A bomb planted in Dan Hogan's Paige coupe in the white stucco garage behind this home exploded on December 4, 1928, killing owner of the Green Dragon saloon and St. Paul's Irish Godfather.[1]
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1928: St. Paul gang figure slain
Posted on December 2nd, 2005 – 10:46 PM
By Ben Welter
Thanks to Prohibition, a different kind of gang problem plagued the Twin Cities in the 1920s and ’30s. A corrupt St. Paul police department provided safe haven to gangsters and crooks of the era, as long as they agreed to stay out of trouble while in the city. The task of keeping the bad boys in line fell to “Dapper Dan” Hogan, a speakeasy owner and underworld leader. On Dec. 4, 1928, Hogan, “whose word was known to be law among many criminals,” was killed by a car bomb in the garage behind his St. Paul home.
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