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Title
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Joe (Little Joe) Parello Mug Shot
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1948-02-19
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 2: Kansas City Gangsters -Italian
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1934/1964
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Crime's Grip on Politics: Reported from Kansas City
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1950-05-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Notes and Events: Kansas City Wins Police Home Rule
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1932-05
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Boss Pendergast
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Description
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Unverified article about Kansas City's political boss Tom Pendergast.
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Date
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1937-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Human Wolves - Seventeen Years of War on Crime
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1941
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Crime Commission
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1951-04-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Open City: True Story of the KC Crime Family 1900-1950
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Description
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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.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Book
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