Robert Carey (gangster)
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Robert Carey (August 25, 1894 – July 30, 1932) was a Midwestern armed robber and contract killer responsible for many crimes during the
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
of 1929.
Background
Born and raised in
Cincinnati hoodlum, Raymond "Crane Neck" Nugent. Both men were suspected of robbing of a Cincinnati bank messenger in December 1921 and trying to fence the bonds through the Egan's Rats. [citation needed
]
Carey was an
alcoholic [citation needed] who got quite sloppy and violent when he drank. Nevertheless, it was Carey who was suspected of convincing Fred Burke to don a fake police uniform to rob a St. Louis distillery of $80,000 worth of whiskey on April 25, 1923. With the imprisonment of the upper-echelon of the Egan gang in 1924, Burke's crew had relocated to Detroit, where they were arrested for the March 1924 robbery of the John Kay jewelry store. While Carey was suspected of taking part, only Isidore Londe [who?] was convicted, receiving a 10-20 year sentence. [citation needed
]
Carey was suspected of participating in most of the major actions of Fred Burke's crew in the 1920s. Bob was specifically charged by
Baltimore, where they began blackmailing well-to-do businessmen and politicians. The victims would bed Rose and Carey would discreetly take pictures. [citation needed
]
By summer, they had moved into a
Bruno Hauptmann. [citation needed
]
Further reading
- Waugh, Daniel. Egan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Gang that ruled Prohibition-era St. Louis Nashville: Cumberland House, 2007.
- Helmer, William and Arthur J. Bilek. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: The Untold Story Of The Bloodbath That Brought Down Al Capone Nashville: Cumberland House, 2004.
