Babe, they got you, Babe

Martin "Babe" Mullaney was a beer runner in the employ of Chicago bootlegger Joseph "Red" Bolton. Police said that he had decided to go into business for himself and was trying to line up customers. That may be the reason he was bumped off on this date back in 1930.

At approximately 3:00 AM, Mullaney came stumbling into the lobby of the Alto Hotel where he lived. He was noticeably intoxicated and swaggered to his room. A few minutes later two guys entered the Alto and told the night clerk that they were friends of Mullaney and went up stairs.

A short time later, numerous other hotel guest were waken up by shots. The manager entered Mullaney's room and found everything in disarray. Looking into the closet he found Mullaney's body which had been propped up inside the closet. It was noted that the dead man was wearing a deputy sheriff's badge so perhaps he was shaking down other racketeers and was found out.

Babe Mullaney