Kansas City Mafia Bosses Linked to Political Corruption
The Kansas City crime network led by Binaggio and Gargotta controlled gambling rings, bribed officials, and used violence to expand influence. The Senate Crime Committee documented ties to Governor Forrest Smith, police corruption, and cross‑state racketeering from Kansas to Missouri, with the Last Chance Tavern as a focal point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Senate Crime Committee
J. A. Purdome
Jax
Charlie Binaggio
Charlie Gargotta
Gargotta
Binaggio
Tano Lococo
Fat Tony Gizzo
Old Jim Balestrere
Binaggio & Co
Lococo
Snag Klein
Eddie Osadchey
Last Chance
Kansas
Missouri
Osadchey
Klein
Simon Partnoy
Chicago-Capone
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Stork Club
Eddie
Snag
Eddie Osaddhey
Charlie
Forrest Smith
Smith-for-Gover
Roy McKittrick
Smith
McKittrick
Charles Binaggio
Hunt
R. Robert Cohn
Hampton S. Chambers
Jacob L
Tuck) Milligan
Sheridan E. Farrell
Cohn
Milligan
Carrell
Colonel Chambers
Chambers
America
Farrell
Halley
State Capitol
Denton Native Dr Downes Named Baltimore Register of Wills
Dr Edwin R Downes a Denton native was chosen for a second term as Register of Wills of Baltimore City. The item notes perfect attendance at Andersontown School by several students in September and October and lists many couples licensed to wed in Caroline during October. A birthday surprise party honored Mr Eli Harrison with a gathering of local residents and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Downes
Denton
Register of Wills
Baltimore City
Downes
Andersontown School
Ernest Porter
Marvin Chambers
Audrey Smith
Cora Chambers
Mary Trice
Nina Lee Wheatley
Birthday Party For Miss Wooters At New Bridge
A large turnout attended Miss Elizabeth Wooters birthday party last Wednesday night at New Bridge to celebrate her 20th. Seventy five guests from Caroline and Talbot counties were present. In Concord, October 27 death claimed Mrs Henrietta Todd 84, mother of Mrs W J Everngam. The funeral was held at the Everngam home Friday at 2 pm. Interment followed in Federalsburg cemetery. The Del Mar Va Chiropractic Association held its monthly meeting at Hurlock with chiropractors from the Eastern Shore in attendance led by Dr Robert Weygand Jr of Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wooters
New Bridge
Caroline
Talbot
W. J. Everngam
Concord
Henrietta Todd
del- Mar-Va
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Crime In America
Estes Kefauver
United States
Purdome
Wolf Riman
Riman
Jim Balestrere
Balestrere
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
St. Louis
St. Joe
Estes Metaverse Ee
Doubleday, Inc
Gentrsi Features Corp
WNV
The
Journal of
George L. Johnson
Bridgeville
Del
Helen M. Rathell
Hurlock
Joshua Hollang
Bertie Thomas
Preston
John Hamilton
Blanche Holmes
Ridgely
William Henry Roy
Blanche Green
James Orwell
Mary Breeding
Clarence M. Price
Hannah Allen
Harrington
Harvey EF. Gooden
Everett
Dollie V. Young
Estella Porter
David Messick
Myrtle Legates
Houston
Wilbur Vanscoy
Hobbs
Lillian Ischer
Federalsburg
Milo L. Crane
Mildred A. Towers
John T. Williams
Nellie Hastings
William Fried
Laurel Springs
N. J
Ida E. Carman
Collingswood
T. Calvin Holcombe
Raleigh
Behlke
Hazel Trice
Marcus Hook
Ruth Figgs
Pittsville
Barbara Arnold
Mary Jones
Marjorie Arnold
Thelma Ruth Arnold
Marie Kitchen
Jimmie Behlke
Billy Behlke
Lucy Jones
Dorothy Jones
Mildred Trice
Mildred Figgs
William Figgs
Helen Trice
Barton Butler
Ana Sess — Et Ae
Gale Electric Company
Clinton Morris
Greensboro
Dodge
Bamberger Motor Sales
2Nd Street
Denton, Md
Tenge
Wal
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