Thirty Years in the Trenches Covering Crooks, Characters and Cape

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Introduction 8
Chapter 1 Smile For the Birdie 18
Chapter 2 Speak No Evil 24
Rocky Infelise 27
Loose Lips Sink Ships 31
Pay Up--or Else 35
Chapter 3 They Weren't the Real McCoy 40
The Bomb Scare 40
The Hostage Hoax 44
Chapter 4 The Chicago Chronicles 48
The Newsie 51
The Court Buffs 54
Libonati 59
Wally the Wiretapper 63
The Police Reporter 66
Ross Cascio 70
The Mayor of Rush Street 74
The Comic Who Couldn't Laugh Anymore 77
Vince Geraci 80
The Spieler 85
The College of Complexes 88
The Masseur 91
Tiger Joe 93
The Stripper 96
Jelly Holt 99
Iwo Jima Hero 102
Chapter 5 They Took the Stand 106
Tokyo Joe 106
The Informant 110
Chapter 6 The Distaff Side 116
Ladies of the Night 116
Jimmy Nicholas, Say Hello to Rosie 123
The Colonel's Widow 127
The Muskie Lady 130
Chapter 7 Tough Guys 133
The Last Moments of Billy Dauber 133
The Collector 139
The New Alcatraz 144
Public Enemy Number One 151
Mob Muscleman 157
Chapter 8 For Armchair Sleuths 162
The Blizzard Murders 165
The Murdered Executive 169
The Marlborough Diamond 172
Where's Woody? 179
The Canon Heist 183
Chapter 9 Attention Hollywood! 187
The Balmoral Caper 187
The Strange Case of Dr. James Middleton 193
John DeJohn 199
Chapter 10 Down and Out 202
A Walk on the Wild Side 202
King of the Panhandlers 207
Treadmill to Oblivion 210
Chapter 11 The Jocks 217
Honeyboy 217
Cauliflower Alley 220
The Grunt and Groaners 225
The Sandman 234
Mr. Quarterback 239
Epilogue 244

Title: Thirty Years in the Trenches Covering Crooks, Characters and Capers

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Art Institute of Chicago

Item Number: 9781886094772

Publication Date: August 1998

Number: 1

Product Description: Full Name: Thirty Years in the Trenches Covering Crooks, Characters and Capers; Short Name:Thirty Years in the Trenches Covering Crooks

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Rating: 4/5 based on 2 Reviews

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Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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Thirty Years in the Trenches Covering Crooks, Characters and Capers

John Drummond was a local TV reporter. He covered a lot of the Outfit (Chicago Mob) stories, kind of the oddball story. He was the of the ones covering those. And this book is filled with a lot of those great old stories. People ratting out the mob and having to go into the witness protection program. He talks about how one of those ratters helped convict the killer of the three little boys in 1955. The guy had bragged to him about abusing and killing two of them. His brother killed the other. Another great story is Ruth Steinhagen and the shooting of Philadelphia Phillies first baseman "Cowboy" Eddie Waitkus at the Edgewater Beach Hotel (later dramatized in "The Natural").

One of my favorite stories, though, was one of the last ones. It was how he got his job as a combination anchorman, sportswriter and live commercial, all at the same time for a small market station. He was supposed to be reading copy for an ad for Schlitz beer ("the beer that made Milwaukee famous") at the same time he was pouring a Schlitz. Whether he got the job or not depended on whether he knew how to pour a beer with just enough head but not too much. No head at all and who wants to buy Schlitz? He got the job.

It was fun to read about the old stories that I grew up seeing being reported on the news.

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	Introduction	8
Chapter 1	Smile For the Birdie	18
Chapter 2	Speak No Evil	24
	Rocky Infelise	27
	Loose Lips Sink Ships	31
	Pay Up--or Else	35
Chapter 3	They Weren't the Real McCoy	40
	The Bomb Scare	40
	The Hostage Hoax	44
Chapter 4	The Chicago Chronicles	48
	The Newsie	51
	The Court Buffs	54
	Libonati	59
	Wally the Wiretapper	63
	The Police Reporter	66
	Ross Cascio	70
	The Mayor of Rush Street	74
	The Comic Who Couldn't Laugh Anymore	77
	Vince Geraci	80
	The Spieler	85
	The College of Complexes	88
	The Masseur	91
	Tiger Joe	93
	The Stripper	96
	Jelly Holt	99
	Iwo Jima Hero	102
Chapter 5	They Took the Stand	106
	Tokyo Joe	106
	The Informant	110
Chapter 6	The Distaff Side	116
	Ladies of the Night	116
	Jimmy Nicholas, Say Hello to Rosie	123
	The Colonel's Widow	127
	The Muskie Lady	130
Chapter 7	Tough Guys	133
	The Last Moments of Billy Dauber	133
	The Collector	139
	The New Alcatraz	144
	Public Enemy Number One	151
	Mob Muscleman	157
Chapter 8	For Armchair Sleuths	162
	The Blizzard Murders	165
	The Murdered Executive	169
	The Marlborough Diamond	172
	Where's Woody?	179
	The Canon Heist	183
Chapter 9	Attention Hollywood!	187
	The Balmoral Caper	187
	The Strange Case of Dr. James Middleton	193
	John DeJohn	199
Chapter 10	Down and Out	202
	A Walk on the Wild Side	202
	King of the Panhandlers	207
	Treadmill to Oblivion	210
Chapter 11	The Jocks	217
	Honeyboy	217
	Cauliflower Alley	220
	The Grunt and Groaners	225
	The Sandman	234
	Mr. Quarterback	239
	Epilogue	244