Installment 8: Mayor, Mayor on the Wall The level of corruption sanctioned in Los Angeles by way of the mayor’s
Installment 7: The Senator and the Shield RICO, the infamous Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970, is credited
Installment 6: Prelude to the Kefauver Hearings In April of 1950, the Senate Gambling Investigating Committee gathered in Washington DC.
Similar to the way movie stars are fawned over and followed, a certain mystique also clings to the criminal element.
The initial wave of gambling boats that hit the West during the roaring twenties, kicked off in the summer of
March of 1934 ushered in the first post-prohibition celebration of St Paddy’s. It had been fourteen years since America’s Irish
Author’s Note – These installments on early LA seek to highlight the lesser known events and relationships pertaining to crime
This widely circulated mugshot of one of the earliest Bosses of the Los Angeles Crime Family is the only image