Louis on the night of August 17, 1903.įourth is possibly Thomas “Red” Kane, a longtime Kinney-Egan thug who would make his mark by assassinating Fred Mohrle, aka the Yellow Kid, in the Four Courts building on June 7, 1909. Louis police while racing buggies in downtown St. McAuliffe was noted as a Deputy Constable and was suspected of murdering a hood named “Foxy” Regan a month or so before this picture was taken. Third in the picture is John “Guinea Mack” McAuliffe, a lifelong friend and partner-in-crime of Tom Egan. They would also have a brutal gang war with the Hogan Gang which would lead to further bloodshed on the streets of St. At one time the main gang rival of Egan’s Rats were the Bottoms Gang, both had fought a bloody war with the loss of twelve lives on either side. Under his leadership the gang were not afraid to kill in public, as seen in one incident with a member of their bitter rivals.
While E gan was alive and running the gang nobody betrayed them, they were ruthless and feared. Tom Egan became leader of Egans Rats after his friend and co-founder went into politics. Kinney would go on to become a Missouri State Senator, as a State Senator Kinney was known for creating landmark Missouri legislation limiting child labor and limiting women to working only eight-hour days. Louis, where all the thieves congregate and all that” He said he “knew his joint had a pretty bad reputation, but it aint so bad”. In Kinneys own words the saloon was “the toughest dive in St. Kinney ran a saloon at Second and Carr, which served as a headquarters for the Ashley Street Gang, soon to be known as the Egan’s Rats. Kinney was one of the founding members of Egans Rats. Louis Post Dispatch in 1901įront – Thomas “Snake” Kinney. Standing in Thomas “Snake” Kinney’s bar on Second and Carr Street, St.
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