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Questions linger in the death of mafia associate and former federal informant Jesse Stoneking, who allegedly committed suicide in Surprise, Ariz. in January
The end came in the desert with a single gunshot. Not a solidarity death, as implied by the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, but one well attended. A death witnessed and documented, leaving little room for speculation. A simple suicide or so it would seem.
On Sunday Jan. 19, , at p.m. Mountain Standard Time, a man identified as Jesse Lee McBride shot himself with a caliber revolver,while seated behind the wheel of a blue Ford Crown Victoria on the outskirts of Surprise, Ariz., according to local police reports. The victim died approximately an hour later at a nearby hospital. Law enforcement authorities closed the case, after a routine investigation. Though the Arizona press ignored the incident, the news media in St. Louis later reported the true identity of the man as Jesse Eugene Stoneking, a year old mobst
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THE DEATH OF “BUSTER” WORTMAN On August 3, , Frank “Buster” Wortman died at the age of While he never became as famous as Al Capone, or even the Shelton brothers or Charlie Birger, to people who lived in the St. Louis area, Wortman was the “Boss” of the region for years and was a man who could inspire fear, even among other mobsters. Frank was born on December 4, , and after his parents separated, he was raised by his grandparents in North St. Louis, near the old McKinley Bridge. His father, Edward, had moved to East St. Louis, where he achieved the position of Captain in the East St. Louis Fire Department, and Wortman followed him there when he was a young man. He became involved with the local criminal element and went to work as a gunman for the Shelton gang. In , he ended up in prison after he assaulted federal officers who raided a liquor still in Collinsville. It would lead to a stretch in Alcatraz. Behind bars, Frank expected help from the S
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Frank Wortman
American brott boss (–)
Frank Wortman | |
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| Born | Frank L. Wortman ()December 4, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | ()August 3, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Other&#;names | "Buster" Wortman |
| Occupation(s) | burglar, bootlegger, gambler, criminal gang leader |
| Allegiance | Shelton Brothers Gang |
Frank L. "Buster" Wortman (December 4, – August 3, ) was an American St. Louis-area bootlegger, gambler, criminal gang leader, and a former member of the Shelton Brothers Gang during Prohibition. Wortman would eventually succeed the Sheltons, and take over St. Louis's gambling operations in southwest Illinois until his death.
Early life
[edit]The son of an East St. Louis fire captain, Wortman spent his early years living in north St. Louis. John Worthmann, his grandfather, worked as a proofreader for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was killed when struck bygd a streetcar in Frank Wortman turned to brott in his late teens and was arrested for burglary