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Ollie Johnson Quinn (26 May 1893 – 23 August 1949) [1] was a mob boss in Galveston, Texas in the United States, who was involved in bootlegging, illegal gambling, numbers racket, prostitution and other criminal activities from the 1910s up until the 1930s.
Contemporary Galveston Daily News article pertaining to the discoveries of the bodies of Johnson and Shaw; 2015 Houston Chronicle news article pertaining to the murders of Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw; Michael Lloyd Self, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee: Details of Self's 1974 appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (September ...
The Maceo Organization, also known as the Maceo Syndicate, was a criminal organization, that ran Galveston, Texas politically and criminally throughout most of Galveston's open era. The organization's bosses, Sam and Rosario Maceo, operated illegal gambling, prostitution, bootlegging and racketeering activities. [1]
Article 14.01 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure states that a peace officer “or other person” can make an arrest without a warrant when an offense is committed in their presence or ...
Salvatore V. "Sam" Maceo (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre maˈtʃɛːo]; March 1, 1894 – April 16, 1951) was an American business entrepreneur, power broker and racketeer in Galveston, Texas, who controlled both the government and organized crime in the city for almost 30 years.
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Rosario Maceo (Sr.) (Italian pronunciation: [roˈzaːrjo maˈtʃɛːo] June 8, 1887 – March 29, 1954), also known as Papa Rose or Rose Maceo, was an Italian-American businessman, power broker and crime boss in Galveston, Texas in the United States.
The Free State of Galveston (sometimes referred to as the Republic of Galveston Island) was a satirical name given to the coastal city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas during the early-to-mid-20th century. Today, the term is sometimes used to describe the culture and history of that era.