"Heavens to Betsy Mrs T." Do you mean to say a good Catholic girl like yourself has a gangster in your family? Go immediately to "Mafia.com" for more info on the Egan Rats and rid yourself of some of your questions. You may also wish to take a look at "crimemagazine.com" for a tad more info. Then take a look out at the mercantile library for news clips. Then get in touch with Kathy Grillo at the circuit clerks Archives. Maybe that will nudge that office into finding what I've been waiting for, the last two years.----Jim PS You will be buying news clips at the Mercantile. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jim B.......or anyone else that has done research into the gangs of the > '20's...... > > Just found out that a rellie of mine was a member of Egan's Rats, back > around 1920 to 1923, when he was killed at the age of 21. His name was Elmer > Runge. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery. > > This is what I found on the net: > > Taken from "Gang War Rages On" > <A HREF="http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/louis/4.html?sect=16"> > http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/louis/4.html?sect=16</A> > > *In March 1923, the Rats tried to ambush Edward “Jellyroll” Hogan and > Humbert Costello as they were driving on Grand Blvd. Two of the shooters, Rat > gunmen Elmer Runge and Isadore Londe, were arrested and Hogan was brought to > police headquarters to identify them. > > “I’ll identify them, all right,” Hogan snapped at police. “I’ll identify > them with a shotgun.”* > > There was much more to the article, but this is all it had to say about > Elmer Runge, and I was just wondering if anyone has any more information about > Egan's Rat gang. I have been told (by an Irish cousin that I hadn't seen in 40 > years, and was reunited with last week) that Elmer had been murdered, in > connection with either bootlegging or gambling. I'd love to find out more > about this, and have been searching the internet, but so far, have not found > anything more. Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Many thanks, > > DianeT > > >