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When Edward Theodore Wortman was born on 2 December 1906, in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, his father, Edward Wortman, was 25 and his mother, Grace Marian Leonard, was 18. He married Margaret Bene in 1927, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Caseyville Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1950. He died on 5 April 1989, in Caseyville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States.
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Frank Wortman
American crime boss (1904–1968)
Frank Wortman | |
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| Born | Frank L. Wortman (1904-12-04)December 4, 1904 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | (1968-08-03)August 3, 1968 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Other names | "Buster" Wortman |
| Occupation(s) | burglar, bootlegger, gambler, criminal gang leader |
| Allegiance | Shelton Brothers Gang |
Frank L. "Buster" Wortman (December 4, 1904 – August 3, 1968) was an American St. Louis-area bootlegger, gambler, criminal gang leader, and a former member of the Shelton Brothers Gang during Prohibition. Wortman would eventually succeed the Sheltons, and take over St. Louis's gambling operations in southwest Illinois until his death.
Early life
[edit]The son of an East St. Louis fire captain, Wortman spent his early years living in north St. Louis. John Worthmann, his grandfather, worked as a proofreader for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was killed when struck by a streetcar in 1894. Frank Wortman turned to crime in his late teens and was arrested for burglary. By 1926, he had begun running errands for the bootlegging Shelton Brothers. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Wortman was a prominent member of the gang, acting as an enforcer in southern Illinois.
Time in Leavenworth
[edit]In 1933, a