gangdom
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But the driving force behind the Federal battering ram against Chicago gangdom was softspoken, bush-haired U. S. District Attorney George Emmerson Q. Johnson, born and bred on an Iowa farm 56 years ago.
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After that, sad-eyed little Mickey Cohen became the undisputed boss of Los Angeles' gangdom.
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He graduated from gangdom when the Capitol's chief conductor fell ill on the eve of a performance.
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Born in Chicago 35 years ago, son of a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother, Author Lundberg got his start as a police reporter in purple days of Chicago gangdom.
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Mr. Wray is the Napoleon of high gangdom, who says: "Ah, jeeze," and "Ah, whot duh hell."
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