Harry Sawyer House, 1878 Jefferson Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Harry Sawyer House
2001
Address:	1878 Jefferson Avenue
Neighborhood/s:	Highland Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota
City/locality- State/province	Saint Paul, Minnesota
County- State/province:	Ramsey County, Minnesota
State/province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States
Primary Style:	Bungalow/Bungaloid

Highland Park Saint Paul Ramsey

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Harry Sawyer House, 1878 Jefferson Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
(44.930669° N, 93.1797° W)

Underworld banker Sawyer, who supervised St. Paul's O'Connor system after the murder of Danny Hogan, hosted underworld parties in this two-story house.

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This place is part of the John Dillinger Slept Here Tour

Notes

The O'Connor System was created by the Chief of Police, John J. O'Connor and his brother Richard. The system allowed known criminals to live in the city as long as they obeyed the law in Saint Paul. As a result, criminals such as Machine Gun Kelly, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson lived in Saint Paul. After the O'Connor brothers retired from politics and a series of high-profile kidnappings occurred, the system fell apart.