Cities, and also in money laundering and casino gambling in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. In an interview with Paul Maccabee, retired journalist Fred Heaberlin recalled, "Danny Hogan... today he'd probably be called a Godfather, sort of a father figure for hoods who were climbing the world of hoodlumism." In a 1927 memo, the U.S. Justice Department alleged, "Hogan is a nationally know character as a 'fence' for the disposal of stolen property and undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of dollars of stolen stamps and bonds and other valuable property have come into his hands... He is doubtless one of the most resourceful and keenest criminals in the United States and has always been able to cover his tracks so as to avoid detection." In his memoir Robbing Banks was my Business, Harvey Bailey described how he regularly went to Hogan, who regularly laundered the money and bonds from Bailey's armed robberies. Bailey praised Hogan as a trustworthy, principled, and honorable gangster. According to Bailey, Danny Hogan's word, once given, was good. Murder On December 4, 1928, Dapper Dan got behind the wheel of his Paige coupe and turned on the ignition. A bomb located beneath the floorboards detonated and blew off his right leg. He slipped into a coma at the hospital and died nine hours after the blast. Accompanied by $5,000 worth of lilies, roses, and gold and white chrysanthemums sent by criminal associates from the Twin Cities, Chicago, and New York City, Hogan received a funeral worthy of Prohibition-era Chicago and was buried in Calvary Cemetery in St. Paul's North End. Following the funeral, Chicago North Side Gang leader Bugs Moran personally stood guard outside the Hogan family residence at West Seventh Street, apparently to protect his fallen friend's family from further attacks. The boss' widow, Leila Hogan, was heard to say, however, "I am sure there will be justice. If Danny had lived, he would have gone on the one leg they left him and taken care of it himself." Although the murder is still considered unsolved, recently declassified FBI files reveal that the most likely person responsible was Jewish-American mobster and longtime Hogan associate Harry Sawyer. According to declassified FBI interviews with his ex-wife Rita Gladys Sawyer, Harry Sawyer believed that Hogan had cheated him out of a $36,000 cut from an illegal gambling casino they jointly ran at the Hollywood Inn in Mendota, Minnesota. In addition,