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Title
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The Shame of Kansas City: Crime and Machine Rule
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Description
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Magazine article on the microfilm roll with photos and information on the Pendergast machine. Comparison of Boss Tom Pendergast to Benito Mussolini (the fascist dictator of Italy) and photos and descriptions of many crime-related people and places: (1) three "wide-open honky-tonks," (2) the Union Station Massacre and bombed stores, (3) Otto Higgins, (4) W. W. Graves, Jr., (5) Charles Gargotta, and (6) James Pendergast, etc.
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Date
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1938-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
