Westies survive as brutal mob in Hell's Kitchen era
New York prosecutors describe The Westies as a small Hell's Kitchen gang with about 15 members and up to 100 associates. They are alleged to have murdered and dismembered rivals to control loansharking, sports betting, and labor racketeering, operating alongside the Gambino family. James McElroy William Bokun and Kevin Kelly are charged in a New Jersey murder. Julia Coonan accused of conspiracy to murder.
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Jongshoremens Union
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Guurenberg NJ
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Gambino
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New York City
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North Bergen
Kevin Kelly
New York
Cy Kelly
Julia Coonan
Hazelet
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Leone
Coonan
Patrick Dugan
East River
Gambinos
Machine Gun Kelly's misread myth at Mississippi A&M
Mississippi State University records show George Barnes later known as Machine Gun Kelly earned only a probationary term with low grades and 31 demerits in the first semester. The article notes he withdrew in 1918, began a criminal career, and received a machine gun as a gift from his second wife, with a Tupelo bank robbery in 1932 cited among notable crimes.
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al Capone
John Dillinger
Mississippi
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
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Tupelo
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Tupelo Bank
Hindley aids search for bodies on Saddleworth Moor
British police resumed efforts on Saddleworth Moor to locate the remains of two children missing for over two decades. Myra Hindley, 43, led a five hour, tearful dig with detectives and tracking dogs, as questions about further killings and parole remained unresolved.
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Saddleworth Moor
Yorkshire
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Peter Topping
Britain
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Lestey Ann Downey
Edward Evans
John Kilbride
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Cookham Wood
Lesley Ann Downey
John
Pat Kilbride
Fisher
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Raleigh man seeks driver for Ferrari to San Francisco
John Tutterrow, of Cary, received 300 replies to his ad seeking a driver for his $40,000 1976 Ferrari 408 GTE to be delivered to a California dealership. Among applicants was Robert Mitcheltree, a North Carolina State University aero space engineering doctoral candidate, who arrived for an interview in a housemate's turbo Porsche. Tutterrow praised Mitcheltree's driving sense and plans to deliver the red car to the California dealership where he leased it four years ago.
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John Tutterrow
San Francisco
Robert Mitcheltree
North Carolina State University
Titterrow
Tutterrow
Cary
California
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