1962 Frank Wortman goes to prison. The National Criminal Research Society. Tipton did not believe that the Cuckoos could pull off such a crime by themselves and so Tipton took the information to Colbeck. http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/louis/2.html?sect=16 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. 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. On the train ride back to St. Louis, Renard was accompanied by Harry Brundidge who managed to elicit a confession from Renard. 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. St Louis Laborers Local 42 Around 1965 Louis D Shoulders jr, George "Stormy" Harvill and William Sanders took over control in Laborers Local 42. Kathryn Morrison shot and killed in a tavern, she was a former waitress for Bess Newman. Like most big cities, St. Louis has a long criminal history filled with pickpockets, robbers, bootleggers, mobsters, and gangsters. 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. East St. Louis had 453 murders from 2000 to 2018, and 340 of those remain unsolved. 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. tavern owner Frank Kraemer killed 20 February 1946 was tavern owner Frank Kraemer shot and killed, he was alined with the Shelton gang at Peoria (Illinois). New boss of the Green ones became Frank Agrusa. Extortion from bootleggers and other gangs, robbery, kidnapping and murder for fun and profit were Cuckoo specialties." Carl Shelton and Earl Shelton (POLICE) The Gangster Report. St Louis mafia boss Matthew Trupiano dies Trupiano dies 22 October 1997. Roy Tony Armes killed 24 September 1950 was Roy Tony Armes shot and killed. Ray Walker and Little Earl Shelton named Black Charlie Harris and Roy TonyArmes as two of the shooters. 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. 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. Cuckoo gangster James Dormondy escaped. Nick Palazzola associated with the Santino faction. Missouri State senator Thomas snake Kinney In November 1904 was Tom Kinney elected to the Missouri state senate. St Louis mafia boss Members are Joe Panneri, Fernando Bartolotta, Dominic Biondo, Joe Crimi and Willie Orlando. Would also have to do with the Valmeyer shooting. Among suspects arrested were William Smith, Monroe Armes and Armes cousin Ray Dougherty. dgvc63 OPMade MemberJoined: Dec 2013Posts: 114. 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. Most of the gangsters received a sentence of twenty-five years to run concurrently with their previous convictions. 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. His loyal follower Carmelo Fresina and others then start their own faction of which Fresina became the boss. there is also circumstantial evidence equal to the above theory that they were murdered by the Selvaggis and their uncle Louis Colone. St Louis Klan leader Glenn Young Young led raids against saloons, bars, still and breweries on 1 February 1924. 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. St Louis Egan's Rats leader Colbeck In 1941 Colbeck gets free from prison after 16 years. Led by R. N. Mason, the Exalted Cyclops of the Trinidad Klan, raiding parties went on random searches for bootleg stills and liquor. See more ideas about louis, gangster, organized crime. Birger gang In January 1927 Birgers Shady Rest was destroyed by a fire and in the fire died 4 people one of them being the killer Elmo Thomasson and the others were Mrs. Lena George. During the strike on 21 and 22 June 1922 in Herrin were 21 people killed of them were 19 strikebreakers. Bommarito was a former employee who tried to set up a rival produce hauling firm to rural Illinois groceries. Actor Danny Glover makes his way to his car on crutches after speaking to teachers and administrators with singer Harry Belafonte, August 29, 2000 at. 16 October the cuckoos murder Kustandy Ajilouny a supporter of the green ones as killer was identified Alphonse Palazzola. St Louiss Pendergast family In 1939 Thomas J Pendergast was convicted for tax evasion. In reality, St Louis lost a third of its residents over that period - a decline that had begun as early as the 1930s. Otis Clark, Bert Grace, James Brown, Lova Mann, Philip Fontanetta, Peter Hiller, Oscar Howard and Jess Childers. St Louis boss Vito Giannola In the night of 14 September 1925 John Gray and his wife Catherine get killed. 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. When those arrive the 2 sheriffs have to dug their own shallow graves in which they get found. Eagle Park Resort?? This map was created by a user. Following further interviews and investigation into the death of Caudera, officers of the St Louis Police Homicide section, on 13 October 1971 arrested Anthony Giardano, John Vitale and James Giammanco (nephew of Anthony Giardano), charging them with the murder of Caudera. Santino knew he had to hit first and aided the Russos in killing Palazzolo. East St. Louis, Illinois Located just across the Missouri state line, in Illinois, East St. Louis has become one of the most gang infested cities in America in recent years. East St. Louis, Illinois, sits just across the Mississippi River from the city of St. Louis, Missouri. 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: 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). In the resulting investigation police raided the resort of Dale Stamper (now an ally of Frank Buster Wortman). St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. The 1920s gang wars in St. Louis were violent. He named Bommarito as the man who engaged him. Robert and Frank Aiello were killed for killing a rival, they were associates of Willie Russo. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town's illegal enterprises. Wexler and Greenberg established a successful rum running operation before Greenberg returned to St Louis in early 1921. Charles Young, owner of the Eagle Park Resort, purchased the farm from the estate of the late D.J. 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. The truce lasted a few months before rat gunmen opened up on a crowd trying to kill Hogan. Enjoy! Joe Massa of Collinsville was held as a suspect, In October 1928 were Peter Maddalino and Henry (both of Collinsville) wounded when they had a car accident, 24 March 1932 were former Madison County deputy sheriff Joseph Joe Colone (43 and brother of Madison County politician Louis Colone) and bootlegger Charles Bowers (40 and worked for Shelton) shot and killed by Tommy Hayes, Louis Colone tended bar at Tony Bonelles tavern. 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. 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. 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. 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). When herman Tipton refused to leave, Shelton convinced Hayes to split from the gang and fight Tipton. Colbeck received fifteen years. Genevieve County, Mo) his father's estate at Weingarten, Mo., twelve miles from Ste. Over a two year period, twenty-three men were killed in bloody gang wars. St Louis: Cuckoo gang This was followed by Joseph "Mule head" Simon, Jimmy Michaels and Ben "Melon head" Bommarito's arrest for armed robberies. It is a sprawling city with 26,708 inhabitants (2012). Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry 18 August 1919 was saloon owner Frank Morrissey shot and killed. St Louis Egan's rats gang leader Dinty Colbeck convicted In May 1923 the Egan's Rats got 55000 dollars in cash from the Staunton postmaster. 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 gang Egan's rats leader William T Egan. 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. After which Frank "one ear" Fratto was made, Fratto was even picked up at the time. 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. It is part of the larger St. Louis metropolitan area that stretches from Alton to Arnold, north and south, and Alton, Illinois to Alton, Missouri, east to west. The Rats turned their attention again to Greenberg and Colbeck and William "Red" Smith were arrested while waiting outside police headquarters where Greenberg got questioned. You need to be a member of Gangsters Inc. - www.gangstersinc.org to add comments! 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. Big Earl Shelton 24 May 1949 was Big Earl Shelton shot and wounded. St Louis boss becomes John Vitale who dies in 1961 and was followed up by Anthony Giordano. In the 1950s, the Mafia in St. Louis had little power. 27 June 1933 was Dominick Dan Maddalino (proprietor of a tavern at Collinsville Park) shot and killed by Louis Colone (former Collinsville policeman) in Maddalinos bar. St Louis, Hogan Gang In 1937 Hogan member Humbert Costello is deported after 12 years prison. Joseph Tatman 21 January 1934 was a sub machine gun used in the Valmeyer (Illinois) killing found in a car in which ex convict Joseph Tatman was riding. 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. This established hoods further south by the 1990s and 2000s. Ray Dougherty (cousin of the Armes brothers) killed 24 April 1947 was the body of Ray Dougherty (cousin of the Armes brothers) found. former St Louis boss Dominic Giambrioni killed In 1934 boss Dominic Giambrioni returns and was killed. Seven alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang were arrested Monday, including top national and state leaders operating out of East St. Louis. Colbeck was later transferred to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Greenberg escaped the rap. 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. Some of the more notorious gang members were Dinty Colbeck, Tom and Willie Eagan, Ray Renard and Willie Heeney - my great-uncle. Kathryn Morrison killed 16 July 1945 was Miss. His brother Salvatore moncado had been murdered some time before by a taxicab driver. Mo., twelve miles from Ste that the Cuckoos could pull off such a crime by and. 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