St Louis Local 688 In 1948 Harold Gibbons became president of St Louis Local 688. With the charges unsealed today, we are taking an important, powerful step in the fight to disrupt and dismantle gangs operating in this region. The prohibition agents pointed out that these cars were equipped to carry whisky as well as egg cases. They war the Cuckoos. St Louis gang leader Charles Spicuzza. From the hearings on Organized crime in sports (racing) 1973. St Louis Democratic mayor Rolla Wells served from 16 April 1901 till 20 April 1909. East St. Louis Mound Center, View from the Southwest. Phayer was a former partner of the late Ray Stevenson in a Brooklyn gambling house. Most of the gangsters received a sentence of twenty-five years to run concurrently with their previous convictions. The housepainter soon introduced his young stepson to the underworld, taking Maloney with him on occasional visits to the Paddock Lounge, Wortman's bar in East St. Louis, which was a hangout for organized crime figures. St Louis based brothers Birger Louis Birger (died 10 December 1921) and his sons Charlie Birger (hanged 1928) and James Birger???? Joseph Tatman 21 January 1934 was a sub machine gun used in the Valmeyer (Illinois) killing found in a car in which ex convict Joseph Tatman was riding. However, many of the stolen bonds were seized in several police raids. Earl Shelton survives The last surviving brother Earl Shelton survived a murder attempt and fled the state. Pruitt Igoe, which was one of the countrys largest housing complexes, was only short lived, after building a notorious reputation that led to its demolishing during the late 1970s. St Louis boss Dominick Giambrone (born 28 February 1876) Dominick Giambrone becomes the boss in 1917 and started a saloon at 826 Biddle Street. They found four St. Louis Italians and Bedford Perkins, 22 years old, son of Dr. B. G. Perkins of Weingarten, operating the still. Howard Akers and Fabian DeClue killed 22 November 1945 were Howard Akers and Fabian DeClue found killed. Robert and Frank Aiello were killed for killing a rival, they were associates of Willie Russo. Open full screen to view more. When arrested in connection with the murders, the new car, which they had owned only two days, had 700 miles on it, the bumbers and runners were filled with weeds and mud, and found tucked in the seat cushion were strips of paper that had been cut from John Gray's old bank account and were used as scratch paper - matching strips were found in the Grays' apartment. Mohrle's brains were blown all over his lawyer. Russo and Spicuzza were not killed by McGurn, their killer Alphonse Palazzolo left the dimes to put the blame on McGurn (the other killer would have been Frank Agrusa and they were accompanied by Impastato and Jack Licavoli), but he started to brag about the murders and William Russo heard it and started the Italian gang war. Robert Carroll killed 7 January 1946 was Robert Carroll shot and killed. On May 18, 2018, Griffin and St Louis Democrat mayor Edward A Noonan served from 16 April 1889 till 18 April 1893. Genevieve, without the Sheriff's knowledge and connivance. St Louis 24 March 1982 James A Michaels the third, grandson of Jimmy Michaels, and former police chief Milton Russell Schepp are charged with the Paul Leisure bombing. Bommarito, Levecchi and Mirabella were former members of the Russo Gang in St Louis. Among the suspects is Herman Tipton the operator of Lemay Distributing Co who was reported to be financed by Bev brown and Gully Owen. St. Louis is a major metropolitan area with several military locations, including Scott Air Force Base, which is just 20 miles away from East St. Louis. Kathryn Morrison killed 16 July 1945 was Miss. The rats retaliated by dispatching the bodies of Joseph Cammarata and Everett Summers in ditches along county roads. It was this woman who saw some of her good clothes on one of her white women neighbors. Otis Clark was the first man to be tried. St Louis mafia boss Damiano Capuano killed The first boss was Damiano Capuano and he was shot to death Christmas eve December 1910 and was replaced by Gaetano Viviano. In March 1922 Hogan gunmen ambushed Colbeck in his plumbing shop. Egans Rats Tommy Hayes, Pete Licavoli, and Frank Wortman, began to associate with the Cuckoos, Italians, and East siders respectively and drifted away from Colbeck. wounded was Herman Phemister (he died 29 September 1924), Allison was replaced as deputy sheriff by Ora Thomas. Cuckoo gangster James Dormondy escaped. The raiders rounded up 200 bootleggers, gamblers, and prostitutes and uncovered a network of corruption controlled by Candlish's handpicked Klan vice squad. America, said Steven D. Weinhoeft, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. Tamera Cantu, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation (CI), Chicago Field He worked for the Wortman gang and was suspected of the 20 January 1945 robbery of 2500000 dollar in bonds and cash from the vaults of the E. H. Rumbold Real Estate Co. Miss. Bernie Shelton 11 May 1932 were Bernie Shelton and Jack Britt shot and wounded, Floyd Miller killed 17 July 1932 was Floyd Miller shot and killed he was allied with a new Cuckoo faction, Oliver Alden Moore killed 10 August 1932 was Oliver Alden Moore (president of the East St Louis Central Trades and Labor Union) shot and killed . In July 1927 Birger men Ray Hyland and Arthur Newman get life for murder. On the way to hospital he whispered a message to John Doregherty (Dougherty??) Previously he had been a committeeman in the fifth ward. Soon his gang goes into bootlegging and 12 September 1924 the body of bootlegger Sam Palizzola (family member of Alphonse) get found in St Louis, his skull was beaten in after which they dragged his body after a car at the orders of Giannola. His gang merged with the Green ones and John Vitale to form one St Louis family under Frank Coppola. When those arrive the 2 sheriffs have to dug their own shallow graves in which they get found. next they fire on a car containing Mackler, Kennedy and James Hogan no one was injured. Mintz had informed on them on an arson insurance scam they were running. Roy Shelton killed 7 June 1950 was Roy Shelton shot to death on his farm in Wayne County. New mayor became Victor J Miller who served till 18 April 1933. St. Louis (south) Cuckoo Gang leader Roy Tipton Sometime in early 1923 an associate of the Cuckoos, Max Simmonson, approached Tipton with a proposition. Criminal Investigation is proud to work alongside our law enforcement partners in this case to bring these criminals to justice.. When it became clear to Egan that Greenberg would not pay him back the money, Egan tried to have Greenberg murdered. At the height of his power, he was the Sergeant-in-arms of the St. Louis Democratic Committee. The 1920s gang wars in St. Louis were violent. Candlish was fired along with twelve other Klan affiliated policemen. Barnstormer Walter Ballard and parachute jumper Harold Tibbets. . St Louis mayor Mayor Henry Kiel served till 21 April 1925. Their gang was taken over by Charles Spicuzza. FRANK BUSTER WORTMAN in December 1963 Frank Wortman his man Michaels, Giordano and KC mobster Max Jaben were arrested. From St. Louis City, between Natural Bridge and Delmar, to St. Louis County, hoods south of Interstate 70 and west of Kienlen Avenue, all can be considered as the West Side. St Louis, Pendergast family In 1946 president Truman wants to lose congressman Roger C Slaughter because he always voted against Truman's proposals and he uses Tom Pendergasts nephew Jim Pendergast who looked after that Enos Axtell became the new congressman after fraudulent elections. Downtown once included Carr Square, Cochran, Blumeyer, Pruitt-Igoe, George Vaughn, Laclede Town, and years later the Ofallon Place apartments. This case results from investigations by ATF, FBI, Federal Bureau of Prisons, IRS Criminal St Louis 11 August 1981 Michaels friends retaliate when they disfigure Paul Leisure when they blow up his car. Barry Boyce, 44, of Charleston, Missouri, an alleged member of the gang, is charged with RICO conspiracy. The late Frank Cotton Eppelsheimer and Drewers pal Joseph Burnett were named as his killers. St Louis gang leader Thomas snake Kinney By 1901 snake Kinney had formed an alliance with St Louis Police board Head Harry Hawes. But there are a lot of poor people and gang members. Police smuggle Greenberg out a back door and he fled to New York where he works again with Waxey Gordon. Primary Menu. Dominque Maxwell, 28, of Cape Girardeau, the alleged Assistant Governor of the state of Missouri, is charged with RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and related firearms crimes. As gentrification is occurring in the original South Side hoods, the State Streets have been growing and expanding further south, almost into South St. Louis County. Long before the arrival of the Bloods and Crips, St Louis gangs were already somewhat established with the Westside Rockers, Hardy Boys, Boys of Destruction, and many more. St Louis Cuckoo gang member Tommy Hayes In January 1921 there is a mail robbery in Wood River for which was convicted Cuckoo gang member Tommy Hayes. St Louis: Hogan Gang at war with Egan's rats 21 February 1923 Jacob Mackler gets killed in his car by men led by Dinty Colbeck. East St. Louis Annual Crimes Violent Crime Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents) 20 15 10 5 0 10.55 3.95 National Median: 4 East St. Louis Illinois My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime 1 in 95 in East St. Louis 1 in 253 in Illinois East St. Louis VIOLENT CRIMES Population: 18,195 United States VIOLENT CRIMES In the 1950s, the Mafia in St. Louis had little power. The shooting came half an hour after the machine gunning of Colones bar in which his brother James Colone was wounded. Frank Smith, 47, of Naperville, Illinois, an alleged national Board Member, is charged with RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and related firearms crimes. Charlie Birger 15 November 1923 was bar tender Cecil Knighton shot and killed by Birger, Charlie Birger 18 November 1923 was William F. Whitey Doering shot and wounded by Birger and died. Frank Selvaggi obtained a half interest in the Resort just days before John and Catherine's murder. Zito died in 1974. Willie Russo brother in law Tony Aiello. St Louis 7 December 1943 were Harley Grizzell and Norman Farr shot and killed. St Louis Egans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn Harry cherries Dunn his friend Eddie Schoenborn was shot dead 3 weeks later at the old saloon at 1233 Chestnut street. Birger gang In December 1926 Birgers men Harry and Elmo Thomasson shot and killed Joe Adams (34) the mayor of West City, Illinois, he had become mayor in April 1923. Again, no one was injured. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 12 November 1927 also Charles Casamento was killed he was one of the killers of the Aiellos in St Louis. Herrin coal mine owner W. J. Lester Coal mine owner W. J. Lester hired 50 strikebreakers from employment agencies in Chicago. The case was eventually dismissed for lack of prosecution. In the resulting investigation police raided the resort of Dale Stamper (now an ally of Frank Buster Wortman). Against All Odds: Oscar Goodman and the Jimmy Chagra Murder Trial, Drug trafficker Peter Shue on coke vs. heroin, doing 21 years, Suge, Alpo, Keith Sweat, Madonna & Mike Tyson, Inside Italy's biggest Mafia trial in decades. Kinney married Tom Egans sister Catherine and they got as a daughter Florence Kinney. As a dealer in stolen bonds, he had learned through his connections that on a given date an armored car carrying over $2 million in negotiable bonds and cash would be traveling between various businesses in downtown St. Louis. Office. St Louis Egans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn Harry Dunn went 8 January 1916 into Tom Egans saloon where he shot and killed Skippy Rohan. St Louis based brothers Tipton The brothers Herman Tipton, Roy Tipton and Ray Tipton, St Louis gang leader Edward jelly Roll Hogan St Louis police officer Edward J Hogan sr. had six sons: Edward Jelly Roll Hogan Jr., James Hogan (the leaders of the gang and their brothers ???). Missouri State senator Thomas snake Kinney In November 1904 was Tom Kinney elected to the Missouri state senate. Youngs relationship to Vito Giannola remains unclear. St Louis boss John Vitale Jr. becomes FBI informer In October 1980 John J Vitale was stopped and searched by the FBI and they find 36000 dollars and he becomes an informant. Bennie Bethel was a suspect in a Pine Lawn bank robbery. St Louis Laborers Local 42 In 1979 died Thomas Harvill. EAST ST. LOUIS has an overall crime rate of 14,040 per 100,000 residents. Click here for information in multiple victim cases. A small city, East St. Louis residents and visitors have the luxury of experiencing their own town along with the big city of St. Louis, MO. Stoneking had been a top lieutenant of East St. Louis racketeer Art Berne in the 1980s, when he was working undercover for the FBI. ST LOUIS BASED SHELTON BROTHERS WAR WITH KKK IN HERRIN, KKK Imperial Wizard William Joseph Simmons Colonel William Joseph Simmons reestablished the KKK in 1915 in Georgia as a money making franchise and he became the Klans Imperial Wizard, Herrin (Williamson County??) Also politician Henry F McElroy. St Louis mafia boss Damiano Capuano The first boss was fruit wholesaler Damiano Capuano, St Louis Mafioso Pasquale Santino (born 12 September 1886 in Siculiana) Pasquale Santino married Maria Mary Capuano a daughter of the fruit wholesaler Damiano Capuano, St Louis Mafioso Pasquale Santino (born 12 September 1886 in Siculiana) Santino worked with Giuseppe Lopiparo and the brothers Antonio Fasulo, Vito Fasulo and Michele Fasulo (who all were from Villafranca Siculo, Agrigento), Viviano family The brothers Giovanni Viviano, Giuseppe Viviano, Pietro Viviano, Salvatore Viviano and Vito Viviano assisted by their cousins Gaetano Viviano, Pietro Viviano, Salvatore Viviano and Vito Viviano founded their own pasta manufacturing cooperation at Biddle Street, Viviano family 2 August 1909 were Tommaso Viviano (5) and his cousin Grace Viviano (2) kidnapped by family friend Salvatore Sam Turrisi. St Louis Laborers Local 42 Around 1965 Louis D Shoulders jr, George "Stormy" Harvill and William Sanders took over control in Laborers Local 42. there is also circumstantial evidence equal to the above theory that they were murdered by the Selvaggis and their uncle Louis Colone. [CDATA[ Mohrle claimed he shot in self defense, despite the fact that the pistol on Young's body was obviously planted there. Frank L. "Buster" Wortman (December 4, 1904 - August 3, 1968) was an American St. Louis-area bootlegger, gambler, criminal gang leader, and a former member of the Shelton Brothers Gang during Prohibition.Wortman would eventually succeed the Sheltons, and take over St. Louis's gambling operations in southwest Illinois until his death. In May 1986 Matthew Trupiano got 4 years, he served 16 months. After which Frank "one ear" Fratto was made, Fratto was even picked up at the time. Police said Matt Manzello knew about these murders and the earlier murder of Joseph Consiglio who was shot and killed in an automobile. The majority of these raids were directed at operations run by Italians, Jews, Blacks, and other anti-Klan groups. St Louis gang Egan's rats members Max and Morris Greenberg Egans rats member Max Greenberg, his brother Morris Greenberg and two others were suspected in the murder of Sam Mintz on 5 December 1914. They riddled the storefront with bullets and shotgun slugs, but no one was injured. Both were killed on orders of Frank Buster Wortman. He had left his home to meet his extortionists who had demanded half of his profits because according to them his Flamingo junkets were cutting in on the Casino Dunes junkets operations. Colbeck Colbeck was not only a gangster, but he was also a politician. Russo brothers Fruit market owner Mariano Russo and wife Augustina Palmisano had as sons William Russo (born 14 June 1892 and brother in law Charles Rizzo), Thomas Russo (born 4 July 1897), Vincent James Russo (22 october 1899), Anthony Russo (born 12 June 1901), John Russo (born 15 May 1905 and died 11 october 1918 at age 13) and Charles Russo (born 24 December 1910), Russo brothers They killed 7 August 1920 Tom Spicuzza (no family of Vincent Spicuzza), St Louis 31 July 1920 was Carmelo Bonvissuto shot and killed by Santino man Angelo Naccarato. St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina In January 1929 Fresina and 2 members of his gang attended a meeting at the home of a Russo faction member and he gets wounded and his companions killed. St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina In June 1930 Fresina, Dominic Cateldo and Anthony Di Trapani visited Charles Spicuzza (a fruit wholesaler) and they were attacked and Cateldo and Di Trapani were killed and Fresina was shot in the hip. The men kick in the secret door to his shelter place and riddle him with machineguns, a happy widow Augustina Dattilo leaving behind, because her husband was abusing her. for the kidnapping of St Louis grocer Sam Scorfina arrested Frank Agrusa, Vito Impastato, Soria Mantia, Baptista Bommarito, Mike Lombardo and Carl Fiorita. St LouisEgans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn While in Chicago the brothers Harry cherries Dunn and John Puggy Dunn shot and killed 5 November 1914 gangster Robert Koch. Daily 8AM-6AM. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 10 November 1927 were Robert Aiello and Frank Aiello shot and killed in Springfield, Illinois, wounded were Lee Meachum and Vito Lapicola. St Louis faction boss Carmelo Fresina. In 1922 Fresina was also charged with the murder of Joe Bucceri who dying accused Fresina of his murder. Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry 28 October 1918 Cuckoo gangster Crato Gentry shot and killed Charles Farrell who worked for his enemy saloon owner Frank Morrissey. PrisonChickenWing 1 yr. ago Search for: Mafia Mob Hits Mafia Hit List - Top St. Louis Mob Murders 9 years ago Scott Burnstein . Hayes lieutenant Homer DeHaven killed 2 November 1932 was the body found of Hayes lieutenant Homer DeHaven and was probably already killed at the end of June or the beginning of July 1932, John Buhlinger killed 25 January 1933 was John Buhlinger shot and killed. A Look Back Two mobsters found guilty in East St. Louis in 1962 BY TIM O'NEIL > 314-340-8132 Feb 26, 2012 0 1 of 19 Eunice Dowling, widow of Dutch Dowling, testifies during a St. Clair. "Greenie" Frank Agrusa his green ones would merge with Frank Coppola's group after the war, they became allies and divided the area. St Louis mobster John J Vitale In 1947 John J Vitale was released from prison after serving a narcotics sentence. East St. Louis has many of the typical fast-food restaurants but has many sit-down restaurants in town and only a couple miles away in St. Louis, MO. His brother Salvatore moncado had been murdered some time before by a taxicab driver. St Louis boss Vito Giannola (Capone henchman) The same year Giannola becomes the most important boss in St Louis after the conviction of the Irish gangster Dinty Colbeck with a lot of his Egans Rats gang for a postal robbery and also Cuckoo members Roy Tipton and Leo Cronin got arrested and all got 25 years in Leavenworth. The Italians gave their names and addresses as follows: Don Bommarito, 22, of 1619 North Sixteenth Street; Andrew Garsano, 20, of 1401 Blair Avenue; Angela Patrillo, 45, of 1219 Pendleton Avenue, and Sam Palazzolo, 42 of 1229 Walton Avenue. 16 June 1922 Lester slipped out sixteen railroad cars filled with coal. probably Patrick Hogan killed 29 September 1944 was probably Patrick Hogan killed at Club Royal. Greenberg soon fled St Louis for Detroit where he got involved in smuggling liquor from Canada. Santino had changed sides to the Cuckoos because he wants to replace Giannola and he gets support from the Aiello brothers in Chicago. St Louis Klan leader Glenn Young Young led raids against saloons, bars, still and breweries on 5 January 1924. Not until the the late 1950s and early 1960s with neighborhoods like Ofallon Park and College Hill did North City begin to grow with black families moving in, continuing into the 1970s and 1980s with neighborhoods like Walnut Park and Baden, especially following the demolishing of the housing projects. 16 October the cuckoos murder Kustandy Ajilouny a supporter of the green ones as killer was identified Alphonse Palazzola. Joe Giardano Joe Giardano (brother of Tony Giardano and Sam Giardano) was charged with the strangulation murder of the Italian gangster Salvatore Faraci (26) in St Louis in August 1928. Lindberghs friend Harlan Gurney was a wing walker, plane trapeze artist. 1. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.. - The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today that seven alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples gang, including top national and state leaders, have been charged in a federal indictment accusing them of a years-long interstate racketeering conspiracy involving multiple murders, drug trafficking, and other crimes. By the late 1980s and the early 1990s most St Louis hoods on the West Side would become Bloods, like the Horseshoe, Hodiamont, and Wellston, while a small percentage became Crips, mainly Rollin 60s, in areas along Goodfellow, like on Wabada and on Cates. It was written that Armes, Wortman, Ryan , Robinson and Frank Cotton Eppelsheimer were muscling into southern Illinois gambling activity. The far east portion of St.Louis City, MO is considered Downtown St. Louis. The Gangster Report. Miss Morrison was in Club Royal the night Hogan was believed to have been killed there. St Louis boss Vito Giannola 6 September 1926 Cuckoo member Peter Pete Webbe get shot to death in his car by the Giannola faction. The Grays were discovered shot to death in their car, which had also been torched by the killer(s) on September 14, 1925. John Dunn killed 14 July 1937 was twice convicted murderer and union racketeer John Dunn shot and killed, Leo Quick killed 5 March 1938 was Leo Quick shot and killed, he had followed up the in 1932 killed Oliver Alden Moore as business agent of the boilermakers, Thomas Cox killed 28 June 1938 was Thomas Cox (brother of killed WingyCox) shot and killed, Arthur Schading killed 19 September 1938 was Arthur Schading shot and killed. St Louis double murdercase In December 1979 Stoneking murders 2 men who had tried to set him up for a hit. Would also have to do with the Valmeyer shooting. St Louis Egans rats member Max Greenberg Max Greenberg was also believed to have played a key role in the Rats first known bank robbery that of the Baden bank on 10 April 1919 the take was 59000 dollars. Upon Greenburg's return, Egan retaliated. He had been shot, PARTINICO CAPO MAFIA FRANK COPPOLA (USA DEPORTEE). 27 June 1933 was Dominick Dan Maddalino (proprietor of a tavern at Collinsville Park) shot and killed by Louis Colone (former Collinsville policeman) in Maddalinos bar. CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE. The St Louis family is not so happy about that. St Louis Egans rats members the brothers Harry and John Dunn 21 December 1915 Harry cherries Dunn fatally shot John Groenwald in a saloon. Before the West Side neighborhoods became predominantly black, Taylor Boulevard was the racial dividing line with neighborhoods like the Ville and Finney Avenue being the only areas for black families to live. Mike Kinney managed to hold the senate seat for 6 terms until 1932. The federal indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Benedetto Amato and his partner Tony Fasulo had a bakery, St Louis faction boss Pasquale Santino (born 12 September 1886 in Siculiana) killed 17 November 1927 the green ones kill Pasquale Santino. Vito hears them and runs and hides in a shelter place. St Louis Republican mayor Henry Ziegenheim served from 20 April 1897 till 16 April 1901. He was state witness in the kidnapping of Dr Isaac Kelley and had named Angelo Rosegrant, Bart Davis and Felix McDonald as the other kidnappers. firearms in furtherance of their criminal activities are held accountable, said Fred Winston, St Louis In 1938 Anthony Giordano (24) was arrested. Club Royal owned by Tom Barry and ex St Clair County sheriff Henry Siekmann had become the headquarters of Wortman, Steve Ryan, Chippy Robinson and Blackie Armes. Following further interviews and investigation into the death of Caudera, officers of the St Louis Police Homicide section, on 13 October 1971 arrested Anthony Giardano, John Vitale and James Giammanco (nephew of Anthony Giardano), charging them with the murder of Caudera. The 1896 St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado is an historic tornado event that occurred on Wednesday, May 27. A few months later gang members Oliver Hamilton and Clarence "Dizzy" Daniels got life in prison for the murders. Florida City, Florida 5. Missouri state senator Michael Kinney In 1924 was Democratic senator Michael Kinney shot while waiting for a train at St Louis County station. Ninety-five percent are black. Missouri state Senator Michael Kinney. The scariest part is that the police force is almost non-existent. Michaels Michaels goes to prison in 1929 for 10 years to life. However, Italians would not dominate organized crime in the city until after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. Anthony Giordano 29 September 1965 Anthony Giordano beat up Rose Lopiparo the widow of Anthony Lopiparo, St Louis Frank Pisciotta and son Joseph Pisciotta. Wyncil Urban killed 16 March 1945 was the body of Wyncil Urban found. Sullivan in 1923. The cuckoos shoot up 23 September the Submarine Bar and kill the owner Anthony dattalo (who died 26 September 1926??) We are committed to dismantling violent gangs like the Gangster Disciples and holding their members accountable for criminal conduct., These charges target national and state leaders of one of the most notorious street gangs in bootlegger Angelo Clementi killed 13 March 1930 was bootlegger Angelo Clementi shot and killed by two men posing as prohibition agents. Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America. St Louis boss Vito Giannola (Capone henchman) In St Louis the members of the Black Hand get as leader Vito Giannola who had just arrived from Sicily with his brother John and their friend Alphons Palazzolo. 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