Missouri Grand Jury Probing Kans City Gambling Ring
Missouri authorities prepare a special county grand jury to probe a Federal grand jury report alleging a Kansas City underworld led a $34,000,400 gambling empire spanning Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska. Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta, linked to the operation, were executed in April. The county panel starts May 8 and may sit through September.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Gargotta
Binaggio
Ray G. Cowan
Henry Fox, Jr
Kansas City Star: Indictments Not Final, Probe Continues
The Kansas City Star reports the interim investigation is only the start and will take months to finish. Federal jurors say the report aims to arrest widespread lawlessness, while Kansas authorities closed the April 5 meeting site by padlocking the famed gambling joint on the state line.
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Kansas City Star
Kansas State
Garmbling Ring
Chance Tavern
Gargotta
Binaggio
Missouri
Local Man To Face Baltimore Charges
Baltimore City Police returned Lester Boone of 118 East South Street to Baltimore on a charge of securing money or chat tels under false pretenses. Lieut. Frank Dorsey arrested him Saturday night on complaint.
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Baltimore City
Lester Boone
East South Street
Baltimore
Frank Dorsey
Police Roundup From Baltimore Weekend
Ray Asner of 300 South Hanover Street Baltimore complained Boone secured merchandise on a check for 227.44 not honored when tendered. Two juveniles were arrested Saturday night for theft of four cases of beer from Shipley Bottling Works. They are unnamed pending Juvenile Court action. William H. Carter jailed on a 500 bond for larceny from employer Lawrence Phebus, arrest by Officers Trump and Boost. Other arrests include LeRoy Weedon Christene Dorsey LeRoy Tyler William Pryor James F. Weedon all colored for drunkenness or peace disturbances and Warner J. Bruner of Akron for intoxication. Arresting officers were Boone Haugh McKeldin Carty Kanode Trump Boost Twenty Sergt Swomley. Louisville named for Louis XVI of France.
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Ray Asner
South Hanover Street
Baltimore
Asner
Boone
Shipley Bottling Works
William H. Carter
Klineharts Alloy
Lawrence Phebus
Trump
Boost
LeRoy Weedon
Jefferson
Christene Dorsey
Klineharts Alley
LeRoy Tyler
Rt. 1
Mt. Airy
William L. Pryor
James FE. Weedon
East Church Street
Warner J. Bruner
Akron
Ohio
J. Boone
Haugh
McKeldin
Carty
Kanode
Twentey
Sergt. Swomley
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Glendale
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Her Majesty
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Benet
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France
Nion
Ves
the News
Frederick, Md
Thres
SEARS
Pilgrim
Boyville Jr
Ra Curt Ont
J. C. Higgins
Pinkerton
Silvertone
W. Patrick ST. Frederick, MD
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