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O'Banion drew his guns and fired at Dave, severely wounding him in the stomach.
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But as November 1924 drew close the Democratic hierarchy was sorely troubled by grapevine reports that O'Banion was being wooed by the opposition, and was meeting and conferring with important Republicans.
O'Banion and Dave
They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado -- as, when his bodyguard, Yankee Schwartz, complained that he had been snubbed by Dave Miller, a prize-fight referee, chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation, who were Hirschey, a gambler-politician in loose beer-running league with Torrio and O'Banion, Frank, a policeman, and Max, the youngest.
To settle this slight, O'Banion went down to the La Salle Theatre in the Loop, where, he had learned, Dave Miller was attending the opening of a musical comedy.
O'Banion and .
As part of the same arrangement, Torrio had, in the spirit of peace and good will, and in exchange for armed support in the April election campaign, bestowed upon O'Banion a third share in the Hawthorne Smoke Shop proceeds and a cut in the Cicero beer trade.
O'Banion was a complex and frightening man, whose bright blue eyes stared with a kind of frozen candour into others'.
O'Banion was born in poverty, the son of an immigrant Irish plasterer, in the North Side's Little Hell, close by the Sicilian quarter and Death Corner.
In his teens O'Banion was enrolled in the vicious Market Street gang and he became a singing waiter in McGovern's Cafe, a notoriously low and rowdy dive in North Clark Street, where befuddled customers were methodically looted of their money by the singing waiters before being thrown out.
As promptly as Torrio, O'Banion jumped into bootlegging.
He was also personally active in ward politics, and by 1924 O'Banion had acquired sufficient political might to be able to state: `` I always deliver my borough as per requirements ''.
Until 1924 O'Banion pistoleers and knuckle-duster bullyboys had kept his North Side domain solidly Democratic.
A. O'Banion, in his pistol pocket ''.
To forestall any change of allegiance, the Democrats hastily organised a testimonial banquet for O'Banion, as public reward for his past services and as a reminder of where his loyalties lay.
It included the top O'Banion men and Chief of Detectives Michael Hughes.
Then O'Banion was presented with a platinum watch set with rubies and diamonds.
O'Banion accepted his platinum watch and the tributes to his loyalty, and proceeded with the bigger and better Republican deal.
One of the beer-runners telephoned O'Banion -- on a line tapped by the detective bureau -- and reported the situation.
Upon which the detective bureau despatched rifle squads to prevent trouble if O'Banion should send his gunmen out to deal with the hijacking policemen.
But in the meantime the beer-runner, unhappy with this solution, telephoned Torrio and returned to O'Banion with the message: `` Say, Dionie, I just been talking to Johnny, and he said to let them cops have the three hundred.
When, as a diplomatic gesture of amity and in payment for the loan of gunmen in the April election, Torrio had given O'Banion a slice of Cicero, the profits from that district had been $20,000 a month.
In six months O'Banion had boosted the profits to $100,000 a month -- mainly by bringing pressure to bear on fifty Chicago speak-easy proprietors to shift out to the suburb.
At last, even the controlled Torrio was unable to hold still, and he tentatively suggested that O'Banion should take a percentage in the Stickney brothels in return for one from his Cicero beer concession.
Still more jealous bitterness was engendered by the O'Banion gang's seizure from a West Side marshalling yard of a freight-car load of Canadian whisky worth $100,000 and by one of the biggest coups of the Prohibition era -- the Sibley warehouse robbery, which became famous for the cool brazenness of the operation.
These 1750 cases were carted off in a one-night operation by the O'Banion men, who left in their stead the same number of barrels filled with water.
drew and guns
After World War II, Western engineers ( among them Kazimierz Januszewski, also known as Stefan Janson ) drew inspiration from the German Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle, which offered a compromise between bolt-action rifles and submachine guns.
Brown, pretending to retreat, drew the Spanish forces away on 14 May from the protection of the fort guns, and two days afterwards on 16 May an engagement took place in the course of which Brown's leg was shattered by a cannon ball.
Scarborough claimed both drew their guns, and Scarborough fatally shot Selman.
When they were about 50 yards apart both men drew their guns.
Once the plane was approaching the British coast, they drew their guns and approached the cockpit, demanding entrance.
The Persian cavalry drew aside and the pursuing Mughals found themselves in front of Persian guns at point blank range.
In February 1776 the house and grounds were commandeered for an American battery of nine guns on the site ; this drew British fire, 15 September 1776, in a mopping-up operation to secure all of Manhattan Island following the Battle of Long Island ; the bombardment demolished Walton's house and forced an American withdrawal.
This however proved to be a ruse, and as Company C drew near the German trenches, the machine guns opened up again.
The battle became a general melee when hundreds of pickets armed with clubs of all sorts rushed to the area to support the picketers ; when the police drew their guns as if to shoot, the union sent a truck loaded with picketers into the mass of police and deputies in order to make it impossible for them to fire without shooting each other.
It was on March 12, 1527 that Babur drew forward his guns and a kind of defensive cover that moved on wheels and which served as a breastwork supporting them by his matchlock men and all his army.
drew and fired
After the cartridge was fired the continuing action of the cam drew back the lock bringing with it the spent cartridge which then dropped to the ground.
Suddenly Konstantis drew his pistol and fired, missing, the bullet sticking in the church wall where it is still visible today.
The first part of the piston downstroke drew in a fuel-air mixture, then the inlet valve closed and, in the remainder of the down-stroke, the fuel-air mixture fired.
Eyewitnesses reported gunshots, presumably fired into the air, increasing in frequency as the violent hours drew near.
The gang scattered at the approach of the police, and in their flight one drew a revolver and fired at Officer Rowan, without effect, however.
" Morgan Earp fired almost immediately as Billy drew his gun right-handed, hitting Billy Clanton in the right wrist.
As night drew in on the Channel, 24 cutters fitted with rocket frames formed a line and fired some 2, 000 rockets at Boulogne.
Recognizing McCarty's voice, Garrett drew his own pistol and fired twice, the first bullet striking McCarty in the chest just above his heart, although the second one missed and struck the mantle behind him ; McCarty fell to the floor and gasped for a minute and died.
His tank fired twice, damaging the Tiger's gun mantlet ; it drew back slightly and then raced past the side street before Bramall could respond.
Having fired their last shot of canister some of the Russians turned to run ; others, knowing the consequences of turning their backs on cavalry, drew their sabres.
York had fired all the rounds in his M1917 Enfield rifle, but drew his. 45 Colt automatic pistol and shot all six soldiers before they could reach him.
Yallop drew this conclusion from an interview in March 1971 with Dr. David Haler, the pathologist who carried out the autopsy on Miles, who Yallop reports estimated the head wound was inflicted by a bullet of between. 32 and. 38 calibre fired from between six to nine feet away.
He investigated the American Hanley Hydro-Jet, a model which drew in water and fired it out through a steerable nozzle underneath the boat.
After being shot, Brann turned, drew his pistol, and fired multiple shots at Davis, who fell, mortally wounded, in the doorway of the Jake French Cigar Store.
Cock drew his truncheon, and Peace, determined not to be caught, fired again, this time seriously wounding Cock.
He drew his weapon and fired three shots at the stadtholder.
At least six of the U. S. ships — including Laffey, O ' Bannon, Atlanta, San Francisco, Portland, and Helena — fired at Akatsuki, which drew attention to herself with her illuminated searchlight.
The UTW drew up a list of demands for the industry as a whole: a thirty hour week, minimum wages ranging from $ 13. 00 to $ 30. 00 a week, elimination of the stretch-out, union recognition, and reinstatement of workers fired for their union activities.
Kinkel drew the Glock and fired one shot before he was disarmed, injuring Ryker again as well as another student.
Leinsdorf stayed with the company for only one season, being fired after his ambitious program of contemporary and unusual works for the 1966 season failed to sooth financial problems at the NYCO and drew harsh criticism from the press.
Allison then drew his own revolver and fired one shot, striking Colbert in the head.
At the initial sound of gunfire, a panicked Sam Pellar drew his. 38 and instinctively fired a shot in the general direction of shooters ( this bullet unintentionally struck Weiss as he collapsed onto the sidewalk ).
According to the Prince, it was Noir who took umbrage at the epithet and struck him first, whereupon he drew his revolver and fired at his aggressor.
By the time Whittemore had fired his third shot, a British detachment reached his position ; Whittemore drew his sword and attacked.
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