Black Caesar: The Rise and Disappearance of Frank Matthews, Kingpin

by Ron Chepesiuk

Overview

This is the remarkable story of Frank Matthews, a charismatic drug kingpin from the late 1960s and 1980s who organized a huge criminal enterprise before jumping bail and 1973 with $15 million and a beautiful woman. Nicknamed Black Caesar, Matthews has never been seen again in what has become one of organized crimes most intriguing mysteries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781939521033
Publisher:	Strategic Media
Publication date:	06/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ron Chepesiuk, the Rock Hill, SC-based award-winning author of more than 33 books, is a Fulbright Scholar, the radio host of the Crime Beat radio show, a consultant to the History Channel's Gangland TV series and a regular interviewee on U.S. cable TV crime shows.

Table of Contents

Foreword 5

Prologue: Jumping Bail 9

The Formative Years 13

Go East Young Man 25

Becoming a Kingpin 39

A Living Legend Is Made 53

The Investigation Begins 69

Closing In 85

Black Caesar Goes Down 103

Flight 117

The Dea Manhunt 133

The Marshals Take Over 149

Epilogue: Dead or Alive? 165

Acknowledgements 181

Selected Bibliography 183

About the Author 187

Index 188