According to (a pretty rotten) biography on McGurn I have in My possesion (Chicago Assassin) his real father was hit by the lowett outfit in NY and his stepfather in Chicago by blackhanders.
Yes,McGurn had a deceased father in New York and a stepfather in Chicago also.
In New York in the early 20's FRankie Yale had problems with the White Handers or the Wild Bill Lovett gang so Yale asked for help from his old cronies that moved to Chicago...guys like Capone and McGurn.Sources say tha on November 1,1923,White Hand leader Wild Bill Lovett was shot and hit over the head with a cleaver,while sleeping.Lovett was killed by a mafioso named Willie “Dui Cuteddi” or “Two Knifes” Altierri.
By the way many people claim that the book Chicago Assassin is full of misinformation.
