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Missouri: Murder on Truman Road
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TitleMissouri: Murder on Truman Road
AbstractPhotos and biographical article about Charles Binaggio, Jackson County political boss, killed in his "First District Democratic Club on Truman Road in Kansas City" in 1950 along with Charles Gargotta, "a gunman who was his chief 'enforcer.'" Description of Binaggio's career and rise to power after coming to Kansas City from Chicago, being tutored by Tom Pendergast in the 1930s before succeeding him over Tom's nephew, James Pendergast.
DateApril/17/1950
SourceTime
LocationSC 73: Collection of Magazine Article Photocopies
Volume55
Number16
Page1-28
Local SubjectBinaggio, Charles
Organized Crime
Gargotta, Charles
Murders
IllustrationsNo
Item TypeMagazine Article
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Item ID116586
CONTENTdm number17233
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