On Valentine’s Day 1929, four men connected with Al Capone’s Chicago gang killed seven rivals with Thompson machine guns, better known as Tommy guns. The bloody massacre shocked the nation, making ...
Except for Al Capone, Gen. John Thompson would be forgotten by all but serious devotees of military history. The two never met, being cut from different cloth. Thompson, a khaki-clad military man who ...
Imagine Chicago during Prohibition. About 2,000 speakeasies rose into business to quench many a citizen’s thirst. Gangsters ran those speakeasies; alcohol flowed at any cost. While patrons tippled and ...
The guns also became staples of Hollywood gangster movies. Included at one point in the vast arsenal held by Stembridge Gun Rentals, a shop on Paramount Pictures’ back lot, were 72 Tommy guns. The ...
Except for Al Capone, Gen. John Thompson would be forgotten by all but serious devotees of military history. The two never met, being cut from different cloth. Thompson, a khaki-clad military man who ...
Except for Al Capone, Gen. John Thompson would be forgotten by all but serious devotees of military history. The two never met, being cut from different cloth.