River Quay Kansas City Mafia

Kansas city s mafia was so closely connected to politics during its formative years he says.
River quay kansas city mafia. His body was discovered in the trunk of his car on k c. The unrest set off a near decade of violence and instability in the civella crime family. The dispute left three establishments burned or blown up and several mobsters killed devastating the district. A seedy looking neighborhood called river quay.
Bodies stuffed in trunks shotgun slayings in restaurants buildings. But what about the lesser known mob landmarks. River quay and the downfall of nick civella in the 1970s things came to a head for organized crime in kansas city. The kansas city crime family also known as civella crime family pronounced tʃiˈvɛlla or kansas city mafia is an italian american mafia family based in kansas city missouri history early history.
There was a war in the family over control of the river quay entertainment district in which three buildings were bombed and. Kansas city s river market area was known in the 1970s as river quay a redeveloped home to restaurants and bohemian shops and site of a violent mafia turf war. Taking a tour of kansas city s old mob scene. There is quiet in river quay pronounced key the original business section of kansas city just north of the present downtown and south of the missouri river.
Many kansas citians have heard of the union station massacre or the river quay explosion two of the more infamous episodes in kc s mobster history. 3 tie david bonadonna a made member of longtime kansas city godfather nick civella s crime family bonadonna was the most high profile victim of a nasty mob war fought in the mid 1970s for control of the city s river quay entertainment district. While working on river quay i developed a major source who gave the star information on the kansas city mafia s efforts to promote a national scheme to provide legal services to union members primarily the teamsters. The editors approved a labor racketeering investigation by mike mcgraw dick johnson and myself.