See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  William Warren Rose (1864-1931) — also known asWilliam W. Rose — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,March12, 1864.Architect;mayorof Kansas City, Kan., 1905-06, 1906; defeated, 1897 (Fusion),1907 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKansas,1908,1920.Member,Freemasons.Anousterlawsuit was filed against him in 1905 over hisrefusal toenforce the state'sliquor prohibition law;fined$1,000 forcontemptby the Kansas Supreme Court in 1907 for trying to hold office asmayor.DiedMay 4,1931 (age67 years, 53days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Kansas City, Kan. | | Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954) — also known asEdward H. Crump;Ed Crump;"BossCrump" —of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Holly Springs,MarshallCounty, Miss.,October2, 1874.Democrat. Head, E. H. CrumpBuggyManufacturing Co.; president, E. H. Crump & Co. (involved inbanking,realestate, andinsurance);mayorof Memphis, Tenn., 1910-16, 1940; resigned 1916; proceedings werebrought for hisousteras mayor in 1915-16, based onchargesthat hefailed toenforce stateliquor laws; when the ouster suit was upheldby the state supreme court, heresigned;ShelbyCounty Treasurer, 1917-23; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1924,1928,1932,1936,1940,1944;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1931-35 (10th District 1931-33,9th District 1933-35); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Tennessee, 1936-45.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,October16, 1954 (age80 years, 14days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | John Looney (1865-1942) — also known asPatrick John Looney — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Born in Ottawa,La SalleCounty, Ill.,October5, 1865.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;indictedwith others in 1897 over a scheme todefraudthe city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain constructionproject;convicted,but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1900; created and led acrimesyndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests ingambling,prostitution,extortion,and eventuallybootlegging andautomobiletheft;indictedin 1907 on 37 counts ofbribery,extortion,andlibel,but acquitted;shotand wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February22, 1909, he wasshotand wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; onMarch 22, 1912, afterpublishingpersonal attacks on Rock Island MayorHenryM. Schriver, he wasarrested,brought to the police station, andseverelybeaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two menand injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island racketsin 1921; in 1922, he wasindictedfor themurderof saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence againstLooney to federal agents;arrestedin Belen, N.M., in 1924, and laterconvictedof conspiracy andmurder;sentencedto 5 years inprisonfor conspiracy and 14 years formurder;served 8 1/2 years.Irishancestry.Died, oftuberculosis,in asanitariumat El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.,1942(ageabout76 years).Burial location unknown.  | Harry W. Mager (1893-1930) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Illinois,December11, 1893.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1920-21; in1921-22, he wasarrestedseveral times forintoxicationand possession ofillegal liquor; in July 1922, he andBenjaminM. Mitchell werechargedas part of anextortionconspiracy andviolation of Prohibition laws; he was notconvicted.GermanandIrishancestry.Suffered an attack ofacuteindigestion, and diedin anambulance en route to a hospital, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December28, 1930 (age37 years, 17days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.| |  Relatives: Sonof Charles Mager and Margaret (Casey) Mager. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Chicago Tribune, January14, 1920 |
| | | Benjamin M. Mitchell (1869-1927) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,January30, 1869.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1901-06, 1911-14, 1919, 1923-27;died in office 1927; in July 1922, he wasindicted,with others, in federal court for conspiracy toviolateProhibition laws; the case was dismissed.Died, following surgery for ahernia,in ahospitalat Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,March11, 1927 (age58 years, 40days).Burial location unknown. | | John Wesley Langley (1868-1932) — also known asJohn W. Langley — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.; Pikeville,PikeCounty, Ky.Born inFloydCounty, Ky.,January14, 1868.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1886-90; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Kentucky,1888,1900,1916;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1907-26; defeated,1896; resigned 1926.Convictedin 1924 of conspiracy totransport and sell liquor re-electedwhile his appeal was pending, butresignedfrom Congress in 1926;sentencedto a term in federalprison. Granted clemency by PresidentCalvinCoolidge.Died, ofpneumonia,in Pikeville,PikeCounty, Ky.,January17, 1932 (age64 years, 3days).Interment atLangleyCemetery, Middle Creek, Ky. | | Peter C. Jezewski (1883-1960) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New York,November22, 1883.Republican.Pharmacist;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1915-16; defeated,1916;mayorof Hamtramck, Mich., 1922-26, 1932-34; defeated, 1926, 1934.Convictedofbootlegging and othervicecrimes about 1926, and spent a year in Leavenworth federalprison.Died in Hamtramck,WayneCounty, Mich.,December1, 1960 (age77 years, 9days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Magne Alfred Michaelson (1878-1949) — also known asM. Alfred Michaelson;M. A.Michaelson —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Kristiansand,Norway,September7, 1878.Republican.Delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 25th District,1920-22;U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1921-31; defeated,1918, 1932.Indictedin 1928 on charges of violating theNational Prohibition Act.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October26, 1949 (age71 years, 49days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Raleigh P. Hale (1883-1931) — of East Chicago,LakeCounty, Ind.Born in Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.,June 6,1883.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;physician;mayorof East Chicago, Ind., 1926-30; resigned 1930; in 1929, accusedofprotectingvice as mayor, he and 18 others, including the East Chicagopolice chief and the reputed business agent forgangsterAl Capone werechargedin federal court with conspiracy to violateliquor prohibitionlaws;convictedin January 1930, andsentencedto two years in prison; on appeal, a new trial was ordered.Member,AmericanLegion.Died suddenly, fromdilatedcardiomyopathy, in East Chicago,LakeCounty, Ind.,December1, 1931 (age48 years, 178days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind. | | Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) — also known asE. J. Dennis — ofBerkeleyCounty, S.C.Born in Macbeth,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,September23, 1877.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,1900-04, 1916-18; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.Methodist.Triedand acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate thealcoholprohibition law.Shotandmortallywounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in frontof thepostoffice in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in ahospitalat Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,July 25,1930 (age52 years, 305days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was triedand not convicted.Interment atSt.John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C. | | Manuel Herrick (1876-1952) — also known asEmanuel Herrick — of Perry,NobleCounty, Okla.;PlumasCounty, Calif.Born in Perry Township,TuscarawasCounty, Ohio,September20, 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 wascaughtby prohibition agents near Great Mills, Maryland, while filling andfueling anillegal still; hefledthe scene, but was soonapprehended;he claimed he was an undercover agent, but that was not takenseriously;arraignedin federal court on charges ofmanufacturing andpossessingalcohol; in October, 1930, he wastriedandconvicted;sentencedto six months in jail; candidate forU.S.Representative from California, 1948.While on a trip to his mining claim; he died, probably fromexposure,during a Sierrablizzard,near Quincy,PlumasCounty, Calif.,January11, 1952 (age75 years, 113days). His body was found in a snowbank, six weeks later.Cremated;ashes interred atQuincyCemetery, Quincy, Calif.  | Julius S. Berg (1895-1938) — of Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1895.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured in combat andlost aleg; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Bronx County 3rd District, 1923-30; member ofNewYork state senate 22nd District, 1931-38; died in office 1938.Jewish. Member,AmericanLegion;JewishWar Veterans;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Freemasons;Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Indictedonchargesofreceivingmoney for his aid inprocuring liquor licenses andarranging for concessions at the New York World's Fair; that sameday, hekilledhimself bygunshot,in hislawoffice, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1938 (age43 years, 5days).Interment atMt.Ararat Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. | | | William H. McKeighan — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Republican. Political boss;mayor ofFlint, Mich., 1915-16, 1922-23, 1927-28, 1931-33; defeated, 1923;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1940;political ally ofFrankD. McKay;chargedin 1945, along with McKay, with conspiracy toviolate state liquorlaws;tried;the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.Burial location unknown.  | Frank D. McKay (1883-1965) — of Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Rapids,KentCounty, Mich.,November4, 1883.Republican.Financier;political boss who dominated Republican politics in Michigan foryears; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1920,1928,1932(alternate),1936,1940,1944;Michiganstate treasurer, 1925-30;investigatedby a grand jury in 1931 over hishandlingof state funds while Treasurer; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1940-44; subject of threefederal grand juryinvestigationsin 1940 over allegedfraud,extortionandkickbacks;indictedin 1944 forbriberyof state legislators; hired aPurpleGang figure tomurderthe star witness, State Sen.WarrenG. Hooper, and the case collapsed;chargedin 1945, along withWilliamMcKeighan, with conspiracy toviolate state liquor laws;triedin 1946; the judge directed a verdict of not guilty.Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,January12, 1965 (age81 years, 69days).Entombed atGreenwoodCemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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