The Sly-Fanner Murders : The Birth of the Mayfield Road Mob;

The Sly-Fanner Murders : The Birth of the Mayfield Road Mob; Cleveland's Most Notorious Mafia Gang

The Cleveland Police Department Never Gave Up!

From the moment of the double-murder the police never gave up in the hunt for the six suspects involved in the payroll robbery-gone bad. Cleveland detectives and prosecutors pursued and/or arrested the killers in Los Angeles, Mexico City, San Francisco and finally Sicily, taking some fifteen years to make sure justice was served.

The crime was carried out by members of Clevelandâ‚¬s infamous Mayfield Road Mob. The plot to rob the local businessmen was hatched after one gang member, convicted of auto theft, was desperate for cash to file an appeal. Short on manpower, the gangâ‚¬s leader was forced to involve himself and an immature teenager in the daring hold-up. The young manâ‚¬s inexperience led to the double slaying and the manhunt was on.

In the end, three of the participants would pay with their lives in the electric chair, one would be sent to prison for life, another received 30 years at hard labor; the last one, the younger brother of Clevelandâ‚¬s first Mafia boss, would go free.

This story also gives a chilling look at one of the most violent periods in the history of Cleveland. When a new prosecutor takes office on January 1, 1921, he is confronted with handling three sensational murder trials in addition to the killings, which just took place the day before. This lawless period resulted in the Cleveland Crime Survey of 1921, the countryâ‚¬s first in-depth study of the justice system of a major United States city
Country USA
Manufacturer ConAllan Press LLC
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-07-20
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	ConAllan Press LLC
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-07-20
Format	Kindle eBook

The Sly-Fanner Murders : The Birth of the Mayfield Road Mob; Cleveland's Most Notorious Mafia Gang

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