![]() ![]() Whether this was true or not, Red Kane ended up getting the nod. Remember also, Constable Mike Kinney (Snake’s brother) tapped Red as his deputy constable (the second such position Kane held) just days before the attack, thereby giving Red a reason to be in the Four Courts and permitting him to carry a firearm. Even before the Four Courts shooting, it was said that Egan gangster Pat Clancy had been picked by Tom to do the actual job. But I also believe that the order for something this big had to originate with the Egan gang hierarchy, specifically Tom Egan. It not a stretch to imagine that they were good friends. ![]() Personal, as Red was Sam Young’s deputy constable and both had been members of the gang for several years. In your opinion, did Red Kane act on orders from someone in the gang - or was this personal? ![]() Here’s a related interview about the killing, conducted with Daniel Waugh, author of Egan’s Rats. ![]() A feature about the murder appears in the April 2009 edition of St. The slaying was an act of retribution for the murder of Kane’s friend, Constable Sam Young. Louis Irish gang Egan’s Rats, murdered Fred “The Yellow Kid” Mohrle in a hallway of the Four Courts Building in June 1909. ![]()
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