 Burke was involved in the killings of Policemen in 1928 and 1929  and died in prison in 1940.Another ex-Rat, Leo Vincent Brothers, was convicted of killing "Chicago Tribune" reporter Jake Lingle in 1930.Two other former members, Pete and Thomas "Yonnie" Licavoli, started the “River Gang”, a large Detroit bootlegging gang that would dominate rackets in both Detroit and Toledo, Ohio.