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'70 Slaying of Politician a Mob Hit?
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| Title | '70 Slaying of Politician a Mob Hit? |
| Abstract | Article about the re-opened Leon Jordan murder case that ties the murder to the Mafia. New evidence implicates a "low-profile mob associate known on the street as 'Shotgun Joe' [Joe Centimano]." Centimano owned a liquor store at 19th and Vine and was a middle man between the Black Mafia and the old North End Mafia. Article theorizes that Jordan had angered the mob by challenging their white-faction control of black voters. |
| Author | Mike McGraw
Glenn E. Rice
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| Date | October 31, 2010 |
| Source | The Kansas City Star |
| Location | Microfilm |
| Page | A1:1, A12:1 - A13 |
| See Also | "Mob Figure Emerges in Jordan Murder," The Kansas City Star, November 1, 2010, A1:1; Unsolved 1970 Case Goes to Prosecutors," The Kansas City Star, Feb. 9, 2011, A1, A12. |
| Subject | Organized crime
Homicides
Political elections
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| Local Subject | Jordan, Leon M.
African Americans
Centimano, Joe (Shotgun Joe)
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| CONTENTdm number | 39394 |
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