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The Ohio Gang was a gang of politicians and industry leaders closely surrounding Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States. Many of these individuals came into Harding's personal orbit during his tenure as a state-level politician in Ohio , hence the name.
Jesse W. Smith (October 10, 1872—May 30, 1923) was a member of President Warren G. Harding's Ohio Gang. He was born and raised in Washington Court House, Ohio, where he became a friend of Harry M. Daugherty. [1] There, Daugherty helped him to become the successful owner of a department store. Smith became Daugherty's gofer during the 1920 ...
He swam free of the flipped car but the trapped passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned. Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended sentence of two months. Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended sentence of two months.
Gaston Bullock Means (July 11, 1879 – December 12, 1938) [1] was an American private detective, salesman, bootlegger, forger, swindler, murder suspect, blackmailer, and con artist.
December 3, 1978: Pittsburgh crime family associate Grisham was killed with a sniper rifle by Joseph DeRose, Jr. in Howland Township, Ohio after he and James "Peeps" Cononico attempted to take over gambling rackets in Warren, Ohio controlled by Cleveland crime family associate Joseph Perfette. [48] [50] [51] [86] James Cononico: January 11, 1979
The house was rented by associates of President Harding's Attorney General Harry Daugherty, including Jess Smith and Howard Mannington, known as the Ohio Gang. [1] According to testimony before the Senate Committee investigating the Teapot Dome bribery scandal, [2] [3] [4] it was the gang's unofficial headquarters, where many of the deals were ...
Title page of the 1850 first-edition publishing of the Banditti Of The Prairies by Edward Bonney. The Banditti of the Prairie, also known as The Banditti, Prairie Pirates, Prairie Bandits, and Pirates of the Prairie, in the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio and the Territory of Iowa, were a group of loose-knit outlaw gangs, during the early to mid-19th century.
It was around this time that the gang learned that Dillinger had himself recently been arrested for bank robbery and was being detained at the Allen County jail in Lima, Ohio. Determined to free Dillinger, the gang needed cash to fund an escape. On October 3, 1933, the gang robbed the First National Bank of St. Mary's, Ohio. [2]