Record
Hearing
1950-09-25
U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, via Internet Archive
Kefauver Part 4, Exhibit 20: Kansas City Police Department list of unsolved murders, 1 January 1940 to 25 September 1950
A printed police list (appendix pp. 417-418) of unsolved Kansas City killings, including Louis Cuccia on 30 January 1946 near 1501 Truman Road in company with Nick Civella, and Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta, 'found shot to death in political club at 718 Truman Road,' dated April 5, 1950.
- Date
- 1950-09-25
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- hearing
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
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- A hearing print of the United States Senate, published by the Government Printing Office. A work of the United States Congress, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The Internet Archive item marks it not in copyright.
Exhibit 20, printed at appendix pp. 417-418 of Part 4, is the Homicide Bureau’s list. Its entry for 30 January 1946 reads that Louis Cuccia was “shot to death while seated in automobile near 1501 Truman Road. Subject was in company with Nick Civella, Kansas City police character, and it is believed that gunmen were firing at Civella, who ducked the bullets.” It also lists Mike Licausi (14 April 1948, in front of the political club at 1016 Truman Road) and Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta, “found shot to death in political club at 718 Truman Road,” dated April 5, 1950. Binaggio is described as a “prominent political leader” reportedly involved in “Nation-wide gambling operations,” and Gargotta as a “well-known gunman and muscle-man engaged in gambling operations in this locality.”
The list prints April 5, 1950 for the Binaggio and Gargotta entries; a newspaper report says the shooting was “early yesterday” in its issue of 7 April, so the day is unresolved. “Police character” is the police department’s phrase, not a finding. The killings are unsolved in these records. The OCR typo “cliaracter” is corrected in quotation.
