The first mobster in Las Vegas: Part 3
Last of three parts On June 20, 1929, Jim Ferguson, the king of the Las Vegas bootleggers, took the stand…
The first mobster in Las Vegas: Part 2
Second of three parts The year 1928 initially looked good from Jim Ferguson’s standpoint. The “King of the Tenderloin” in…
The first mobster in Las Vegas: Part 1
First of three parts In the 1920s and ’30s, the U.S. government considered him a “menace to society.” Nevada law…