And worth your time --
http://www.amazon.com/I-Speak-Dead-J...k+for+the+dead This explains the whole kc mob scene circa 1970's when the thing came tumbling down over the war in the River Quay. The author was a local reporter at the Star - he'd been in prison in Jeff City for murder, was released to one of the Star's editors after the editor had been teaching writing at the prison. When the Quay blew up, the Star had a guy who just went and bought a couple of wise guys a drink - and for the first time ever, the KC Star actually printed the facts about the local mob. The Civella's - as noted above - and a few others like 'Tuffy' DeLuna, are pretty easy to ID in this story where the names were changed to protect the guilty.