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	Jack McGurn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Machine Gun" Jack McGurn (1905–February 15, 1936) was a key member of Al Capone's Chicago-based criminal organization known as the Chicago Outfit, and believed to be the principal assassin and planner of the 1929 St.
		Sometime in the 1920s, McGurn joined Capone's gang, allegedly to avenge the murder of his father by the Sicilian Angelo Genna, whose crime family ruled the rackets on Chicago's West Side.
		McGurn, by then impoverished and abandoned by his fellow gangsters, was assassinated on St. Valentine's Day in 1936 in a Chicago bowling alley while wearing rented shoes exactly seven years after the massacre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_McGurn (331 words)

	Jack 'Machine Gun' McGurn.
		Jack was credited with over 25 known kills for the Capone Mob including 6 of the Genna gang and presumably those who had a hand in the killing of his father.
		McGurn was also suspected of being the principal gunner and planner of the St.
		Jack was arrested on suspicion of his involvement in the Massacre but the charges against him had to be dropped when his girlfriend, showgirl Louise Rolfe, swore that Jack had been with her at the time of the killings.
	www.gambino.com /bio/jackmcgurn.htm (786 words)

	gangsterJack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On the bottom of the photograph, it scribbled “Wife of Jack McGurn” and on the left side is written Ms.
		It turned out that Jack McGurn and Louise Rolfe were at first not married but later on had to because he was convicted of seven counts of murder and for white slavery.
		I think a lot of this is because of the media coverage at the time where the mafias were known to be immigrants and that they “successfully” made their name to the public and looked up to a certain extent.
	mason.gmu.edu /~mabdulha/gangsterJack.html (656 words)

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		McGurn was also known as "Machine Gun." He was born James DeMora and lived in Chicago.
		McGurn wouls often press a nickel into the hand of the victim.
		McGurn was also suspected of being the planner and gunner of the St.Valentine's Day Massacre.
	members.tripod.com /~capone77/mcgurn.html (229 words)

	gangsters
		Judging from the caption from the American Memeory website McGurn was not portrayed as a horrible person; "Informal full-length portrait of Jack McGurn, suspected killer in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and his sweetheart, Louis Rolfe, sitting at a table in a courtroom in Chicago, Illinois.
		Jack McGurn was chosen as most Italian or ethnic people at the time found success and or stayed away from police trouble by using his Italian name.
		If one were to see Jack McGurn on the street today they wouldn't necessarily label him as a gangster but maybe that of a buisnessman.
	mason.gmu.edu /~lfreema3/hist120/gangsters.html (615 words)

	Al Capone,the brilliant brutal Chicago crime czar, and his family history - The Crime library
		McGurn's men would be waiting for them, dressed in stolen police uniforms and trench coats as though they were staging a raid.
		McGurn, like Capone, wanted to be far away from the scene of the crime so he took his girlfriend and checked into a hotel.
		McGurn was smart enough to marry his girlfriend Louise Rolfe, better known as the "blonde alibi," who could not testify against her new husband.
	www.crimelibrary.com /capone/caponesaint.htm (1093 words)

	The True and Complete Story of Machine Gun Jack McGurn from Books.co.uk
		Jack McGurn is a somewhat unremarkable boy, born into a Sicilian world of passion and retribution.
		McGurn soon displays an innate flair for murder, disposing of Capone's enemies with imagination and calculated precision, invoking both admiration and respect from the infamous crime czar.
		When McGurn personally saves the life of Capone during a sustained and fiercely audacious assassination attempt, Capone views him as the key to his iniquitous success.
	www.books.co.uk /the_true_and_complete_story_of_machine_gun_jack_mcgurn/1905237138.html (472 words)

	St Valentine's Day Massacre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		McGurn was informed that Moran would be there himself at 10:30 am on February 14, a Thursday.
		McGurn had what he wanted, a clean annihilation of the chance of an open and shut case.
		McGurn was shot by gunmen in bowling alley on the eve of St. Valentines Day 1936 (it was a Thursday).
	www.btinternet.com /~dreklind/threetwo/valentine.htm (1977 words)

	'Come See the Paradise'
		It is 1936 and Lily, the eldest of the six American-born Kawamura kids, is being pressured to marry a rich old Japanese widower to whom her gambler father is greatly indebted.
		Their happiness ends when the militant Jack resumes his union activities against her wishes, and Lily feels forced to leave for L.A. with Mini on Pearl Harbor eve.
		In the meantime, Jack, who doesn't know where his family has been imprisoned, is drafted but refuses to give up his search for Lily and Mini.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/comeseetheparadiserkempley_a0a0d0.htm (627 words)

	La Cosa Nostra
		After that, Accardo was a regular bodyguard for Capone and it was not unusual to see him sitting in the lobby of the Hawthorn Inn with a Thompson submachine gun on his lap.
		On one occasion, McGurn returned to Capone's headquarters with a tale of how Tony had smashed the skulls of two men with a base ball bat.
		Again, the foursome of McGurn, Scalise, Anselmi and Accardo were to participate in the hit.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Lobby/9880/a.html (2467 words)

	Mcgurn Capone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		McGurn to avail themselves of Moran was to lead to...
		McGurn: Chief Bodyguard and Hit Man to Chicago's Most Infamous Crime Czar Al Capone and...
		McGurn had entered that year's Western Open under the name of...
	www.jolt12.co.uk /mcgurn_capone.html (381 words)

	Mcgurn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		McGurn, like Capone, made sure he was far away and checked into a hotel with...
		McGurn is to take up a position with the Irish international rugby squad.
		McGurn is to be the new fitness coach for the Ireland r...
	www.jolt12.co.uk /mcgurn.html (362 words)

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		McGurn knew them to be expensive but efficient killers, and probably reasoned that as they weren't from Chigago they were not likely to be recognised.
		Seven years later to the day "Machine Gun" Jack who used to put a silver nickel in the palm of his victims to show how little they were worth to him, lay dead.
		Only this time it was Jack who had a silver nickel in his hand and the comic "Valentine" lay by his body.
	www.sbarber-models.clara.net /html/st.valentines.htm (1130 words)

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		JACK You said that she was four foot tall and squat.
		JACK I was expecting a plate of steamed dumplings.
		JACK Because we lost sight of what we were fighting for.
	www.awesomefilm.com /script/seetheparadise.txt (5448 words)

	02/22/1991: ‘Paradise’ a love story amid tragic history
		Jack is enraged and creates a fuss, but is simply ejected.
		Paradise eventually becomes the story of Lily, the wife-mother who endures and survives not only the hardships of the camp but the impulsive mistakes of her husband, the hostility of her parents, and the various troubles of her siblings.
		Jack rescues Lily from an arranged marriage with a lusty older businessman.
	www.sentinel.org /articles/1991-8/6183.html (765 words)

	Movie Info for Come See the Paradise on MSN Movies
		Jack finds himself on the wrong side of the law after he gets involved in an ill-advised bombing of a scab shop, and he flees to Los Angeles, where Hiroshi Kawamura (Sab Shimono) gives him a job as a projectionist in L.A.'s Little Tokyo.
		Jack and Lily move to Seattle, where they are wed and soon have a daughter.
		Jack, ironically, is drafted into the Army and soon goes AWOL to return to California, where he tries to find his wife in the camps.
	entertainment.msn.com /Movies/Movie.aspx?m=97866 (306 words)

	Chicago Far West Side Travel Attractions Trips Maps Tours Guide Murders Cemeteries Posters Ghosts Nitti Hemingway
		McGurn was a caricature of the Jazz Age.
		McGurn is believed to have master-minded the St. Valentine's Day Massacre on February 14, 1929.
		McGurn was killed in retaliation of his role in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.
	www.yourhometown.org /page20.html (5850 words)

	Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
		As the twenties roared, The Green Mill became mobster territory when Al Capone's henchman, "Machinegun" Jack McGurn, gained a 25% ownership of the club.
		Manager Danny Cohen had given McGurn the 25% stake to "persuade" comedian/singer Joe E. Lewis from moving his act south to the New Rendezvous Café at Clark and Diversey.
		McGurn managed to convince Lewis by slitting his throat and cutting off his tongue.
	greenmilljazz.com /history.html (327 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Jack McGurn walked back to the Lexington, and people stayed out of his way.
		He was mad, and when he got mad, his muscles all knotted up and that made his guts hurt where the bullets had passed through him.
		McGurn went over to the phone and asked for a line to Cicero.
	www.lastcallpoker.com /user/machinegun/txt_poorbaby (251 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Bishop in the West Wing : A Bishop Blackie Ryan Novel: Books: Andrew M Greeley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Paul Michael's voice for all seasons is completely satisfying as the imperturbable Bishop Blackie, McGurn's teenaged daughters, a commanding attorney general, and an amiable leader of the free world.
		The newly elected president,an Irish Catholic, Jack McGurn, from Chicago, surrounds himself with a close staff that is Irish Catholic, and, artistic license,(patently) they are all portrayed as beautiful, bright, and filled with witty anecdotes and stories.
		McGurn is a president you'll like, his 2 daughters are laughable, and the ongoing romps of the Senior Staff are memorable.
	www.amazon.ca /Bishop-West-Wing-Blackie-Novel/dp/0812575989 (1780 words)

	Jack Zuta: Angina from the Grave by Allan May
		One sensational digression from this rule was the killing of Alfred "Jake" Lingle, a Chicago Tribune reporter, on the afternoon of June 9, 1930, in a crowded pedestrian underpass.
		An investigation showed that the killers had rented cabins in the area and had been there for at least a week prior to the murder.
		Several names came up during the murder investigation, including Tony Accardo, "Machinegun" Jack McGurn, Sam "Golf Bag" Hunt, Lawrence Mangano and even a couple of gunmen, Henry Finkelstein and Ted Newberry, associated in the past with the North Siders.
	crimemagazine.com /zuta.htm (1931 words)

	Real Chicago: Chicago-Sun Times Photo Essay
		“Machine Gun” Jack McGurn is shot to death at the Avenue Recreation bowling alley, 805 North Milwaukee Avenue, seven years after the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
		McGurn, who was Al Capone’s trigger man, was an expert golfer who played once in the Western Open—until being outed as a gangster.
		He was waiting for his turn to bowl when he was gunned down a few minutes after midnight.
	www.suntimes.com /photos/galleries/realchicago_sports/1930s/12.html (67 words)

	Bill Lovett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nearing the end of Lovett's reign, he was severely injured during an attempt on his life by a young Italian, Vincenzo Gibaldi, who was out to settle a score over the murder of his father at the hands of Lovett's gang.
		(Gibaldi went on to become a deadly killer for none other than Al Capone's Chicago Outfit, better known as "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn).
		This put Lovett out of the war for awhile during which time, recovering in hospital, he grew close to Lonergan's sister Anna and eventually became engaged to her on one condition: Lovett would leave the gang and hand the leadership to someone else.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Lovett (367 words)

	Unusual Guide to Chicago - Tour, Explore the Northside
		MCGURN SLITS THROAT OF JOE E. On October 15, 1927, comedian Joe E. Lewis told the owner of the Green Mill Cafe that he was leaving to work at the New Rendezvous Cafe.
		The next day, gangster "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn, part owner of the green Mill, met Joe outside the Commonwealth Hotel at 2757 Pine Grove Ave.
		In 1942, Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, was a regular here at the fights.
	members.aol.com /KSchessler/wizzq.html (4083 words)

	Come See the Paradise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Union organizer on the run Jack McGurn gets a job in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.
		Lily and her family are sent to such a camp.
		Jack is drafted into the Army, but soon goes AWOL to find his wife and child.
	www.vernonjohns.org /snuffy1186/comesee.html (118 words)

	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (Reference)
		The plan, probably devised by Capone's henchman "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn, was simple and deviously clever, but Capone's primary target escaped.
		A bootlegger loyal to Capone would draw Moran and his gang to a warehouse under the pretense that they would be receiving a shipment of smuggled whiskey for a price that proved too good to be true.
		Among them were Jon May, an auto mechanic hired by Moran; Frank and Pete Gusenburg, who had previously tried to murder Machine Gun Jack McGurn; James Clark, Moran's brother-in-law; and Reinhardt Schwimmer, a young optometrist who often hung around for the thrill of sharing company with gangsters.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /valentines-day/united-states/4735.html?detoured=1 (508 words)

	Al Capone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		McGurn, like Capone, wanted to be far away from the scene of the crime so he took his girlfriend and checked into a hotel. Establishing an airtight alibi was uppermost in his mind.
		The bootleggers, caught in the act, did what they were told: they lined up against the wall obediently. The four assassins took the bootleggers' guns, and opened fire with two machine guns, a sawed-off shotgun and a.45. The men slumped to the floor dead, except for Frank Gusenberg who was still breathing.
		Soon, real policemen came to the garage and saw Frank Gusenberg, on the floor, dying from twenty-two bullet wounds.
	www.koolpages.com /nolimit/caponesaint.htm (371 words)

	The Untouchables: The Eddie O'Gara Story - TV.com
		That night, O'Gara has a meet with 7 hoods: Jack McGurn, Jinx Mahoney, Joe Aiello and his brother Dom, Jake Weinhof, Sammy Watuski, and Pete Herndon-- 7 of the worst cutthroats you could imagine.
		At night, O'Gara and McGurn burst into a Southside hideout, shoot 2 hoods, and steal the arsenal of choppers. Later, at the scene of the crime, Ness tells Capt. Johnson that it's the start of gang war that'll make the Clark Street Massacre seem like a tea party.
		The following nights: McGurn walks into a Southside speak and guns a hood; speeding cars with tommy-guns blasting shoot up a Southside pool hall and a hood on the sidewalk; a lobbed pineapple blows up a store.
	www.tv.com /the-untouchables/the-eddie-ogara-story/episode/77140/summary.html (624 words)

	Green Mill Handout
		It was a speakeasy partly owned by Al Capone henchman "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn.
		One of the most famous Green Mill stories concerns the hit McGurn ordered on Joe E. Lewis, who was a main entertainer at the club.
		When Lewis informed McGurn of his intention to leave, McGurn warned him that he wouldn't live to make the move.
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/cja/greenmill.html (329 words)

	News Archive - LastCall Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		She lets slip about McGurn's coming job to steal the bonds.
		McGurn is looking to divest the bonds in the stock market, with Strauss as his broker, and leave the mafia for the life of a legit businessman.
		A little history lesson: Jack McGurn was a killer for Capone.
	deaddrop.us /lastcall/index.php/News_Archive (6539 words)

	Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo.
		In the next couple of years, Accardo would be in trouble with the authorities a further eight times, never once spending a night in jail.
		No policeman thought to walk up to the gangster and arrest him for displaying such a lethal rapid fire weapon, for Capone at the time owned most of Chicago's judges and police.
		He was ordered to participate in the hit on Bugs Moran, now the leader of the North Side Gang after the demise of Hymie Weiss, in what was to become known as The Saint Valentines Day Massacre.
	www.gambino.com /bio/tonyaccardo.htm (2538 words)

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