Thomas Egan (other)
Thomas or Tom Egan may refer to: * Thomas Egan (gangster) (1874–1919), St. Louis politician and organized crime figure * Thomas Egan (cricketer) (1906–1979), Australian cricketer * Thomas C. Egan (1894–1961), United States federal judge * Tom Egan (born 1946), former professional baseball player * Thomas W. Egan (1836–1887), American Civil War general * Thomas Egan (physician) (1752–1818), Irish physician * Thomas Selby Egan (1814–1893), first cox to win the Boat Race for Cambridge University * The fictional character Major Tommy Egan from the 2014 film ''Good Kill.'' {{hndis, Egan, Thomas ...
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Thomas Egan (gangster)
Thomas Egan (November 1, 1874 – April 20, 1919) was an American politician and organized crime figure involved in bootlegging and illegal gambling in St. Louis, Missouri. Egan was the namesake of the infamous Egan's Rats. The son of an Irish-American saloonkeeper, Egan was born and raised in Kerry Patch, then known as the riverfront Irish ghetto of St. Louis. With some of his childhood pals, he began running with a local gang of thugs, known as the Ashley Street Gang. Egan's best friend, Thomas "Snake" Kinney, was a local street tough and Democratic politician. During an ill-fated burglary attempt on October 17, 1894, Egan was shot through the face by a policeman. Tom survived but was left with an ugly scar on his jaw. Throughout the years, his stock in the gang climbed. By 1904, when Snake Kinney was elected to the Missouri State Senate, Tom Egan had taken over leadership of the street gang. On the night of January 15, 1907, Tom Egan shot one of his longtime enemies, Willie ...
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