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Shadows of the City crime tale of Chicago purge
Dr. Bertram Durand, Kitty Hewitt, and Eddie the Immune navigate a night of police rounds and a casino shootout. Eddie kills Gerve Lavvy at Cleary's after Kitty calls in cops, Durand identifies the wounded man, and Eddie is busted while Kitty seeks shelter with Bertram’s help.
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Jill
Central Office
Jack
John
Runnymede
Haybie
Uberty
Dack
Jil
Prisners
Kitty Hewitt
Harper Cohen
MacLaren Kid
Doctor Durand
Pellen
Lips
Ears
Hewitt
MacLaren
Gerve
Grame
Harper Colton
Marp
W.G. Chapman
Guiess Harp
Harp
Bertram Darand
Decter Darand
Colton
Darand
Durand
Hewitt Dame
Unterworld
Ed Pellen
Chicago
Bertram Durand
Bertram
Marshall Darand
Doctor Darand
Eddie Pellen
Big Black
Walter Singer
Eddie the Immune
North Side Society
Amy Wing
Mah Jong
Young MacLaren
Kitty Hewlet
Col'ton
Turgrister
Furgrister
Purgrister
Fourgrister
Hin
Kitty Hewlett
Cleary
Cleahy’s
Furgiister
Wirgrister
Cleary's
Cleahy
Miss Fisher
Len
Kate
Sallie Keller
Sallie Kel
Sallie
Wellen
Ammn
Officer Furgrister
MD Pellen
Gerve Layvy
Gerve Lavvy
Pellew
Lavvy
Kate Visher
Lavry
Gerve Lavyy
Kit
Lavyy
Kitty
Weill
Larry
Kid
Meno
Ken Bertram
Doctor
L*urgrister
Bertram Stem
Kla Wolan
Eddie
Marshal Durand
Belle of Chicago Society
Henry Fraley
Frateys
Graystone