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A 6 page research paper which looks specifically at the Prohibition era and how Chicago was ruled by gangsters, bootleggers, and corrupt politicians at that time. This era ended when mobster Al Capone was finally arrested for tax evasion by 'Untouchable' leader Elliott Ness. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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reputation of the city as the epitome of corruption and graft. Chicago invented organized crime and saw its most famous hit-and-run freelancer, John Dillinger, dies in front of one of
its movie theater all within a single decade (Kelly, 1995). When a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol fires a bullet, that bullet travels at a speed of 579 miles per hour. Lets
say the bullet strikes a brick. It will leave distinctive radiating cracks from the point of impact. If one knows where to look as Prohibition-era historian Mark LeVell does, there
are places in Chicago which speak eloquently of its less then reputable past (Kelly, 1995). Big Tim Murphy was shot close to 2525 West Morse Avenue. Big Tim was
not a big wheel in the gangster world. On the night of June 26, 1928, the Democratic National Convention was about to nominate Al Smith to run for President, and
Big Tim was listening on the radio when he heard a knock at his door. Opening the door and not seeing anyone, he stepped outside. Too late, he saw the
car. Half a dozen gangster enemies pumped out at least thirty shots from the cars open window (Kelly, 1995). The holes are still visible on the door of the house
(Kelly) and indicative of the violence which ruled Chicago during the gangster era. Chicago regards its criminal past with a certain degree of ambiguity. Most embarrassing to current-day Chicago is
the way that the citys politicians and police were part of the scenario and intrinsic to the fabric of crime which governed the city. One politician of the era is
quoted as having said, "Were at the trough now, and were going to feed" (Kelly, 1995; p. 65). Judges were pallbearers at the funeral of gangsters and police rode shotgun
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