Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 03, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Domestic, Scary Criminals, 1930s
In Chicago in 1927, Lewis refused the request of Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn (an Al Capone lieutenant) to renew a contract that would have bound him to sing and perform at the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, which was partly owned by Capone. After refusing, because he had been offered more money by a rival gang to appear at their own club, "The New Rendezvous", he was assaulted in his 10th floor Commonwealth Hotel room, in November 1927, by three enforcers sent by McGurn. The enforcers, who included Sam Giancana and Leonard "Needles" Gianola, mutilated Lewis (his throat and tongue were cut) and left him for dead.[2] It took him several years to be able to speak again.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 18, 2019 -
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Category: Scary Criminals, Comedians, Twentieth Century
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 29, 2017 -
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Category: Crime, Scary Criminals, Death, Destruction, 1930s
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 19, 2017 -
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Category: Death, Scary Criminals, Children, 1930s
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 06, 2016 -
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Category: Death, Scary Criminals, Wimps, Milquetoasts and Cowards, 1920s
Ironwood Daily Globe - Nov 7, 1958
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 14, 2015 -
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Category: Sleep and Dreams, Scary Criminals, 1950s
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 20, 2015 -
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Category: Money, Scary Criminals, Women
Posted By: patty - Wed May 27, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Scary Criminals, Can’t Possibly Be True, Genitals, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise, Teeth, Eating
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 01, 2015 -
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Category: Scary Criminals, Public Indecency, Children, 1960s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 20, 2015 -
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Category: Horror, Scary Criminals, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Fantasy, Africa
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