"Secrets of the Herrin Gangs" by Ralph Johnson and John Musgrave

He ran slots for Charlie Birger, managed the business for the Sheltons & served as the "brain" of the Herrin outfit during the Gang War of the 1920s. By the 30s he was the "most dangerous man" of the coal belt "bad lands" of Southern Illinois. In Secrets of the Herrin Gangs Ralph Johnson provides an inside account of Bloody Williamson from the viewpoint of a Shelton gangster.