Organized Crime Files

Title: John (Johnny Mag) Mangiaracina Mug Shot
Description: Side and front view full body mug shot of John (Johnny Mag) Mangiaracina taken by the Kansas City Police Department and kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Mangiaracina's identification details are written on the front side of the image: 5-3-50; # 6033' I.; K.C. MO. - P.D.; # 18980 John Mangiaracina; 38 yrs - 5' 8" - 180#. Mangiaracina's name is written on the reverse side of the image.
Date: 1950-05-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John (Johnny Mag) Mangiaracina Mug Shot
Description: Side and front view mug shot of John (Johnny Mag) Mangiaracina taken by the Kansas City Police Department and kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Mangiaracina's alias, Mag, is written on the reverse side of the image.
Date: 1950-05-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John (Johnny Mag) Mangiaracina Mug Shot
Description: Side and front view mug shot of John (Johnny Mag) Mangiaracina taken by the Kansas City Police Department and kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. Mangiaracina's alias, Johnny Mag, is written on the reverse side of the image.
Date: 1943-08-20
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Missouri Hearings, U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce
Description: Organizational chart illustrating the extent of organized criminal activity in the Kansas City area under Charles Binaggio kept by the Kansas City Star in their mafia and mob activity research files. The chart displays how criminal activity in the city filtered down from Binaggio, through his subordinates and leading to various businesses across the area.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Archival Material

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 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 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

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