Bloody Williamson
Bloody Williamson

Author: Paul M. Angle

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780252062339

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"In Williamson County some men took to violence almost as a way of life. A shocking story, well told."--New Yorker Williamson County in southern Illinois has been the scene of almost unparalleled violence, from the Bloody Vendetta between two families in the 1870s through the Herrin Massacre of 1922, Ku Klux Klan activities that ended in fatalities, and the gang war of the 1920s between the Charlie Birger and Shelton brothers gangs. Paul Angle was fascinated by this more-than-fifty-year history, and his account of this violence has become a classic.

Inside the Shelton Gang
Inside the Shelton Gang

Author: Ruthie Shelton

Publisher:

Published: 2013-03-22

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780970798428

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Inside the Shelton Gang tells the true story of what happens when a father’s wall of secrets begin to crumble and a family’s lost heritage of violence erupts from the front pages of history. For daughter Ruthie it’s a discovery that will forever change her life as she learns what it meant to be a Shelton in the days of Prohibition and the decades following, to be a member of a crime family that rivaled Al Capone’s for control of Illinois.

Blood, Bullets and Booze
Blood, Bullets and Booze

Author: Troy Taylor

Publisher:

Published: 2023-08-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781958589076

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BLOOD, BULLETS AND BOOZE GHOSTS AND GANGSTERS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS When we think of the Roaring 20's - that decade of gangsters, jazz, Prohibition, and flappers - most of us think of Chicago, Al Capone, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The Windy City has become famous for its one-way-rides and violent shootouts, but author Troy Taylor presents another part of Prohibition-era Illinois that not only outgunned and outdrank Chicago but has just as many ghost stories left lingering behind from those turbulent days. Southern Illinois - or "Little Egypt" as some call it - not only had just as many gangsters and just as much booze and bloodshed, but it also had aerial bombings, homemade military tanks, dirty cops, unsolved murders, attacks on hospitals, and gun battles with the Ku Klux Klan! Take a trip back in time to the days of the explosive Southern Illinois gang wars, when Charlie Birger, the Shelton Brothers, the Ku Klux Klan, and a bunch of wild card gunmen wreaked havoc, created mayhem, and carried out countless murders as they fought for control of the liquor trade. And it was all happening at the same time Al Capone was the biggest mob boss in that city by Lake Michigan. Maybe the gangs of Southern Illinois didn't wear fancy suits or drink their bootleg liquor in fancy glasses on Lake Shore Drive, but they were just as deadly as their counterparts - maybe even more so! Delve into the gangsters and ghosts of the Roaring 20's in a way you never have before with this page-turner of a book!

Inside the Shelton Gang
Inside the Shelton Gang

Author: Jon Musgrave

Publisher:

Published: 2013-03-20

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780970798480

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Inside the Shelton Gang tells the true story of what happens when a father's wall of secrets begin to crumble and a family's lost heritage of violence erupts from the front pages of history. For daughter Ruthie it's a discovery that will forever change her life as she learns what it meant to be a Shelton in the days of Prohibition and the decades following, to be a member of a crime family that rivaled Al Capone's for control of Illinois.