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Al Capone — Part 35

64 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 64 pages OCR'd
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Lived as Gentleman, | Even Among Wealthy: Jack McGurn was no gentle-)sacre, during most of which time man; but he lived like one. And Louise Rolfe, one of the ‘| first of the gangsteris molls, con- ducted herself very much as a lady. Born Vincent Gebard!, he took the Irish monicker of Jack Mc- Gurn when he embarked on 4 short career as a lightweight pu- gilist. But by the time McGurn had switched to machine guns in his business of fighting, golf had be- come his favorite sport. GOOD GOLF PLAYER. 4 And he was a good golfer. He boasted that he shot around 78. Touise's usual score was about 96. and on the golf links they were us attractive and as fashionable ‘@ pair as could be seen, Many a golfer filled up a four- some at the Evergreen public course without knowing the mild-, mannered, trim stranger in the party was McGurn. And many ‘4. player. on Lincoln Park course ad- _-mired: the form of Louise as sh: | Played on the fairway and | green. In Florida on the beaches in the Winter they cut as neat a figure as the New York million- aires with whom they rubbed shoulders. ; A frequenter of Chicago hotels and night clubs, McGurn, always immaculately but not filashily Gressed, looked the part of a Pros; | rerous business man guest. How well he fit into the picture tras shown by the fact that he lwed in the Stevens for two weeks following the St. Valentine's mas* all Chicago policemen were sup- posed to be hunting him. ACQUIRED FINE HOME. In the heyday of their success, they acquired a fine home at 1114 N. Kenilworth ay., in the exclu- sive north end of Oak Park, In the depression of post-pro- hibition that home was lest, but the McGurns were living in a modest home a few blocks away when Louise got word there that her husband had been killed. In recent months McGurn had sunk many points in the under- world scale and the one-time Public Enemy No. § was reported to be the proprietor of a Maywood « bookmaking establishment that would take bets as low as 50 cents. But even that emporium was properly housed. ‘The bultlding v was a closed bank building. he Nariscr ae . tf a
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