The Money Trail How Elmer Irey and His T-Men Brought Down America's Criminal Elite / Robert G. Folsom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folsom, Robert G., 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime--United States--History.

Organized crime.

Tax evasion--Investigation--United States--History.

Tax evasion.

Irey, Elmer L. (Elmer Lincoln), 1888-1948.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The untold story of the man who followed the money to bust Al Capone and clean up America's first great crime wave

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1 Law Enforcement Problems Like None Before; 2 The Special Intelligence Unit; 3 Elmer Lincoln Irey; 4 Corruption on a Staggering Scale; 5 Splendid Climate for Organized Crime; 6 "The Master of All He Surveyed"; 7 Getting Capone; 8 "We'll Get Right on It"; 9 A Three-Year Struggle; 10 Grim Journey to Manhattan; 11 Where Organized Crime Really Reigned; 12 Waxey, Instead; 13 Anonymous Complaints About Huey Long; 14 Boss Pendergast; 15 Finale in New York City; 16 Irey, Hoover, and Anslinger; 17 The "Al Capone" of St. Paul; 18 The Lord of Atlantic City; 19 "Moe" Annenberg

20 Mafia Shakedown in Hollywood21 Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781597976053

1597976059

OCLC:

755589774