Murder Capital: Madison Wisconsin -The Mafia Under Siege

by Gavin Schmitt

Overview

Murder Capital explores Prohibition-era Madison, Wisconsin. Per capita, Madison was the most violent and deadly city in the United States during the 1920s. Along with the usual suspects (bootleggers), Madison was unique in its strong Ku Klux Klan presence. In the background was a prominent judge, overseeing Mafia cases by day, but by night taking illegal loans from these very same criminals. In effect, he tied his own hands and the violence was allowed to continue unabated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569802250
Publisher:	Barricade Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Pages:	266
Sales rank:	608,319
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Gavin Schmitt, author of Milwaukee Mafia and Shallow Grave, has been interviewed on radio, newspaper and the Internet for his expertise on organized crime. The author has researched Wisconsin’s darker history for decades and has been published in a variety of magazines. He lives in Milwaukee, WI.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction xi

1 The Longfield Murder 1

2 Officer Down: Grant Dosch 9

3 The Justo Empire 21

4 Louis Lotwin 31

5 Tony Navarra 39

6 Pete Sousa 51

7 Joseph Brusca, the Wrong Man 55

8 Officer Down: Dreger 63

9 Tony Musso, Mafia Boss? 83

10 Officer Down: Palmer Thompson 93

11 Stolen Falls 111

12 Joseph DiMartino 127

13 Tony Mazzara 133

14 The Tragic Joseph Geloso 139

15 Taborsky 149

16 Return of Tony Musso 159

17 Andrew Presti 167

18 Jennie Justo 179

19 The Last Victim? 187

20 Officer Down: Robert Roche 195

21 The Flawed Informer 207

22 Epilogue 213