On September 20, 1926, the most spectacular attempted Mob "hit" in Beer Wars, and perhaps in all criminal! History occurred at the Hawthorne Hotel in Cicero, Illinois.
Hymie Weiss, de facto leader of the Chicago North Side Gang, sought revenge for the murder of his former boss, "Deanie" O'Banion, by hired gunmen of South Side Gang boss, Al Capone. A lone automobile drove past the Hawthorne's restaurant, either firing blanks or into the air with the expectation that a curious Capone would come to the windows. He did.
Then a cavalcade of cars crammed with criminals began to roll by in stately procession, unloading hundreds of Tommy Gun and pump shotgun shells through the windows and doors. Capone's bodyguard instantly knocked his boss to the floor, and covered him with his own body as the entire Hawthorne Inn came apart around and above them.
Three civilians were wounded on the street (Big Al paid their bills), but neither "The Big Fellow" nor anyone else was killed.
Not for three more weeks, anyway, when Hymie was shot to pieces crossing the street from Mass at Holy Name Cathedral towards his late pal "Deanies" flower shop.
And the price of beer kept going up…
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