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A member of the Barker–Karpis gang, Phoenix later died in Alcatraz. [10] Harry "Pete" Pierpont: 1902–1934 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.
George Remus (November 13, 1876 [1] – January 20, 1952) was a German-born American lawyer who was a bootlegger during the early days of Prohibition, [2] and later murdered his wife Imogene. [ 3 ] Early life
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 ...
Within a few years of Prohibition, the Ashley Gang was so feared by Florida bootleggers that many began deserting the area looking for safer routes far out of reach of the gang. As a result, the Ashleys' opportunities for liquor piracy dwindled and they eventually returned to bank robbery as their primary activity. [3]
By the fact of their existence, these speakeasies were defying the law, and formed intimate business relationships with the bootleggers and gangsters that traded in illicit alcohol. However, many of the leaders of the prohibition movement were also the most prominent voices in black American equality and civil rights. [56]
Category: Prohibition-era gangsters. ... This category is located at Category:American gangsters of the interwar period. Note: This category should be empty.
The Shelton Brothers Gang was an early Prohibition-era bootlegging gang based in southern Illinois. They were the main rivals of the famous bootlegger Charles Birger and his gang. In 1950, the Saturday Evening Post described the Sheltons as "America's Bloodiest Gang".
Providence bootlegger and major organized crime figure in southern New England during Prohibition Kevin Weeks 1: No image available: 1965– 1978–1999 Boston mobster affiliated with the Winter Hill Gang and a later government witness Howard T. "Howie" Winter 1: 1929–2020 1959–2012 Boston mobster, second head of the Winter Hill Gang [21]