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Oct 10, 2009 · Paulie Leisure wanted to control St. Louis' underworld and he was prepared to kill anyone who stood in his way. In using car bombs to take out Tony Giordano protégé Sonny Spica and then Jimmy Michaels, the venerable head of the Syrian-Lebanese faction, he touched off a bloodbath known as the "Leisure War."
Aug 29, 1999 · After practicing on the dummy car, according to the testimony of two accomplices, David Leisure planted the bomb that killed James Michaels Sr., 75, the head of St. Louis' Syrian crime...
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Aug 26, 2011 · staff photographer. Aug 26, 2011. Paul J. Leisure is brought into the federal courthouse downtown on April 14, 1983, after his arrest in the gang war. He and his brother, Anthony, and their...
The Leisures were involved in crime activities in St. Louis. In the late 1970's, the Leisures and their associates struggled with another organized crime faction, led by James Michaels, Sr., to control management positions in two labor unions in St. Louis.
Anthony J. Leisure Given Life In Bombing of James A. Michaels Sr. on Sept. 7, 1980. David Leisure was sentenced to death for his role in the murder of 75 year old Michaels.
The state charged Paul Leisure with capital murder as an accessory to the bombing death of James Michaels in St. Louis. The evidence showed that Mr. Michaels led a St. Louis organized crime syndicate composed of persons of Lebanese and Syrian descent and known as the "Syrians."
In 1968 the Leisures became aware of the coverup, and aligned themselves with the Italian organized crime family in St. Louis headed by Anthony Giordano.
