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Often called "Mad Dog" or the "Tri-State Terror", he was an American criminal, burglar, bank robber, and Depression-era outlaw. He was one of the most wanted bandits in Oklahoma during the 1920s and 1930s and co-led a gang with Harvey Bailey that included many fellow Cookson Hills outlaws, including Jim Clark, Ed Davis, and Robert "Big Bob" Brady.
Stephanie St. Clair. Stephanie St. Clair (December 24, 1897 in Martinique, French Caribbean [1] – December 1969) was a racketeer who ran numerous enterprises in Harlem, New York in the early 20th century. [2]
Over seventy direct members of the gang operating in the 1920s and 1930s have been identified. Reports that the gang collapsed when their leaders were jailed for the 1925 Battle of Lambeth are incorrect. The gang was still in existence after World War II as new family members replaced old hands. [3]
During the 1920s and 1930s, African American organized crime was centered in New York's Harlem, the largest black city in the world, [4] where the numbers racket was largely controlled by Casper Holstein and the "Madam Queen of Policy", Stephanie St. Clair. St.
Edna "Rabbit" Murray (1898–1966) was an American criminal associated with several high-profile gangs in the Depression-era of the early 1930s. Although popularly known to the press as the "Kissing Bandit" for kissing a male robbery victim, she was known in the underworld as "Rabbit" for her skills in breaking out of the penitentiary.
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 ...
Walter Sage, Brooklyn mobster and associate of Abe Reles-Harry Maione gang; January 24 – Charles Solomon, Boston Prohibition gangster; May 30 – Sebastiano Domingo aka Buster from Chicago killed in New York City; June 17 – Frank Nash "Jelly", St. Louis gangster and victim of the Kansas City Massacre
It includes gangsters that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "American female gangsters" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.