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Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect. Charleston: The History Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-59629-905-4; Auble, John. 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. The National Criminal Research Society. 2002. ISBN 097-1340-900; Bureau of Narcotics.
Pages in category "Gangsters from St. Louis" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Egan's Rats was an American organized crime gang that exercised considerable power in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1890 to 1924. Its 35 years of criminal activity included bootlegging, labor slugging, [clarification needed] voter intimidation, armed robbery, and murder. Although predominantly Irish-American, Egan's Rats did include a few Italian ...
Frank Wortman. Frank L. "Buster" Wortman (December 4, 1904 – August 3, 1968) was an American St. Louis -area bootlegger, gambler, criminal gang leader, and a former member of the Shelton Brothers Gang during Prohibition. Wortman would eventually succeed the Sheltons, and take over St. Louis's gambling operations in southwest Illinois until ...
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. The National Criminal Research Society. 2002. ISBN 097-1340-900; English, T.J. Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN 0-06-059002-5
John J. Vitale was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1909, [3] the eldest of eight children of Joseph Vitale, Sr. and Mary Theresa Bovacanti. [4] Both of Vitale's parents were born in Sicily; his father in Trapani [4] and his mother in Termini Imerese. [5] They immigrated to the United States a few years before John was born.
The Shelton Brothers Gang was an early Prohibition -era bootlegging gang based in southern Illinois. They were the main rivals of the famous bootlegger Charles Birger and his gang. In 1950, the Saturday Evening Post described the Sheltons as "America's Bloodiest Gang". [citation needed]
St. Louis Police Department. The Bottoms Gang was an American street gang in St. Louis, Missouri during the early 20th century. Their main criminal activities included voter intimidation, armed robbery, assault, illegal lottery, and murder. The gang's members were primarily Irish-American, with a handful of German and Missouri Creole members.