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$30,000 when the coroner went through his pockets as he lay dead in a basement room whither he had fled from police. But King Torrio, on thin bailed Casey out of jail in order to have a body guard en route home. It was quite plain that O’Banion was in revolt For the next few months Torrio en- gaged himself tn Cicer eo matters were far from ideal. The O’Donnells were helping themselves to a lot of me customers, Eddie Tancl was defiant to all propositions and overtures cant £2 top of it all, the Genna brothers over in Little Italy ‘were whispering at the ton of their voices that O’Banion was con- tinuing his efforts to “muscle in” on their territory, Elsewhere in his realm Was sporadic warfare, Joe Saltis was having a Great time with “Spike” O'Donnell’s Marauding bands of hi- jackers, terrorists and killers, Gare. sters were being taken for “rides” from which there was no return, saloons and roadhouses were being bombed with int fo bail himself and his companion James Casey, out of custody. O'Banion, sought short remained in jail until pro: fessional bondsmen, William Skidroce and Ike Roderick, long associated witt gambling and viee in Chicago, could Nee earlier than their wont and pry hee out with the requisite $5,000.00. Wonder fas expressed at the time over the fact that Torrio had not peeled off “ake $5,000 for Dion. Later events proved that the flamboyant Irishman wae G0 extremely bad odor with the king, and the ‘Sieben fiasco served to bring their Jong association to just about the break ing point. O’Banion, walking out of ths : b % Federal building with Skidmore’ ara shed ne paeeularity. Torrie probably Roderick, spoke in no uncertary terms shed no tears during this period when of this man who supposedly told ir he learned that Walter O'Donnell, was what was what, “He’s a god-dam Jerry O'Conner arrested and charged with the murder double-crossing wop,” exploded Dion, of Alfred Dickman, Walter, brother of cand she's turning ‘yellow all onic “Spike” virtually clubbed Dickman to O'Banion explained ‘that’ Torrio hed death with his fists. owner (Upper) Jerry O'Conner, a ite fevered rambling joint in which Patrick King was killed (lower photo). The Play “Seven Keys to Baldpate” had wothing om Jerry's joint. Me had given cet twenty-five keys to the place, a fact ontablished when the police investigated the King reac, Terry was = brother-in-law of the Gusenberg brothers, who were slate ie the Valentine Massacre. pn 53