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Dint Colbeck was the most powerful gangster in St. Louis during the early 1920s. He and his men were headquartered at the Maxwelton Club in North St. Louis County, and Colbeck often dispensed bribes, illegal booze, or other favors from his roost. Dint also served as the sergeant-at-arms of the St. Louis Democratic City Committee, giving him a ...
Pages in category "Gangsters from St. Louis" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect. Charleston: The History Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-59629-905-4; Auble, John. A History of St. Louis Gangsters: A Chronology of Mob Activity on Both Sides of the River Ranging from the Egan Rats to the Last Mob Leader on Record. The National Criminal Research Society. 2002. ISBN 097-1340-900; Bureau of Narcotics.
Vincentio Licavoli was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 18, 1904, the third of four children of Dominic and Girolama Licavoli. [1] They immigrated to the United States from Sicily and eventually settled in St. Louis. In St. Louis, James Licavoli along with his cousins, Peter and Thomas also known as "Yonnie" were members of the Russo Gang. [2]
Gilmore Car Museum. Hickory Corners, Michigan It's no surprise that Michigan, the nation's car capital, has a few auto museums of note. At the Gilmore, some 400 vehicles fill more than 190,000 ...
After their eventual release from prison, the Shelton brothers moved in to control gambling in Peoria, Illinois. However, Carl and Bernie Shelton (in 1948) were both murdered on orders from former gang member Frank "Buster" Wortman , who had taken over the Shelton operations in their absence and dominated St. Louis' illegal gambling and other ...
The concept-car whisperer. Bortz, a Chicago restaurateur who grew up riding streetcars to see the flamboyant concept cars that starred at auto shows and automakers’ private salons in the 1950s ...
The St. Louis Auto Show is an auto show held annually in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] The first St. Louis Auto Show was held in 1907 at Forest Park Highlands; it was first held indoors at the Willys-Overland Building on Locust Street in 1917. [2] [3] Since resumption of the show in 1983, [4] it has been held annually at the America's Center ...