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The physician is solely responsible for the medical services provided to you. Some physicians are employed by affiliates Brookwood Baptist Health System or participate in our clinically integrated network. There was an attack at this home in that John Looney attributed to W. Looney was seriously injured in the attack, and he and Wilmerton would go on to have a gun battle in broad daylight in downtown Rock Island.
However, a synopsis of gangster John Looney and his exploits follows. Looney's Exploits John Looney ran prostitution, gambling, guns, stolen cars and illegal liquor in Rock Island for most of the first quarter of the 20th century.
His exploits were infamous during the pre-Prohibition era and, after briefly retreating to the Southwest, he reemerged even more vicious and murderous in the s. Looney came to Rock Island in and eventually studied law and was admitted to the bar in He was a family man, with two daughters, who were respectable, and a son who followed him into crime.
By , he secured his influence through violence and with his newspaper, The Rock Island News , which was the epitome of yellow journalism. Looney routinely used lies and slander in his newspaper to blackmail community leaders. The most outrageous crimes began around with printing press explosions and street gun battles with W.
With the publication of this story, Schriver had the police round up Looney and delivered him to city hall, where the mayor beat Looney so severely he required an extended stay at St.
Two innocent bystanders were slain, eight people shot, and dozens others wounded. The sheriff, panicked by the extent of the riot, phoned Illinois Governor Charles Deneen, who immediately declared martial law and called out National Guardsmen.
The militia remained in Rock Island for nearly 30 days, until after the election. In the aftermath of the riot, Looney temporarily retreated to a ranch he owned in New Mexico. However, he returned to Rock Island in and quickly regained control of all his former illegal operations. Looney's Empire Collapses But while Looney had been away, others formed their own gangs.
Sharing any of it with Looney caused resentment, jealously and eventual defiance. The ambush was only partially successful, and Connor Looney died. What eventually brought Looney down were a paper trail, a murder and the relentless, furious editorials of The Rock Island Argus.
Saloonkeeper Bill Gabel had long been paying Looney protection money but balked at increased fees. Gabel and Looney ultimately worked out a payment deal, but Gabel paid with checks instead of the customary cash. When Gabel decided to hand evidence of these checks over to federal investigators, word of his betrayal got back to Looney.
Gabel met agents at the Como Hotel on the night of July 31,
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