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William Warren Rose (1864-1931) —
also known as William W. Rose —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
12, 1864.
Architect;
mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1905-06, 1906; defeated, 1897 (Fusion),
1907 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1908,
1920.
Member, Freemasons.
An ouster
lawsuit was filed against him in 1905 over his refusal to
enforce the state's liquor prohibition law; fined
$1,000 for contempt
by the Kansas Supreme Court in 1907 for trying to hold office as
mayor.
Died May 4,
1931 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954) —
also known as Edward H. Crump; Ed Crump; "Boss
Crump" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., October
2, 1874.
Democrat. Head, E. H. Crump Buggy
Manufacturing Co.; president, E. H. Crump & Co. (involved in banking,
real
estate, and insurance);
mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1910-16, 1940; resigned 1916; proceedings were
brought for his ouster
as mayor in 1915-16, based on charges
that he failed to
enforce state liquor laws; when the ouster suit was upheld
by the state supreme court, he resigned;
Shelby
County Treasurer, 1917-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1931-35 (10th District 1931-33,
9th District 1933-35); member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1936-45.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
16, 1954 (age 80 years, 14
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Wesley Langley (1868-1932) —
also known as John W. Langley —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.; Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Floyd
County, Ky., January
14, 1868.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1886-90; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1907-26; defeated,
1896; resigned 1926.
Convicted
in 1924 of conspiracy to transport and sell liquor re-elected
while his appeal was pending, but resigned
from Congress in 1926; sentenced
to a term in federal prison.
Granted clemency by President Calvin
Coolidge.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., January
17, 1932 (age 64 years, 3
days).
Interment at Langley
Cemetery, Middle Creek, Ky.
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Peter C. Jezewski (1883-1960) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, November
22, 1883.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1915-16; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1922-26, 1932-34; defeated, 1926, 1934.
Convicted
of bootlegging and other vice
crimes about 1926, and spent a year in Leavenworth federal prison.
Died in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., December
1, 1960 (age 77 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Magne Alfred Michaelson (1878-1949) —
also known as M. Alfred Michaelson; M. A.
Michaelson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kristiansand, Norway,
September
7, 1878.
Republican. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 25th District,
1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1921-31; defeated,
1918, 1932.
Indicted
in 1928 on charges of violating the National Prohibition Act.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1949 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Raleigh P. Hale (1883-1931) —
of East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., June 6,
1883.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
mayor
of East Chicago, Ind., 1926-30; resigned 1930; in 1929, accused
of protecting
vice as mayor, he and 18 others, including the East Chicago
police chief and the reputed business agent for gangster
Al Capone were charged
in federal court with conspiracy to violate liquor prohibition
laws; convicted
in January 1930, and sentenced
to two years in prison; on appeal, a new trial was ordered.
Member, American
Legion.
Died suddenly, from dilated
cardiomyopathy, in East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., December
1, 1931 (age 48 years, 178
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) —
also known as E. J. Dennis —
of Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., September
23, 1877.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1900-04, 1916-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,
1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Methodist.
Tried
and acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the alcohol
prohibition law.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in front
of the post
office in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in a hospital
at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 25,
1930 (age 52 years, 305
days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.
McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was tried
and not convicted.
Interment at St.
John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C.
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Manuel Herrick (1876-1952) —
also known as Emanuel Herrick —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.; Plumas
County, Calif.
Born in Perry Township, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, September
20, 1876.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1918 (Independent), 1922 (primary), 1924 (primary), 1926 (primary),
1928 (primary), 1930 (primary); on August 6, 1930, he was caught
by prohibition agents near Great Mills, Maryland, while filling and
fueling an illegal still; he fled
the scene, but was soon apprehended;
he claimed he was an undercover agent, but that was not taken
seriously; arraigned
in federal court on charges of manufacturing and possessing
alcohol; in October, 1930, he was tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to six months in jail; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California, 1948.
While on a trip to his mining claim; he died, probably from exposure,
during a Sierra blizzard,
near Quincy, Plumas
County, Calif., January
11, 1952 (age 75 years, 113
days). His body was found in a snowbank, six weeks later.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Quincy
Cemetery, Quincy, Calif.
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Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat and lost a
leg; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member of
New
York state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Indicted
on charges
of receiving
money for his aid in procuring liquor licenses and
arranging for concessions at the New York World's Fair; that same
day, he killed
himself by gunshot,
in his law
office, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 20,
1938 (age 43 years, 5
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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William H. McKeighan —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Republican. Political boss; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1915-16, 1922-23, 1927-28, 1931-33; defeated, 1923;
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1940;
political ally of Frank
D. McKay; charged
in 1945, along with McKay, with conspiracy to violate state liquor
laws; tried;
the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., November
4, 1883.
Republican. Financier;
political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan for
years; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
Michigan
state treasurer, 1925-30; investigated
by a grand jury in 1931 over his handling
of state funds while Treasurer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of three
federal grand jury investigations
in 1940 over alleged fraud,
extortion
and kickbacks;
indicted
in 1944 for bribery
of state legislators; hired a Purple
Gang figure to murder
the star witness, State Sen. Warren
G. Hooper, and the case collapsed; charged
in 1945, along with William
McKeighan, with conspiracy to violate state liquor laws;
tried
in 1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
12, 1965 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Entombed at Greenwood
Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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