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man of unflinching courage, he had little more of the graces-of poltte Hewes bdullets several times 254 until had the reputation, like Bugs foram, of being a man with a charmed le. : ‘Wounded in Hotel Shooting. : The first attempt qn his life was made in March, 1926," - _ Two years later, on March 7, 1928, when he had already risen high in the Capone counells, McGurn and an- other man were shot in the smoke shop of the McCormick {now the streets. Bullets struck McGurn in the chest and left arm, but he recovered wickly. The shooting was attributed enemies of Capone. A fusiiiade of shots was poured on im April 17, 1928, as he drove his automobile in Morgan street at Har- rison street. That time he escaped unscathed and called up severel of , his friends to report his good fortune. ‘ Seized with Machine Gua. In the following month McGura wi arrested while carrying machit) gun in his automobile. He was fre on a technicality, A raid on his apar! ment in the Guyon hotel at 4000 Wash- ington boulevard at about the same, time ylelded shotguns and pistols. 1 “A man can keep arms at home,” | he told the police, with a smile. “I have to keep an arsenal to protect myself.” Following the St. Valentine da: massacre, which “secret witnesses ” were said to have laid at his door, McGurn and Loulse Rolft resided for eri weeks in a@ loop hotel. He furnished an accounting of his move- ments on the day of the massacre and Loulse supported his story so stanch- dy that she won herself the nickname of “Bionde Alibi.” She pertormed the same kindly office each time he was accused pf lcrime and the police, tired of this, ft st persuaded federal agents to af. st the couple as violators of Mann act. The prosecution was Croydon] hotel at Rush and Onterlo/ and wished to live the life of an Oak on an allegatitW That they had tint] 3) eled together to Florida, In July of 1931 they were found guilty in the federal court. McGura was sentenced to two years In prison and the girl to four months in jail. Nefther served any, tims behind bars, however, on -this - conviction. {thet ‘They. went through a marriage cére- mony while the case was being fought through to thg United States Suprenia court, -Puat tyigunal beid the couple lived together tn their trip to the south was not for, immoral purposes but was an fricident to their usual course of life, The con: viction was therefore reversed, © = McGurns Move to Oak Park. - McGurn and his wife, shortly after | model and reopen. . the old Boss gangster Capone went to} Since then he had been interes! prison for failing to pay his Income|in a number of «undercover enter- tax, moved into a house at 1014 North | prises, including @ tavern In Mel: Kenilworth avenue, Oak Park. He|Park that masked a gambling hot insisted that he was out of the rackets |He had been keeping well out of lice notice. A year ago he and hi Park gentleman. wife moved from 1014 to 12% Ni Jt was in late August of 1933 while' Kenilworth avenue, Oak Park. : Cet ares We Ned 1?