Originally Posted by CNote
Al and Sonny at a Cubs game with an alert McGurn behind Al. McGurn reaching inside his jacket as he is alarmed by perhaps an overzealous fan or the approaching peanut vendor. The end for Jack McGurn came exactly seven years and a day after the St. Valentines Day massacre. He was gunned down in a bowling alley and the killers left a calling card at the alleys front desk, reading.

“You’ve lost your job, you’ve lost your dough,

Your jewels and cars and handsome houses.

But things could still be worse you know…

At least you haven’t lost your trousers!”

The Cubbie in the photo is Gabby Hartnett, one of the best catchers of that era. He caught hell from the baseball commissioner, Judge Landis, who in a telegram warned him never again to pose for photos with Capone. Hartnett's reply: "OK, but you tell him." lol


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.