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Mobsters, madams and murder in Steubenville, Ohio : the story of Little Chicago / Susan M. Guy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guy, Susan M., author.
- Series:
- True Crime
- True crime Mobsters, madams and murder in Steubenville, Ohio
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminals--Ohio--Steubenville--Case studies.
- Criminals.
- Crime--Ohio--Steubenville--Case studies.
- Crime.
- Organized crime--Ohio--Steubenville--History--20th century.
- Organized crime.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (140 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Explore the organized crime history of Steubenville, Ohio, which was also known as "Little Chicago.""-- Provided by publisher.
- "1920-30s era crimes committed by Chicago area gangsters hiding out in the small town of Steubenville, OH, which was even nicknamed "Little Chicago.""-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: 1900 to 1920: Pre-Prohibition Era
- 1. Murder at the Park House Resort
- 2. Murder for Love
- 3. Madam Jennie Good
- 4. George Mackinaw
- 5. The Murder of Patrolman McDonald
- 6. The Wets and Drys Battle It Out
- 7. Patrolman Lafayette Mercer
- Part II: Newsflash: Prohibition Arrives and Crime Rate Soars
- 8. The Arrival of Prohibition
- 9. The Mike Veltry Murder
- 10. The Frank Perrin Murder
- 11. The Murder of Hicks Cummins
- 12. A Week of Murder
- 13. The Dixie Blinn Murder
- 14. The Murder of Lorenzo DiAndrea
- 15. Murder in Mingo Junction
- 16. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Appear
- 17. Black Hand Murders
- 18. Dry Agent Luther Brown
- 19. The Phares Martin Murder
- 20. Dry Agent John McCoy and His Men
- 21. The May Blosser Story
- 22. The Gruesome Herron Murders
- 23. The Little Chicago of the Nation
- 24. Dry Agent Harry Webster
- 25. The Murder of Patrolman Owen Burns
- 26. Death Raises Its Black Hand Again
- 27. The Death of Lieutenant Scott Roe
- 28. Mike Trombetti
- 29. George Baynham and John Cole
- 30. The Murder of Patrolman Raymond Castner
- 31. Murder in Yorkville
- 32. Prohibition Is Repealed
- Part III: Pictures of Steubenville and Notable Graves in Union Cemetery
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781625851017
- 1625851014
- OCLC:
- 1184058516
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