Gambling Czar Abduction Mystery

Alphonse "Al/Scarface" Capone, Anthony "Tough Tony" Capezzio, Chicago--Illinois, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Kidnapping, Edward "Red" Meehan, Edward P. Jones, Gambling, Gambling Currency: Coins, Games / Races: Policy / Numbers, George Jones, It Really Happened, Matt Capone, Mexico, Murray "The Hump"/"The Camel" Humphreys, Ralph "Bottles" Capone, Sam "Golf Bag" Hunt, Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo, United StatesLeave a comment

1946 Two brothers — Edward P. and George Jones — freely controlled Chicago, Illinois’ policy* racket for 25 years, beginning in the 1920s. As a result, the two raked in money, $10 to $30 million per year, in nickels and dimes, primarily from the Caucasians and African Americans living in slums, which turned the siblings…

Bomb Extortion Plan Blows Up

Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Bombings, Gambling, Harvey A. Gross, It Really Happened, Stateline--Nevada, Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall / Harvey's Wagon Wheel / Harvey's Resort Hotel (Stateline, NV)3 Comments

1980 Thirty-five years ago, on August 27, an intricate bomb blasted a chasm that spanned six of the 11 floors of Harvey’s Resort Hotel at Lake Tahoe’s South Shore. The explosion hadn’t been intentional but, rather, the result of the best idea experts could conceive of to disarm the instrument. “To this day it remains…