Thirty-three year old “Big” John Comstock, who police described as a “Notorious swindler at the wire tapping game.” was killed on this date back in 1904 as a
result of his coming to the aid of young lady.
During the
evening of May 4, another West side gangster named William “Lefty Donnelly”
Donlon, attacked a young woman and Comstock, along with a few other men came to
her aid. Afterwards, Comstock retired to a saloon for the evening. At 8:30 the
following morning Comstock was still sitting at the bar ( an enviable life) when “Lefty Donnelly”
entered and shot him twice. Unfortunately for “Lefty” two cops were nearby and
arrested him as he tried to leave. Fortunately for "Lefty" “Big” John adhered to that old gangster code and died later that evening refusing
to name Donlon as his killer.
2 comments:
I'll bet his doctor told him that spending so much time in bars would shorten his life. I guess he just didn't know by how much.
Everything in moderation...apparently that goes for being a nice guy too.
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