Gus Buselaki owned a filling station in downtown St. Louis back when you
didn't have to pump your own gas. You just sat back while some guy in
an appropriate outfit filled your tank, washed your windshield and
probably even thanked you for coming in.
Yes, Gus was a proprietor of just such a place. Gus was some other
things too. Gus was also an organizer for the "Service Car Drivers
Association". "Gangster" was also listed as one of Gus's occupations.
So there Gus was standing about his station just after midnight back on
this date in 1931 when a sedan drove by and either two machine-guns with
25 round drums or one gun with a 50 round drum opened fire from a
window spraying both Gus and his establishment with upwards
of fifty bullets.
Nine other people were on hand and two woman were slightly wounded. As for
Gus, a good percentage of the fifty bullets came to rest in him.
"He must have done something. They don't kill you for nothing." - Chicago Gangster Ted Newberry. Rubbed out January 7, 1933
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