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Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 3: Hoods Who Spotlight on Organized Crime in the Kansas City Area
Description: 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.
Date: 1970-04
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 1: Mugshots
Description: 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.
Date: 1934~/1972~
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Union Station Massacre Scene
Description: 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.
Date: 1933
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Editorial Comment: You Can't Fool All of the People...
Description: Article about the drastic disappearance of corruption in the city government between 1940 and 1942, as evidenced in elections, taxes, employment, etc.
Date: 1942-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Joe (Little Joe) Parello Mug Shot
Description: Side and front view full body mug shot of Joe (Little Joe) Parello taken by the Kansas City Police Department and kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files, Parello's identification details are written on the front of the image: 2-19-48; # 4674; KC. MO. P.D.; # 61157 Joe Parello; 53 5' 7" 160. Parello's name is written on the reverse side of the image.
Date: 1948-02-19
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 2: Kansas City Gangsters -Italian
Description: This series contains files on criminals of Italian descent suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Items include: mug shots, photographs, KCPD and FBI records, short biographies, and newspaper clippings. While most of the documents are undated, many contain arrest records from the 1930s until the year 1950. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
Date: 1934/1964
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 3: Kansas City Gangsters –Other Nationalities
Description: This series contains information on non-Italian criminals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. The series includes mug shots, photographs, police records and newspaper clippings.
Date: 1944/1970
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 4: Unione Sicilione
Description: This series contains photographs, miscellaneous documents,and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Sicilian-American criminal brotherhood known as the Unione Sicilione, or Unione Siciliana, and individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City.
Date: 1950/1961
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 5: Records and General Data
Description: This series contains miscellaneous police records, newspaper clippings, Kansas City Star staff correspondence, and information on various mafia members, including Charles Gargotta and several others listed in Series 2, all suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Loose mug shots were removed and interfiled with Series1-3.
Date: 1947/1959
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Crime's Grip on Politics: Reported from Kansas City
Description: Crime and gambling--and their ties with politics in President Truman's home county--are starting to come into the open. [G]ambling a 34.5-million-dollar deal in Kansas City.
Date: 1950-05-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Notes and Events: Kansas City Wins Police Home Rule
Description: News of the legal control of the city police department being shifted to the Kansas City government, by decree of the Missouri Supreme Court, and the change's ramifications.
Date: 1932-05
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Boss Pendergast
Description: Unverified article about Kansas City's political boss Tom Pendergast.
Date: 1937-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Human Wolves - Seventeen Years of War on Crime
Description: Book by Lear B. Reed, former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and Kansas City Police Chief (July 11, 1939 - September 30, 1941). Reed tells the story of his work with the FBI, his decision to accept the role of Kansas City Police Chief, and his efforts to fight corruption within the department.
Date: 1941
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City Crime Commission
Description: View of a banquet held for the Kansas City Crime Commission at the President Hotel. City Manager L. P. Cookingham can be seen seated near the center of the photograph.
Date: 1951-04-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Open City: True Story of the KC Crime Family 1900-1950
Description: Open City is an historical work detailing and analyzing the birth and growth of an organized crime family in Kansas City during the first 50 yars of the 20th Century. It includes names as Charles Binaggio, Nick Civella, Joe DiGiovanni, Charles Gargotta, John Lazia, and Tom Pendergast. Covers topics like prohibition, gambling, political machines, labor rackets, etc. The author was supervisor of the Organized Crime Squad, Kansas City Field Division after a long career with the FBI when he retired.
Date: 2008
Object Type: Book

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