by willychichi » Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:34 am
MAFIA HIT LIST – TOP KANSAS CITY MOB MURDERS
1 John (Brother Johnny) Lazia – Kansas City’s late Prohibition Era mafia chief and first LCN don, Lazia was killed in the early-morning hours of July 10, 1934 by machine-gun wielding assailants as he exited a vehicle driven by his underboss and best friend Charles (Charlie the Wop) Carrollo outside his house after a night on the town. Lazia was K.C’s first gangster celebrity and was a mainstay in the city’s newspaper headlines and trendy nightclubs. Later in his life, Brother Johnny feuded with a former lieutenant of his named, Michael (Jimmy Needles) La Capra, who went to the area’s giant political machine for support in overthrowing Lazia. As he lay dying in Kansas City’s St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lazia is alleged to have told an attending physician, “Doc, what I can’t understand is why anybody would want to do this to me, Johnny Lazia, someone who’s been a friend to everybody?” Some speculated that Carrollo sold-out Lazia to La Capra, the suspected gunmen, so he could eventually assume power, which he did (arranging for La Capra’s banishment from KC and subsequent slaying) .
Read more:
http://gangsterreport.com/the-hit-list-kansas-city/MAFIA HIT LIST – TOP KANSAS CITY MOB MURDERS
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1 John (Brother Johnny) Lazia – Kansas City’s late Prohibition Era mafia chief and first LCN don, Lazia was killed in the early-morning hours of July 10, 1934 by machine-gun wielding assailants as he exited a vehicle driven by his underboss and best friend Charles (Charlie the Wop) Carrollo outside his house after a night on the town. Lazia was K.C’s first gangster celebrity and was a mainstay in the city’s newspaper headlines and trendy nightclubs. Later in his life, Brother Johnny feuded with a former lieutenant of his named, Michael (Jimmy Needles) La Capra, who went to the area’s giant political machine for support in overthrowing Lazia. As he lay dying in Kansas City’s St. Joseph’s Hospital, Lazia is alleged to have told an attending physician, “Doc, what I can’t understand is why anybody would want to do this to me, Johnny Lazia, someone who’s been a friend to everybody?” Some speculated that Carrollo sold-out Lazia to La Capra, the suspected gunmen, so he could eventually assume power, which he did (arranging for La Capra’s banishment from KC and subsequent slaying) .
Read more: http://gangsterreport.com/the-hit-list-kansas-city/