William Colbeck (gangster)

William Colbeck
Born(1890-11-17)November 17, 1890
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
DiedFebruary 17, 1943(1943-02-17) (aged 52)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
Occupation(s)Politician, criminal

William P. "Dint" Colbeck (November 17, 1890 – February 17, 1943) was a St. Louis politician and organized crime figure involved in bootlegging and illegal gambling. He succeeded William Egan as head of the Egan's Rats bootlegging gang in the early 1920s.[1]

  1. ^ Waugh, Daniel (2007). Egan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Gang that ruled Prohibition-era St. Louis. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland House.