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Sammy Malaga, body guard to Oberta, attempted to get away from the Mller in the rear seat of their automobile. Me Gidn't make it, as the photographs seem to indicate. the shooting began, and Raymond Cassidy fell to the side-walk dead, victim of a bullet intended for Stanton. This dreadful marksmanship gave credence to the belief that Quinlan must have done the shooting, because Maloney had never been known to miss his man. Neither “Bubs” nor Maloney was arrested for this murder, but it in- [63] spired young Michael McGovern to more serious efforts to avenge his brother’s death. How many attempts he made to kill Maloney will never be known, but he made several. One occurred on July 6, 1929, and was partly successful, for, when Maloney went on trial for the murders of McPad- den and McGovern, he moved about on crutches. He ql