GUSTIN GANG

My father told me a story once that is still etched in my brain. Long before Whitey ruled Southie there was the Gustin Gang run by the Wallace brothers. Their heyday was the Prohibition era of the 1920's. My father worked the night shift at Joe's Spa which during weekdays closed at midnight. Once at closing time the Gustin Gang came in and demanded dinner. My father explained that the kitchen was closed and he was about to head home. One of the Wallace brothers pulled out his revolver and placed it on the counter. My father arrived 2 hours late that night. That is Steve Wallace in the mug shot. I worked the same shift with my father years later but never encountered anything like that.