In 1938, Greek American Patrick Levintis shot and killed Greek American Jim Patsios. Levintis, who ran a private gambling establishment above Watson’s Cigar Store in the 300 block of Main Street, had been paying police protection money to Patsios, who ran the Spanish pool hall in the 200 block of Colorado Avenue. When Levintis was arrested despite the money that he had been paying Patsios, he had Patsios brought to his gambing hall, where he was bound in a chair by an associate, and then shot in the head by Levintis.
