THE ROLE OF THE GREEK-AMERICAN KAFENEION IN THE HISTORY OF U.S. CRIME By Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, September 13, 2014 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ CHICAGO- Donald Mellet had just parked his car in the garage. Arriving home a little after midnight, Mellet stepped out of the garage walking toward the kitchen door. Shots rang out with two killing Mellet immediately and several others peppering the kitchen door. His wife and two daughters barely escaped injury or death as the stray bullets traveled through the house.  The July16, 1926, assassination of Mellet was one of the most publicized crimes in the 1920s. Mellet, the crusading editor of the Canton Daily News, had embarked on an anti-vice, anti-crime campaign in editorial after editori...

COUNTERFEITERS GAVE GREEKS A BAD NAME By Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, December 16, 2006 ------------------------------ I am excited to announce that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ Ongoing abuse by a variety of native-born Americans against all newly arrived Greek immigrants of the 1880-1920 era can not be questioned. But then again, neither can we deny the criminal action of a select number of Greek immigrants. We can no longer simply ignore this group of individuals. These persons saw much news coverage, and their actions were often projected onto all other Greek immigrants. If we completely ignore these individuals and their undisputed crimes, then much of the negative press Greek immigrants received during this era becomes impossible to understand. Initially, these reported crimes were ...