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Title
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Kansas City Mafia Members
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Description
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Profiles of 1960s era Mafia members as recorded and found in FBI files are arranged by state. Eighteen names are associated with Kansas City and include: Leonard Affronti, Jack Ancona, John B. Blando, Antonio Bonino, Paul Catanzaro, Nick Civello (Civella), Joseph Cusamano, Frank and Joseph De Luca, Giuseppe and Pietro DeGiovanni, Joseph Filardo, Frank LaRocca, Joseph Lascoula, Michael Lascoula, Thomas Lococo, Joseph Olivo, and Alex Presta. Includes pictures.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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The Decline & Fall of the Mob
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Description
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Photos and story of the decline and fall of the Mafia organized crime organization in Kansas City, headed by Nick Civella (1912-1983), in the River Quay district in the 1970s, due largely to high technology surveillance by the FBI ("[k]nown as the Strawman Investigation"), et al. Numerous details about people, places, events, etc., including the Virginian Tavern on Admiral Boulevard, "The Trap" ("Civella's headquarters at 5th and Troost"), the Teamsters Union, various bombings and murders, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Chicago, Las Vegas and Sicily, Michael DeFeo, Charles Binaggio, Mr. O'brien's Lounge at 3507 Broadway, David Bonadonna, Allen Glick, William Cammisano, Sr., Carl DeLuna, etc.
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Date
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2000-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Las Vegas Hotel Fined for Visit by Nick Civella
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Description
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Photo and caption about Charles Carollo, "72, a crime figure here in the 1930s, who was deported to Sicily in 1954, le[aving] the federal courthouse" in Kansas City. Also biographical article about Nick Civella, "62, Kansas City," another organized crime figure here since the 1930s "currently under a federal indictment in Missouri for alleged illegal gambling."
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Date
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1974-12-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Gangbusters
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Description
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Aftermath of Nick Civella's death with short biographies of prominent organized crime members.
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Date
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1984-03-04
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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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 5: Records and General Data
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1947/1959
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Civella: The Man, the Mob
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Description
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Biographical article about Nick Civella, "the apparent leader of Kansas City's organized crime family," born as Guiseppi Nicoli Civello in 1912 in Kansas City's Little Italy. Detailed description of his career in crime and criminal contacts, starting as "a poor young man and small time crook" during the Depression and growing through the years into a mob leader involved in "the beginning of the end for Kansas City's lively River Quay entertainment district" in the 1970s, with illustrations.
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Date
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1983-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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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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Title
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What's Happened to Our Mob?
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Description
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Changing shape and names in Kansas City's organized crime in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Date
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1990-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The FBI's "Strawman": Breaking the Kansas City Mob's Connection to Las Vegas
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Description
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Article discusses La Cosa Nostra's operation in Kansas City from 1950 to 1979 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe, code-named "Strawman," into its activities. The Kansas City LCN's connections with organized crime bosses in Chicago and Cleveland are discussed but the major focus is on the Kansas City crime families' links with Las Vegas casinos. A list of the persons convicted in the investigations of three casinos and their terms is included.
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Date
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2010-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
