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April/17/1950 (2)
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1. He Beats the Rap but You Take It He Beats the Rap but You Take It May/17/1935 Photo and article about the murder trail of Charles Gargotta, "rat-faced Pendergast political lieutenant and gangster" reportedly interrupted by Sheriff Thomas Bash in "a killing party on Armour boulevard...

2. Missouri: Murder on Truman Road Missouri: Murder on Truman Road April/17/1950 Photos 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,...

3. Shots End a Missouri Political Career Shots End a Missouri Political Career April/17/1950 Article providing an overview of the political and criminal circumstances of the murder of Charles Binaggio at the Democratic Club in Kansas City in 1948, with several photos including Charles Gargotta,...

4. The Binaggio and Gargotta Murders The Binaggio and Gargotta Murders April 6-August 6, 1950 A collection of 111 pages of photocopied newspaper articles from the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times detailing the murders of Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta and the subsequent investigation...

5. Will They Be Able to Silence Mr. Bash? Will They Be Able to Silence Mr. Bash? June/28/1935 Photo and biographical article about Thomas Bash, "shooting sheriff" of Jackson County testifying in trial about the shooting regarding Charles Gargotta. Speculations about his reasons for testifying against...