The Downtown Gang was a criminal organization based in Galveston, Texas, founded by Johnny Jack Nounes around 1920. It dominated organized crime on the island during Prohibition, engaging in bootlegging, gambling, and other illegal activities. The gang was a rival of the Beach Gang and had connections with the Chicago Outfit. It declined and disbanded around 1935.
CRIMENET has extracted 6 linkages for this organization, including 2 cooperative ties across 2 organizations, 4 conflicts across 2 organizations and footprints in 4 countries.
Among the gang's suppliers were schooners from Cuba , Jamaica , and the Bahamas .
The Downtown Gang sold bootleg hooch and had connections from New Orleans , Louisiana , all the way up to Montreal, Quebec , Canada.
Among the gang's suppliers were schooners from Cuba , Jamaica , and the Bahamas .
Among the gang's suppliers were schooners from Cuba , Jamaica , and the Bahamas .