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Pierpont was a Prohibition-era gangster, and friend and mentor to John Dillinger. [2] [10] Adam "Eddie" Richetti: 1909–1938 Richetti was an American criminal and Depression-era bank robber. He was associated with Aussie Elliott and later Pretty Boy Floyd in the early 1930s, and both Floyd and he were later implicated in the Kansas City massacre.
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December 18 – New York Prohibition gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond is shot to death while staying at a safe house in Albany, New York by a number of unidentified gunman. December 22 – Irish-American mob boss Frankie Wallace, on the pretense of a sit-down with Italian-American mobsters, is ambushed and murdered in Boston 's North End .
Pages in category "American gangsters of the interwar period" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 241 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
They were well known outlaws, robbers, murderers, and criminals who, as a gang, traveled the Central United States during the Great Depression. Their exploits were known all over the nation. They captured the attention of the American press and its readership during what is sometimes referred to as the 'public enemy era'.
Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), [1] also known as George Nelson and Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber who became a criminal partner of John Dillinger, when he helped Dillinger escape from prison, in Crown Point, Indiana.
The New York Stock Exchange crashed on October 24, 1929, known as Black Thursday. It was the first of many financial calamities that created the most notorious period of economic depression in ...
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