Kansas City Mafia Members, 1910s-1940s

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Membership Chart

Researcher Bill Feather provides a chart of early Kansas City Mafia membership.

Names, aliases, birth-death-immigration data, birthplaces and ranks for dozens of members and suspected members of the KC Outfit.

Three pages.

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The Mob's Worst Year: 1957 - Part Two

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Feature Article
Part 2 of 2

Fifty years ago, lawmakers, enforcement officials

and the American public finally became aware

of the depth and breadth of the Mafia underworld.

The Mob's Worst Year

by Thomas Hunt

First paragraph:
"Albert Anastasia’s death in 'the chair' might have been preordained. The legendary Mafia boss and accomplished murderer managed to escape death in Sing Sing Prison’s electric chair in 1921, only to meet his end in a barber chair 35 years later."


Seven and a half pages article body
Two pages of endnotes
Seven images.

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Book news and reviews

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Book news and reviews

Open City: True Story of the KC Crime Family
by William Ouseley
Reviewed by David Critchley.

The Last Undercover: The True Story of an FBI Agent's Dance with Evil
by Bob Hamer

Cumberland House true crime titles search for homes

An interview with Scott Deitche

New releases: The Origin of Organized Crime in America by David Critchley; Mob Boss by Mike Hudson; Gomorrah (paperback reprint) by Roberto Saviano and Virginia Jewiss.

On the way: Mafia Son by Sandra Harmon; The First Family by Mike Dash.

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In the News

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In the News:

• Informer's list of the top 10 mob news stories of 2008

Deaths:

• Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal
• Salvatore "Fat Sal" Scala
• Frank J. Valenti
• Anthony Spero

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A Look Back

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A Look Back

100 years ago:
NYPD Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino assassinated in Sicily.

50 years ago:
Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista forced into exile.

25 years ago:
Pizza Connection broken up.

1 year ago:
Salvatore Bonanno died after heart attack.

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Ask the Informer: Pollaccia; Society of Banana

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Ask the Informer


Question:
Was Sam Pollaccia really a key figure in the early New York Mafia?


Question:
What was the Society of the Banana?


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Petrosino featured in January issue

Vol. 2, No. 1 of Informer: The Journal of American Mafia History will commemorate the career of New York Police Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino. Spring 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of Petrosino's assassination while on undercover assignment in Palermo, Sicily.

Also in the next issue:

• The Mob's Worst Year: 1957 - Part Two


• Book Review of Ouseley's Open City


• An Interview with Author Scott Deitche

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