MSA Jackson Co MO, Cert 26872
Frank "Chee-Chee" DeMayo (born Franco DeMaio) (April 6, 1885- August 12, 1949) Sicily-born restaurateur was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster who became the crime boss of the Kansas City crime family during the later years of Prohibition.
He was jailed in 1927 after being caught selling whiskey (he sold it to federal agents) and tampering with a jury.
The federal government deported DeMayo to Sicily after he served time in prison. Some accounts state that this ended DeMayo's direct involvement with the Kansas City organization. However, DeMayo eventually returned to Kansas City, where he died in August 1949. (His obituary in the Kansas City Star on August 2, 1949, says that he died that day at his home, and gave a Kansas City address on Benton Blvd.)
Frank "Chee-Chee" DeMayo (born Franco DeMaio) (April 6, 1885- August 12, 1949) Sicily-born restaurateur was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster who became the crime boss of the Kansas City crime family during the later years of Prohibition.
He was jailed in 1927 after being caught selling whiskey (he sold it to federal agents) and tampering with a jury.
The federal government deported DeMayo to Sicily after he served time in prison. Some accounts state that this ended DeMayo's direct involvement with the Kansas City organization. However, DeMayo eventually returned to Kansas City, where he died in August 1949. (His obituary in the Kansas City Star on August 2, 1949, says that he died that day at his home, and gave a Kansas City address on Benton Blvd.)
MSA Jackson Co MO, Cert 26872
Frank "Chee-Chee" DeMayo (born Franco DeMaio) (April 6, 1885- August 12, 1949) Sicily-born restaurateur was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster who became the crime boss of the Kansas City crime family during the later years of Prohibition.
He was jailed in 1927 after being caught selling whiskey (he sold it to federal agents) and tampering with a jury.
The federal government deported DeMayo to Sicily after he served time in prison. Some accounts state that this ended DeMayo's direct involvement with the Kansas City organization. However, DeMayo eventually returned to Kansas City, where he died in August 1949. (His obituary in the Kansas City Star on August 2, 1949, says that he died that day at his home, and gave a Kansas City address on Benton Blvd.)
Frank "Chee-Chee" DeMayo (born Franco DeMaio) (April 6, 1885- August 12, 1949) Sicily-born restaurateur was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster who became the crime boss of the Kansas City crime family during the later years of Prohibition.
He was jailed in 1927 after being caught selling whiskey (he sold it to federal agents) and tampering with a jury.
The federal government deported DeMayo to Sicily after he served time in prison. Some accounts state that this ended DeMayo's direct involvement with the Kansas City organization. However, DeMayo eventually returned to Kansas City, where he died in August 1949. (His obituary in the Kansas City Star on August 2, 1949, says that he died that day at his home, and gave a Kansas City address on Benton Blvd.)
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