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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.
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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... Chacon Gang (c. 1890–1902) [3] Bass Gang (1877–1878) [4]
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.
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 ...
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"Black Jack" Tobin, a bookmaker, nightclub owner and Pittsburgh crime family associate, was killed with a shotgun after engaging in a gunfight with by Joseph DeRose, Jr. in Austintown Township, Ohio during a gang war between the Cleveland and Pittsburgh crime families over racket territory in the Mahoning Valley.
On October 14, Dillinger, Makley, and the gang stole guns, ammunition and bulletproof vests from a police station in Auburn, Indiana. On October 20, they pulled a similar heist at a police station in Peru, Indiana. On October 23, the gang used its new arsenal to rob a bank in Greencastle, Indiana, escaping with $74,782. By the end of the year ...