"You gotta keep your friends close and your enemies closer," Prater said he told him. According to Peck: I checked Michael Laurella for weapons and Deputy Sprong then had him step to the rear of his patrol car. Spica was happy to oblige and he transported a case of the explosives to Kansas City. Spica had violated this basic tenant of mob law. Stoneking doesn't worry if his past catches up with him on some deserted street corner. By Riverfront Times Staff. Kickbacks were common on property purchased by the unions at inflated prices. He didn't. But it was one of the better days of his recent life. He saw it immediately, but he was not alarmed. After Army service in Europe during World War II, Dowling became and ally of Wortman, then on the rise in East St. Louis. "Come on, honey, everything will be okay." After he testified against Berne and other St. Louis area organized crime figures in federal court, the Chicago Mafia allegedly put out a $100,000 contract on his life. Berne as well as Giordano were answerable to Aiuppa and made no important decisions without his approval. For the common good meant for its own profit. But maps of the area show a different picture. Because he was 70 years old, he was placed on five years' probation. Arts & Culture Theater & Performing Arts St. Louis MusicSt. By late October, 1979, it was inevitable that his life would end violently. Hickey signaled to turn right onto an exit ramp. I'll just say, Okay, where's the soap, I want to wash my hands of him. He watched Callanan for several days and decided he could not kill him. "Stop that crap, Loretta!". Berne had been given control of Pipefitters Union Local 562 by the Chicago Syndicate and he ruled it ruthlessly. In death, as in life, the truth about Jesse Stoneking remains elusive. enforcement officer arrives on the scene. The discipline and the rules designed for his own protection were far too stringent and confining. Stoneking, an expert jewelry appraiser, estimated the loot at worth well in excess of $1 million. Some intelligence sources believed Giordano looked upon Spica as a surrogate son. Investigators said it was obvious he knew his killer. Lawrence says he tested Stonekings veracity many times by asking him questions to which he already knew the answer. Now, Stoneking knew he was under surveillance. Death had stalked him many times before, but he hadn't thought much about it. Collectivism in the union movement took on new meaning with the St. Louis mob. That, he knew, would lead to his being cited for contempt of court for still declining to cooperate and jailed for the duration of the grand jury's term which could last for two years. The Detroit and St. Louis Mafia families are related. answered, in turn, to the Chicago Outfit. He would take the Fifth Amendment, as he knew Berne would. The mafia reportedly put a $100,000 bounty on his head. "Tony didn't say anything. Spica stood in their way and he had made unpardonable threats. When he returned, he told Stoneking that Aiuppa agreed with him that if he were jailed Stoneking would be boss. Stoneking slammed on the brakes and Hickey's car sped ahead of them. Justice on Fire is OConnors detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefighters deaths and the terrible injustice that followed. St. Louis boasts an arts scene that's second to none. Webbes father had been convicted of income tax evasion in Nevada in 1983 related to his interests in the Aladdin Casino in Las Vegas, which was then controlled by the Detroit Mafia. There could be no other justice. It was a license to steal. That's what the word on the street was. The IRS case against Sorkis Webbe Sr. related to his interests in the Aladdin Casino in Las Vegas, which was then controlled by the Detroit Mafia. Flynn was prosecuted in St. Louis County Circuit Court for receiving stolen property and was sentenced to 10 years to run concurrently with the federal term. He was a notorious bank extortionist and bomber. It was where the recorder would have been. Under the leadership of Trupiano, it became known as the "gang that couldn't shoot straight.". Two men in a pick-up truck were parked across the street. I don't think there's too many people who can handle it. It was what much of Jesse Stoneking's life of 42 years had been about. Not only had he been close to Berne, he had been an enforcer for Matthew "Mike" Trupiano, St. Louis' Mafia don. The passenger door was blown 30 yards and pieces of debris were hurled 75 to 100 yards. Jacoby Arts Center 627 East Broadway Alton, IL 62002 618/462-5222 www.jacobyartscenter.org Hours: W-Sat. He was paroled in 1989 and died on Oct. 5, 1996. But he prevailed. In many ways, Beck fit the profile better than Stoneking. So did the Buick. Despite the changing of the guard, the Eastside sex trade, which Trupiano and Berne had sought to extort, still thrives. Arizona law enforcement authorities ruled his death a suicide. Armed with a badge and a .357 magnum Stoneking could carry legally, he and Ellington stole the valuable cargoes he was assigned to protect. He was no stranger to death. ", "Come on, honey, it's okay. Nine years later, six years after he had become an FBI informant, Stoneking related to this reporter what had happened. After having a flat tire, one of them blows his brains out, as if on. Feb 16, 2023. A few days after the meeting, Stoneking, Berne, Giordano and Giammanco were in the vending machine company in Fairmont City. "He asked me if I had heard anything about this big jewelry robbery. The conflict developed because the Detroit mobsters and Trupiano were leaning on Webbe Sr. to cut them in on the skim from a casino in the Bahamas, according to the FBI. You sure it's good?". The St. Louis mobster and federal informant died from a gunshot wound to the head. Welfare funds were raided through phony insurance claims. Stoneking assumed that Giordano had approved such a move. It was a heady thought. James OMara, the manager of Local 562, was the chairman of the St. Louis County Council at this time. They're out to take over everything. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. In 1991, Stonekings name surfaced again, during an investigation of then-St.Louis Teamster boss Bobby Sansone. Through his connections, Giordano also had Trupiano made an international representative of the Laborers' Union. Kowalski, who had done him many favors, wanted it now. He's lying low for awhile. Sonnenscheins bust related to the Free Spirit massage parlor in Brooklyn, Ill.,which closed in 2000. Berne pondered what to do about the rebellion in his ranks. The mid-summer day had been one of stifling humidity and heat. No meaningful work could be found. He was arrested on Sept. 16, 1981. His face, framed by coal black hair, was a solid hunk of granite that rarely showed emotion, except anger when the Indian blood in him showed. Goldsmiths boss at that time was then-U.S. Attorney Charles Grace, who initiated wide-ranging probes of organized criminal enterprises during his tenure. He said a lot of the stuff belonged to the Mafia in Kansas City and they were looking for the guys. Stoneking still uses his cover name and will for the rest of his life. Never before had Stoneking seen him so angry. In May 1991, Stoneking informed the FBI that Berne had told him that the Rallo Construction Company belonged to the Chicago La Costa Nostra. The gun was fully loaded. It bears no indication of the results, he chaffed under its constraints. A week or so later, his daughter, terrified, ran into the house. It was in direct conflict with his own plans. Samba Bom Mardi Gras, a Broadway Rave and more. He had little control over his destiny and his life seemed without direction. The vending machine was in good working order. He wouldn't be able to testify about them had he participated. Though the FBI records were released only last month, details of the rift between the Webbes and Trupiano had already been reported decades ago by the Post-Dispatch but that background information was inexplicably omitted from the newspapers coverage of Webbe Jr.s part in the Stenger affair. Saying nothing, Stoneking pulled the man up by his shirt. Anthony "Nino" Parino, a Giordano lieutenant, was installed as vice-president and essentially ran the union. Berne had promised to take care of his families,but he didn't. St.Louis political leaders, including then-Mayor Vincent C. Shoemehl Jr. the late St. Louis County Executive GeorgeBuzz Westfall and former U.S. Sen.Thomas Eagleton weighed in on Sansones behalf, but he was,nevertheless, removed from office. Flynn says to Tony, 'Well, Jesse's not going to get the money that this Spica gets because his union doesn't have any money. The victim, John J. Myszak, a real estate agent, was shot and killed in front of his home. "Art (Berne) went back and told Ray (Flynn) and Ray hit the ceiling. A business agent for the union, Callanan was injured when a bomb tore through his car in 1973. Built like a solid block, his presence alone was menacing. Ellington rolled down the window. He would pay Stoneking $3,000. Police arrested Stoneking as a suspect in, Killing two men in St. Clair County, Illinois in, pipefitters and laborers unions. Giordano died a few days later on Aug. 29. Stoneking took a job as a police officer, but not out of any dedication to law and order. Stoneking said an FBI agent later told him that the mob boss's dying words were, "Kill that f------ Flynn.". Police questioned Stoneking about recent crimes and showed him newspaper articles about his exploits. After he testified against Berne and other St. Louis area organized crime figures in federal court, the Chicago Mafia allegedly put out a $100,000 contract on his life. But it was hard time. I figured the guy deserved it. He needed to know as much as he could about the victim and he was meticulous in planning details, the mark of a professional. During this period, Paul J. Reflected in the front windows is the statue of King Louis IX of France, which stands over Art Hill. So what? By then the truth about the Spica bombing became known. The man opened the door a crack and Stoneking shoved his way inside, knocking him to the floor. Tony said they were gonna do as he says and that was it. Tony Giordano, suffering from incurable cancer, was grooming Trupiano to take over as outfit boss. It would take several years before investigators would know the truth about who had killed Spica. Stoneking ignored him. If their assessment of him and his underworld talents was accurate, it could end in a massive sting. But how else could he have retribution and his freedom? Hell, that was one of my rackets. And he did. Other peoples'. Berne panicked when word was leaked that he might be granted immunity if he refused to testify. During the next two years, Ellington grew more and more belligerent about Berne to the point where he criticized the boss in public. ", Hickey had escaped death by seconds. Civella demanded that Spica be sacrificed on the altar of mob discipline. Eight men were killed in two years. The results were predictable. The mark was a jewelry wholesaler in rural southwestern Missouri. The man was dead before he hit the floor. Nor did he fit the decisive, tough guy image of a crime lord. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. Within days, the federal grand jury that had been hearing testimony began returning indictments. Stoneking pulled off a scam shortly before Christmas, 1983. Stoneking accelerated, pulling even with the rear of Hickey's car. He knocked on the door, telling the man his car's battery was dead and he needed to make a phone call. We noticed a black revolver pistol next to Jesses right leg on the seat. By the time he was 21 he had become an adept thief and fence. Stoneking expanded his criminal empire to include a profitable stolen car and chop-shop operation. For the first few hours after he heard about the bombing, Giordano believed Civella had done it. He was paroled, but was returned to prison after he threatened those who had testified against him. By underworld standards, his arrest record was unimpressive and did not reflect his propensity for violence. "Tony said to Art, 'Why don't you have Jesse crack Flynn'? He increased his speed. Several times he had appealed to Aiuppa in Chicago for recognition of his gang as a legitimate underworld faction. Trupiano was also indicted with Berne for conspiring to extort money from the owners of several East Side topless nightclubs and massage parlors. In indictments filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri against St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger on April 25, 2019, John Johnny Roller Rallo was named as a participant in a pay-to-play scheme. The Leisure family was then in a gang war with loyalists of the late Southside Syrian syndicate boss Jimmy Michaels, who had been murdered in a car bombing on Interstate 55 in South St. Louis County by the Leisure gang in September 1980. And the threat from Kansas City remained a reality. He said this jeweler got taken off by a couple of guys and lost more than a million in jewels. "Can't you see what's happening? His accomplice was arrested and came in on Stoneking. Spica's closest friend in prison was Carl Spero, a young, upstart Kansas City gangster. A Mafioso, ranting about informants such as Jimmy Fratianno, playfully grabbed Stoneking's shirt, clutching the recorder's microphones taped to his chest, but not realizing what he held. He merely had changed loyalties. They had a long argument. A long-buried FBI report raises questions as to why the FBI and U.S. Justice Department ignored damning allegations by a now-very dead informant. "Stormy" Harvell, business manager of Local 42 and a crony of Berne's, died of natural causes. This reporter in the mid-1970s was on the same flight from Chicago to St. Louis with Leisure. Until Stoneking became an informant and Prater put the bomb in Flynn's hands, they would continue to believe the Kansas City Outfit had ordered the hit. In the July 10 and July 11, 1985 editions of the Post-Dispatch, staff reporters Ronald J. Lawrence and William C. Lhotka revealed the details of the Webbes conflict with Trupiano and his allies in Detroit. Ellington asked Stoneking to find him a woman for a dinner date. In his greed, he had refused to lay off any of the $1million in bets a year his ring handled. Yeah, that's the way you become a man: by cracking people.". "I know they're gonna hit me some day. Arts Stories & Interviews. Eight days after his suicide, FBI agent Brostrom, the same agent who interviewed Beck nearly three years earlier, called up a detective for the Surprise Police Department and told him as much. Also available from Amazon, With the purpose of writing about true crime in an authoritative, fact-based manner, veteran journalists J. J. Maloney and J. Patrick OConnor launched Crime Magazine in November of 1998. Carolee, his wife and childhood sweetheart, had disappeared into the Witness Protection Program. He deeply resented himself for being a snitch. Leisure reached out for support from the Kansas City Mafia then headed by the Civella crime family. He's dead'.". He became known as a soft-spoken gentleman and a shrewd businessman. He had accumulated only seven arrests for burglary, robbery and arson in 25 years. Trupiano was convicted of operating a handbook ring that Stoneking helped expose and was sentenced to four years in prison. It would haunt him for years. ", Then Giordano gave Berne an unmistakable warning. But the brothel operator also held other business interests. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It wasn't long before Civella learned of Spica's misdeed. But there is little doubt that Jesse Lee McBride and Jesse Eugene Stoneking were one and the same person. That night, she playfully lifted his shirt to examine a recent abdominal surgical scar. He now could begin to rebuild what was left of his life. The FBI had supplied the jewelry, which had been stolen in another case. Stoneking was also associated with the pipefitters and other unions during his criminal career. One of first intended victims of Spero's bombs was Carl "Tuffy" DeLuna, a high-ranking member of the Civella family and a close friend of the boss. John G. Rallo, also known as Johnny Roller for his long hours spent at the crap tables in Las Vegas, and fellow accomplice Sheila Sweeney were charged one week after Stenger pleaded guilty. One night, he was called to the Kracker Box Tavern near East St. Louis to service a cigarette machine. Ellington lived eight more days. intended to have Bartolotta, his soldier, topless club in Centreville, as a means of, flashing in the desert night, he put a .38-, caliber revolver to his temple and pulled, eflective in his later years, often reading, figures to prison. At 9:05 p.m., the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office dispatched Deputy J. Sprong to Loop 303 and Bell Road because of a report that there were large rocks in the roadway. Stoneking pleaded guilty rather than risk exposing other members of the crew and was sentenced to three years . They went outside. 1 talking about this. But that would be no less difficult than the last four years. Late that night, Stoneking and Stram went to the man's house trailer. In reality Spica was a rising star in the underworld. ", Spica, too, was visibly shaken and depressed. In 2014, Webbe introduced then-County Executive Stenger to John Rallo, who started his business career in his familys construction company, which allegedly had ties to Chicago organized crime, according to FBI records. hour that it took the detective to arrive, officers, had left the scene. The Leisures were not charged in the Spica bombing. He immediately gave the stone to Aiuppa in Chicago to fence. Today, Ash is a resident artist at the House of Miles East St. Louis, a nonprofit housed inside Miles Davis' childhood home in the city. In July 1986 it was over. Prater was at work that morning when Leisure received a telephone call from Giordano reporting Spica's murder. Manhattan in East St. Louis Ike & Tina Turner and the scene that formed their art By Maureen Mahon T he cover for the 1973 album Nutbush City Limits offers a visual representation of the Southern roots and the movement to other parts of the country that are crucial to the biographies of Ike and Tina Turner and numerous other African Americans. The cocked thumb resembling a pistol. The next morning, the day Stoneking and I were to have met, my wife answered the telephone. Inside and outside the mob he was considered to be the most ruthless and violent labor racketeer in St. Louis. As the trusted lieutenant of Art Berne, boss of the mob on St. Louis' East Side, and thus the Chicago Outfit's second most powerful man in Southern Illinois, Stoneking the traitor deserved execution. No longer did he belong. Including your outfit'. The tow truck driver advised the deputy that the SUV and the vehicle driven by Stoneking had flat tires from hitting rocks on the highway. "The word on the street was that Ellington was set up and that he was cracked by one guy," Stoneking recalls unemotionally. It was a little after 1 a.m. in 1988 when the swarthy, ruggedly handsome man stepped out onto the porch of his mother's house in north St. Louis County. Paulie Leisure. A scream pierced the room. It was just something you had to do. Leisure carried one piece of luggage and a briefcase, both empty and bearing identification tags with the fictitious name, address and telephone number of a man in Youngstown, Ohio. Fate still had to play its hand with Stoneking. One of his shoes was a distance away. Justice on Fire is OConnors detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefighters deaths and the terrible injustice that followed. The crime took place in sprawling Maricopa County, near the intersection of two well-traveled roads, which bordered residential developments and golf courses on three sides. "Well, as far as I'm concerned, f--- the rank-and-file." This was not Webbes first rodeo. "I'm not going to hurt you." The SUV driver gave the same story, according to the report, prompting Sprong to double back and remove the road hazards. As he drove off, the agent read the note. pizzeria. It would leave a lasting impression on him. From then on, Flynn went nowhere without at least two armed bodyguards. But it didn't take him long to learn that Flynn was responsible. It was speculated he had been returning from a hit. Most Dangerous City (East St. Louis, IL) Public Housing Projects, Documentary Film Arcane Club Films 64K views East Saint Louis Massacre | Living St. Louis Nine PBS 71K views The. His whereabouts are unknown. On Oct. 22. with two .38-caliber bullets in his head. The real truth about Stoneking is still an open question, one that probably will never be answered. Spica was no stranger to murder. But time was running out on him. His failure to return from vacation at first created suspicion, then alarm and finally panic. " if they tell you that you're in good hands, not, to worry, that's when they're gonna hit you in the. The official police version of Stonekings death raises questions about the immediate actions taken by law enforcement officers, the methods used in the initial investigation and conclusions drawn afterwards.The following account is based on the reports of the first officers who arrived on the scene and a police interrogation of Stonekings friend. "I gotta tell you, Art, Flynn's gonna get hit. The Buick crept closer. He made offers they couldn't resist. When Berne died in 1996, he was a paid security consultant for Pipefitters Local 562, which Stoneking had also fingered as being connected to the Chicago Outfit. 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