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Title
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Shots End a Missouri Political Career
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Description
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Article providing an overview of the political and criminal circumstances of the murder of Charles Binaggio at the Democratic Club in Kansas City in 1948, with several photos including Charles Gargotta, Charles Binaggio, "Bosses" Pendergast and Shannon, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, or Pretty Boy Floyd, Senator Harry S. Truman, John Lazia, and others.
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Date
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1950-04-17
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Editorial: Kansas City Assassinations Shock the Nation
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Description
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Article about the murders of Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta, former mob rivals of James Pendergast, calling into question President Truman's ties to the Pendergast machine such as Charles Binaggio, et al.
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Date
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1950-04-26
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
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Description
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View looking east of the buildings that once stood at 3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard. The Last Chance Tavern (or Saloon) at 3205 Southwest Boulevard, Goulding's, and the Last Chance Cafe are in view. Cars parked on the street can and pedestrians be seen. The state line is indicated with an arrow and the Missouri and Kansas sides are labeled.
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Date
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1939-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
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Description
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View looking east of the buildings that once stood at 3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard. The Last Chance Tavern (or Saloon) at 3205 Southwest Boulevard, Goulding's, and the Last Chance Cafe are in view. Cars parked on the street can be seen.
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Date
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1950-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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3203-3211 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
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Description
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View looking east of the buildings that once stood at 3203-3211 Southwest Boulevard. The Last Chance Tavern (or Saloon) at 3205 Southwest Boulevard, Goulding's, and the Last Chance Cafe are in view. Cars parked on the street can be seen.
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Date
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1950-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Anthony (Tony) Mangiaracina
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Description
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Photograph of Anthony (Tony) Mangiaracina kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Mangiaracina is standing in front of a desk and an unidentified individual can be seen in the background. Mangiaracina's name is written on the reverse side of the image.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Paul Ferrantelli
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Description
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Photograph of Paul Ferrantelli kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Ferrantelli is seated next to his hat and a stack of binders. Several unidentified individuals can be seen in the background.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Anthony (Tony) Mangiaracina
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Description
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Photograph of Anthony (Tony) Mangiaracina kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Mangiaracina is looking at the photographer while resting his arm on a desk. Several unidentified individuals can be seen in the background. Mangiaracina's name is written on the reverse side of the image.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Walter Rainey
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Description
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Photograph of Walter Rainey kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Rainey is standing in front of a desk looking away from the photographer. Rainey's name and the number 23 are written on the reverse side of the image.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Mike Kennedy, Assistant Prosecutor, & Joe Strada
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Description
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Photograph of Assistant Prosecutor Mike Kennedy standing next to John Joe Strada kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Kennedy is writing on a legal pad and Strada is turned away from the photographer. Kennedy and Strada's names are written on the reverse side of the image.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Paul Ferrantelli
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Description
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Photograph of Paul Ferrantelli kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Ferrantelli is seated next to his hat and a stack of binders. Two unidentified individuals can be seen in the background. A note written in the upper right hand corner of the image reads: Copy + 3 prints.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Anthony Robert (Tony) Gizzo
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Description
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Photograph of Anthony Robert (Tony) Gizzo kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Gizzo is looking at the photographer and standing among three unidentified individuals.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Joseph DeLuca
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Description
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Photograph of Joseph DeLuca kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Vincent Chiapetta
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Description
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Photograph of Vincent Chiapetta kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Chiapetta is extending his hat toward the photographer and standing next to an unidentified individual.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Joe Patito
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Description
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Photograph of Joe Patito kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Patito is standing in a doorway and looking at the photographer.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains files relating to organized crime in Kansas City from the 1930s to the 1970s. Contents include records from the Kansas City Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation, reporter’s notes, newspaper clippings, and photographs of local mafia members.
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Date
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1934~/1972~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 3: Hoods Who Spotlight on Organized Crime in the Kansas City Area
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Description
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Booklet intended to inform the public of the dangers of organized crime in Kansas City. The book contains: a summary of successful prosecution of syndicate members or associates from January 1, 1961 to present (April 1970); the Kefauver Senate Committee underworld charts for Kansas City organized crime activities, Exhibits 1 and 1A; a list of members and associates of the syndicate; the danger signs for the community; and a list of syndicate business connections.
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Date
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1970-04
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 1: Mugshots
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Description
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This series contains miscellaneous Kansas City Police Department mug shots from various dates showing individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Some include a physical description and record of previous arrests on the back side of the photograph. Please note that the individuals in these mug shots do not have a corresponding police file in this collection. Mug shots of those listed in Series 2 and 3 were kept with their corresponding file. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
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Date
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1934~/1972~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Union Station Massacre Scene
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Description
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View of the front of Union Station in Kansas City immediately following the Union Station Massacre. Identification on back reads: At right is the automobile of Raymond J. Caffrey, federal officer who conducted Frank Nash to Union Station, at Kansas City, Mo., where he and three other officers as well as Nash, the convict, were slain when gangsters attempted to wrest the prisoner from the officers. Between the cars may be seen two of the officers who were slain in the shooting and behind the wheel of Caffrey's car the head of the slain Nash. Sent bureaus, Hearst papers and fast mail. (Inter) Further identification reads 5-3-94, information from family of the Brocks (Mrs. Dorothy A. Chamblin) men between cars, West side - Ben Brock, east side - Tom Brock, man on ground Bill Grooms.
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Date
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1933
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Object Type
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Photograph
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