Eddie Jones was given 28 months at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he celled with Billy Skidmore and Sam Giancana, who was doing time on a bootlegging rap.ġ October 1940 someone planted a bomb at Big Jim Martin’s bar.Ĥ July 1942 “Golfbag” Hunt shot and killed afro American Michael Wade (linked to John Livert “St Louis” Kelly’s crew). The IRS, armed with the books from Skidmore's casinos, moved in on the Jones brothers, using the log of Eddie Jones' casino losses as evidence to build their case, but it was a weak case at best, or least it was until Esra Leake, one of Jones' white employees whom the brothers cheated and then fired, turned state's evidence against them. Skidmore and his partner Bill Johnson had as their biggest customer policy king Edward P. Jim Knight opened afro American club The Palm tavern at 446 East 47th Street in Bronzeville From the North Side to the South Side, to the West: Pup has got it covered.Īfro American policy king Gus Greenlee bought in 1931 the Pittsburgh Crawfords and build in 1931 Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh which opened 29 April 1932Īfro American club The Palm tavern owner Jim Knight Puparo collected information about every Chicago borough and every gang and crime boss that held sway over it. So read and enjoy all the crime and corruption Chicago has had to offer during the twentieth century. With a focus on Chicago because, well, if any city roared during the 1920s it was the Windy City. Puparo has done it again! You guys and gals like the Boardwalk Empire era? Well, here are some of the facts and insider details on that period, its gangs, mobs, and players and shakers. He did not start trying to lead a better life.Posted by Gangsters Inc. "Even after being acquitted of murder (in 2006), he did not change his behavior. In her presentencing report reply, Church urged the judge to hold Bostic accountable for an "entire life and livelihood have been criminal." As (another alleged Bostic lieutenant) Ladonta Gill admitted in his post-arrest statement, Bostic broke his hand with a baseball bat after Gill was short $400 in drug proceeds." Bostic controlled his territory and his organization through violence and intimidation. "Of all the defendants in this case, only Bostic himself appears not to recognize who was in charge," lead prosecutor Megan Cunniff Church wrote in a recent court filing.īostic, she said, "is responsible for violence, intimidation, and murders. He also identified Bostic as the chief and major decision maker of the heroin operation. Maurice Davis, who admitted he was a former triggerman for Bostic's heroin operation, described numerous shootings and murders he committed, allegedly at Bostic's behest.ĭavis, who faced a prison term of 27 years, will receive a reduced sentence of 15 to 20 years for his cooperation.ĭavis, also known as "Capone," identified himself as one of Bostic's shooters in an ongoing gang war with the Four Corner Hustlers and Undertaker Vice Lords street gangs on the West Side. In asking for the 40-year sentence, federal prosecutors argued that Bostic is a career criminal responsible for running a major retail heroin operation for nearly a decade, one protected by lethal armed violence that was responsible for numerous shootings and murders in the Lawndale and Austin neighborhoods. All three had signed plea agreements that required them to cooperate with the government. Three of Bostic's indicted co-conspirators testified against him. Bostic was eligible for a sentence of 30 years to life in prison.
Kennelly leaned toward the 40-year sentence sought by prosecutors - rather than the 20 years sought by the defense. In giving Bostic 38 years Friday, Federal Judge Matthew F. New Breeds street gang leader Dana Bostic, 33, of Aurora, pleaded guilty in February to criminal drug conspiracy related to a 12-square block, $10,000-per-day retail heroin operation centered around Pulaski Avenue and Van Buren Street on Chicago's West Side. CHICAGO (STMW) - A west suburban Aurora man convicted of leading a drug ring on the West Side was sentenced to 38 years in prison on Friday in Federal Court.
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