Louis cabdriver with a passion for history, particularly true crime. Louis crime reached all the way into the White House.ĭaniel Waugh is a St. It was an era in which roving gangs of thugs terrorized voters with impunity, when alcohol was illegal, when a gangster could brag of his power in the newspaper, and when the tendrils of St. 'Egan's Rats' provides a fascinating glimpse into a past that wasn't always idyllic.
Louis was touched by them in some way or another. Louis's most dangerous gangster, the gang boasted nearly 400 members. With Snake Kinney, a Missouri state senator and Tom Egan, St. For nearly ten years the gang cut a large swath in St. When Kinney ran on the Democratic ticket in the third ward, his friends were at the polls to ensure he got enough votes. They learned their trade the old-fashioned way, via robberies, brawls, burglaries, and shootings. Dimensions: 9.07in - 6.32in - 1.07in - 1.Led by two childhood pals, Thomas Snake"" Kinney and Tom Egan, the Egan's Rats emerged from St.Louis crime reached all the way into the White House Book Details Egan's Rats provides a fascinating glimpse into a past that wasn't always idyllic. Led by two childhood pals, Thomas Snake Kinney and Tom Egan, the Egan's Rats emerged from St.
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