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[2] Robert Carey: No image available: 1894–1932 An armed robber and contract killer, he was considered as a suspect in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. [5] Tommy Carroll: 1901–1934 A boxer-turned-criminal, Carroll committed numerous robberies during the 1920s and 1930s, and was a longtime member of the John Dillinger gang. [2] [5] Gerald ...
The gangsters, armed with shotguns, begin firing at the policemen, killing Detectives Charles Walsh and Harold Olson, and wounding Detective Michael Conway. As the gangsters are fleeing the scene of the shootout, Genna is hit in the leg, severing his femoral artery. Genna is finally cornered while taking refuge in a nearby basement, where he is ...
The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, was a criminal mob of bootleggers and hijackers composed predominantly of Jewish gangsters. They operated in Detroit, Michigan, during the 1920s of the Prohibition era and came to be Detroit's dominant criminal gang. Excessive violence and infighting caused the gang to destroy itself in the ...
Charles Dean O'Banion (July 8, 1892 – November 10, 1924) was an American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. The newspapers of his day made him better known as Dion O'Banion , although he never went by that first name.
1920–1933 Chicago mobster and bootlegger during Prohibition Frank Wallace: No image available: 1904–1931 -1931 Boston mobster and leader of the Gustin Gang during Prohibition Danny Walsh: No image available: 1893–1933 1920–1933 Providence bootlegger and major organized crime figure in southern New England during Prohibition Kevin Weeks ...
June 30, 1920 Train accident Prohibition Agent Stanton E. Weiss August 28, 1920 Gunfire Prohibition Agent James Holland Rose October 25, 1920 Gunfire Prohibition Agent Kirby Frans November 20, 1920 Gunfire Warehouse Agent Wiliam B. Anderson December 2, 1920 Gunfire Prohibition Agent Richard D. Griffin December 6, 1920 Gunfire Prohibition Agent
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The Gustin Gang was one of the earliest Irish-American gangs to emerge during the Prohibition era and dominate Boston's underworld during the 1920s. The name "Gustin Gang" came from a street in South Boston ("Southie"), which was off of Old Colony Avenue, not from the name of any "members."