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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1928
Page
6
In a Chicago cigar store shootout McGurn was wounded by multiple bullets and rushed to hospital. He vows to settle the matter privately while hinting at gang rivals and a volatile underworld code. After leaving hospital early he plans to return to the city amid hostile attention from racketeers.
A long narrative tracks Jack McGurn rising from strike breaker to lieutenant of Scarface Al Capone in Chicago. After a gang trial over a cabaret attack he leaves town, then returns to live at the McCormick Hotel and challenge the underworld leaders with audacious defiance.
The article traces Jack McGurn's survival in Chicago after escapes from gunfire and his disguise tricks to remain in the city. He stocks arms in his apartment and resists banishment while Capone and other leaders expand toward New York, threatening intercity gang war and police action.
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