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Egan's Rats by Daniel Waugh5/19/2023 ![]() Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. ![]() Louis crime reached all the way into the White House. Although their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Cuckoo Gang. ![]() Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town's illegal enterprises. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. 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. 24.99 34 Used from 8.80 27 New from 16.10 1 Collectible from 51.93. ' 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. Led by two childhood pals, Thomas 'Snake' Kinney and Tom Egan, the Egan' s Rats emerged from St. ![]()
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