St Louis mafia boss Damiano Capuano The first boss was fruit wholesaler Damiano Capuano, St Louis Mafioso Pasquale Santino (born 12 September 1886 in Siculiana) Pasquale Santino married Maria Mary Capuano a daughter of the fruit wholesaler Damiano Capuano, St Louis Mafioso Pasquale Santino (born 12 September 1886 in Siculiana) Santino worked with Giuseppe Lopiparo and the brothers Antonio Fasulo, Vito Fasulo and Michele Fasulo (who all were from Villafranca Siculo, Agrigento), Viviano family The brothers Giovanni Viviano, Giuseppe Viviano, Pietro Viviano, Salvatore Viviano and Vito Viviano assisted by their cousins Gaetano Viviano, Pietro Viviano, Salvatore Viviano and Vito Viviano founded their own pasta manufacturing cooperation at Biddle Street, Viviano family 2 August 1909 were Tommaso Viviano (5) and his cousin Grace Viviano (2) kidnapped by family friend Salvatore Sam Turrisi. On October 23, 1947, Carl was killed near his farm in Southern Illinois when gunfire erupted from a car full of unknown assassins. TERRORISM RISK : MEDIUM. ), 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. 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. Russo brothers Fruit market owner Mariano Russo and wife Augustina Palmisano had as sons William Russo (born 14 June 1892 and brother in law Charles Rizzo), Thomas Russo (born 4 July 1897), Vincent James Russo (22 october 1899), Anthony Russo (born 12 June 1901), John Russo (born 15 May 1905 and died 11 october 1918 at age 13) and Charles Russo (born 24 December 1910), Russo brothers They killed 7 August 1920 Tom Spicuzza (no family of Vincent Spicuzza), St Louis 31 July 1920 was Carmelo Bonvissuto shot and killed by Santino man Angelo Naccarato. 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. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, which has ruled the so-called outlaw biker world for decades, is transforming an old tavern on the west side of Belleville into a headquarters. Timothy Cronin 3 March 1944 was Timothy Cronin shot and wounded. 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??). The rankings are calculated based on the number of violent crimes per 100,000 people for each neighborhood, compared to the St. Louis violent crime average. 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. Fred Yellow kid Mohrle Samuel Young was a member of the Rats, and he was also a Constable in the St. Louis Circuit Court. Starting in the 1970s the black population expanded into the city of Berkeley. Not until the the late 1950s and early 1960s with neighborhoods like Ofallon Park and College Hill did North City begin to grow with black families moving in, continuing into the 1970s and 1980s with neighborhoods like Walnut Park and Baden, especially following the demolishing of the housing projects. FRANK BUSTER WORTMAN 5 March 1962 were Frank Buster Wortmans man Elmer Dutch Dowling and Melvin John Beckman found killed. 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. The gangsters split about $260,000 in cash and awaited Simmonson and other fences to sell the stolen bonds. 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. Murder in aid of racketeering is a death- eligible offense. 16 June 1922 Lester slipped out sixteen railroad cars filled with coal. 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 mobster Paul Buffa killed Within a few years also Thomas "Tom" Buffa family member Paul Buffa was killed by the Kansas City mobsters. St Louis boss becomes John Vitale who dies in 1961 and was followed up by Anthony Giordano. 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. 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. They had been killed in Ralph Smiths speakeasy at 330a East Broadway (East St Louis). When herman Tipton refused to leave, Shelton convinced Hayes to split from the gang and fight Tipton. Both were killed on orders of Frank Buster Wortman. St Louis Laborers Local 42 In 1979 died Thomas Harvill. 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. Here are the most dangerous neighborhoods in St. Louis for 2023. Dinty Colbeck 25 April 1924 robbery of the Granite City National Bank netting 63000 dollars was led by Dinty Colbeck. Among the crimes alleged in the indictment are two gang-related murders. St Louis based brothers Tipton The brothers Herman Tipton, Roy Tipton and Ray Tipton, St Louis gang leader Edward jelly Roll Hogan St Louis police officer Edward J Hogan sr. had six sons: Edward Jelly Roll Hogan Jr., James Hogan (the leaders of the gang and their brothers ???). Hoods like Gibson, Park Avenue, Grape Hill (2600 Hickory), the Dark Side, Accomac, and Peabody and the former Darst Webbe housing projects. 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. Suspects of the attack are the Shelton brothers. He had left his home to meet his extortionists who had demanded half of his profits because according to them his Flamingo junkets were cutting in on the Casino Dunes junkets operations. bootlegger William Fleming killed 30 August 1931 was bootlegger William Fleming shot and killed and his partner William Shannon Jr. wounded. 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. Jasper Aiello (20) killed In 1927 was Jasper Aiello (20) killed with 15 shots over a bad liquor deal. 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. 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. ( updated Feb 2020) Buy Eat & drink However, many of the stolen bonds were seized in several police raids. Powered by. The late Frank Cotton Eppelsheimer and Drewers pal Joseph Burnett were named as his killers. Egan's Rats was an American organized crime group that exercised considerable power in St. Louis, Missouri from 1890 to 1924. Greenberg escaped the rap. The Book traces the history of Gangsters and their gangs in the metro area of St. Louis, Southern Illinois, Kansas City and their connections to the east and west coast Mob Bosses. St Louis 7 December 1943 were Harley Grizzell and Norman Farr shot and killed. Anthony F Russo was the leader of the brothers William Russo, James Russo, Thomas Russo and Lawrence Russo. The cuckoos shoot up 23 September the Submarine Bar and kill the owner Anthony dattalo (who died 26 September 1926??) East St. Louis has a population of 26,000. a friend of Russo and Spicuzza got killed with the innocent Aloys F Beelman. 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. 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. Mulconry had switched from the Cuckoo gang to the Shelton brothers and his murder was believed to be an aftermath of the Valmeyer shooting. St Louis In February 1968 Giordano was arrested. Absolutely miserable. 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. 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 . East St. Louis is its own city in IL, to the east and over the river from the city of St. Louis in MO. Herrin coal mine owner W. J. Lester Coal mine owner W. J. Lester hired 50 strikebreakers from employment agencies in Chicago. St Louis Egan's Rats leader Colbeck In 1941 Colbeck gets free from prison after 16 years. Black Hand extortion was reported in the city as early as 1876. The federal indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The long list of violent crimes alleged in this indictmentincluding two murders and multiple violent assaultsmake plain the threat to our communities posed by criminal organizations like the Gangster Disciples, said Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Departments Criminal Division. Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) The Gangster Report . Click here for information in multiple victim cases. 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 gang Egan's rats leader William T Egan. One of his killers was believed to be Wingy Cox. St Louis mobster Frank Coppola Frank Coppola came illegally to St Louis in 1926 via Cuba and used the name Frank Lamonde. 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. But there are a lot of poor people and gang members. They riddled the storefront with bullets and shotgun slugs, but no one was injured. St Louis: Cuckoo gang This was followed by Joseph "Mule head" Simon, Jimmy Michaels and Ben "Melon head" Bommarito's arrest for armed robberies. 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. Missouri state senator Michael Kinney In 1924 was Democratic senator Michael Kinney shot while waiting for a train at St Louis County station. 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. 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. Upon Greenburg's return, Egan retaliated. Hunted by the authorities, Renard was captured in Los Angles. St Louis Local 688 In 1948 Harold Gibbons became president of St Louis Local 688. Lyle shag Worsham Lyle shag Worsham was machinegunned to death by Steve George and Ward Casey Jones according to Eural Gowan. The far east portion of St.Louis City, MO is considered Downtown St. Louis. The Egan's Rats loudly proclaimed, even in the newspapers, that they would kill the Yellow Kid. 19 February 1904 was snake Kinney charged with shooting black lounge singer Walter Sloan. John puggy Dunn killed 8 June 1917 triggerman Frank Gutte Newman. Cuckoo boss Jack Lyons killed 13 June 1920 was Cuckoo boss Jack Lyons shot and killed. The scariest part is that the police force is almost non-existent. East St. Louis recorded a violent crime rate of 2,752 per 100,000 people in 2017, based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. 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. Santino had changed sides to the Cuckoos because he wants to replace Giannola and he gets support from the Aiello brothers in Chicago. Michaels Michaels goes to prison in 1929 for 10 years to life. St Louis Egans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn 21 December 1915 Harry cherries Dunn fatally shot John Groenwald in a saloon. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); On May 18, 2018, Griffin and 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. Fugitive is Marshall Big Bo Fry. The top 10 most dangerous cities are as follows: 1. Adjacent to a MetroLink station and just blocks from the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center, it is the first phase of more than 400 units of affordable rental and 100 units of for-sale housing. According to the indictment, the Gangster Disciples is a violent street and prison gang founded in the 1960s that has engaged in large-scale drug trafficking and violence throughout the United States. He would have been part of a prostitution ring from St Louis. Candlish was fired along with twelve other Klan affiliated policemen. FRANK BUSTER WORTMAN In 1964 was Wortman associate Lewis Buddy Ennis (39) shot and killed in his car, In 1964 was Richard Leisure (brother of David and cousin of Paul and Anthony) killed in a tavern. In the resulting investigation police raided the resort of Dale Stamper (now an ally of Frank Buster Wortman). This investigation demonstrates ATFs commitment and the commitment of our law enforcement partners to ensure that Missouri and Illinois communities remain a safe place to live, work and raise families. dispute at a Gangster Disciples meeting in Bridgeton, Missouri. Springfield boss Zito Zito went to prison in March 1933 and was released in September 1934 with him were 15 of his men convicted under whom Vincent Salvo. The rats retaliated by dispatching the bodies of Joseph Cammarata and Everett Summers in ditches along county roads. Downtown St. Louis. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 6 September 1926 Cuckoo member Peter Pete Webbe get shot to death in his car by the Giannola faction. As usual, Cusumano walked. 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. for the kidnapping of St Louis grocer Sam Scorfina arrested Frank Agrusa, Vito Impastato, Soria Mantia, Baptista Bommarito, Mike Lombardo and Carl Fiorita. The indictment also alleges various acts of drug trafficking by Gangster Disciples members, including an ongoing scheme to smuggle the synthetic drug K2 into Missouri state prisons. In July 1927 James T Licavoli was arrested with John Mirabella and Ralph Caleco for weapons possession but charges were dropped. By the late 1980s and the early 1990s most St Louis hoods on the West Side would become Bloods, like the Horseshoe, Hodiamont, and Wellston, while a small percentage became Crips, mainly Rollin 60s, in areas along Goodfellow, like on Wabada and on Cates. His loyal follower Carmelo Fresina and others then start their own faction of which Fresina became the boss. St Louis boss Frank Coppola deported 11 January 1948 Frank Coppola was deported and made John J Vitale boss. Just minutes after the shooting police raided a butcher shop at 1433 North 14th street where they found rifles and 6 revolvers. St Louis boss Vito Giannola In 1924 St Louis boss Dominic Giambrioni flees for Vito Giannola. There is a heavy gang presence in East St. Louis, so there is no fear of taking things by force. But it was St. Louis' three Laborers' Union locals that were most lucrative for the mob and it was Giordano who oversaw them. 11 September his men retaliate by wounding Jimmy's grandson Charles John Michaels. He obtained leniency for testifying against his former comrades in the robbery trials. Bernie Shelton 2 February 1931 were found the killed East St Louis pawnshop owner David Hoffman, Joseph Carroll (former policeman and an incorporator with Bernie Shelton of the Red Top Taxicab Co of St Louis) and Theodore Kamanski. 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. After the plumbing shop incident, Colbeck moved his gang to the Maxwelton Club and Racetrack on St. Charles Rock Road in the wilderness of St. Louis County. 31 October 1921 William Egan shot and killed from a car in front of his saloon at 1400 Franklin avenue. The housepainter soon introduced his young stepson to the underworld, taking Maloney with him on occasional visits to the Paddock Lounge, Wortman's bar in East St. Louis, which was a hangout for organized crime figures. St Louis mayor Mayor Henry Kiel served till 21 April 1925. This prosecution underscores that coordinated criminal activity will be met with a coordinated and focused law enforcement response by the Criminal Division and our law enforcement partners at the federal, state, and local level. As featured a few years ago in St. Louis Magazine, the city has long boasted a strong Irish population, dating back to the early 19th century.Foreign-born Irish Americans made upwards of 14 percent of St. Louis's residents. East St. Louis Mound Center, View from the Southwest. Las Vegas based Flamingo junkets promoter St Louisian Primo Frank "Larry" Caudera killed the Flamingo junket promoter St Louisian Primo Frank "Larry" Caudera (49) (he organized junkets from St Louis to Las Vegas). there is also circumstantial evidence equal to the above theory that they were murdered by the Selvaggis and their uncle Louis Colone. St Louis gang Egans Rats After the robbery the members wanted to dump a car used in the robbery but were seen by policeman Edward neu who they killed, St Louis gang Egans Rats 12 April 1923 they covered up their tracks in the robbery by killing member William Crowe, St Louis gang Egans Rats 24 hours later they killed cuckoo associate William Tabor (20) who also was connected to the robbery, St Louis gang Egans Rats 15 April 1923 they shot and wounded cuckoo gangster Thomas Mush Sullivan, St Louis gang Egans Rats 19 April 1923 police arrested Egan gangster Whitey Doering and found with him a large part of the stolen bonds. 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 murders, drug trafficking, and other crimes. St Louis state representative Edward jelly Roll Hogan In 1916 Edward J Hogan of the Hogan gang becomes a state representative. Trupiano later became business agent of Laborers Local 110. 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). To repay political debts, Stapleton allowed Klansmen to be hired as police officers, including the Chief of Police, William Candlish. Should rap lyrics be used as evidence in court? St Louis Cuckoo gang member Tommy Hayes In January 1921 there is a mail robbery in Wood River for which was convicted Cuckoo gang member Tommy Hayes. Police smuggle Greenberg out a back door and he fled to New York where he works again with Waxey Gordon. St Louis, Syrian Cuckoos In 1962 Frank Wortman goes to prison. Daily 8AM-6AM. 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