The Rupa Book Of Thrills And Spills by Ruskin Bond

Author:Ruskin Bond [Bond, Ruskin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: en
ISBN: 9788129115904
Published: 2020-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

When he was twenty, Jack Bilbo was robbed by an American gangster on Broadway. A week or so later, down and out, he meets this same gangster again who gives him food and offers him work with 'the gangs'. Not until this German boy has been working with them for some time does he learn that he is part of Al Capone's giant organisation. His story opens now, when O'Connor, one of Al Capone's lieutenants, got him enrolled as the Boss's personal bodyguard.

When Al Capone was Ambushed

JACK BILBO

At eleven-thirty O'Connor came to the house, and called me. 'I have told the Boss about you,' he said. 'You are to start work as his bodyguard on trial. I hope that all will go well.'

We started off with Conny—eight of us—in two cars. On the way Conny explained my new job to me.

The bodyguard is responsible for the safety of the Boss,' he said. 'Your job is based on the assumption that his life is always being threatened, usually by enemy gangs but sometimes by the police. We gangsters can't even trust the police these day. There are thirty-six men in the bodyguard team and eighteen of them are on duty each week. Six men, with a leader, are always on duty at his home or in his office; the watch changes every eight hours. In your spare time you can do outside 'jobs' if you want to, but nothing that will bring you in danger.' He paused, then continued, emphasising every word, 'Remember— no stranger is allowed closer to the Boss than five paces. If any one acts suspiciously, shoot him first and ask questions later.'

Conny introduced me to the man sitting next to me, a swarthy individual called 'The Captain,' who looked like a Mexican. I learned later that he was from St. Louis and had been in Mexico in some bandit gang or the other. 'You keep an eye on young Sauerkraut,' Conny told him. The Captain gave me two passwords, the names of flowers, 'phlox' and 'daisy.'

As we travelled through the streets of Chicago to Capone's home I noticed that we were not bound towards one of the posh residential districts, where I had supposed Capone would live, but towards the better part of the business section. We stopped in front of a three-storey building, where no one would have expected to find a private apartment. Two small signs announced that the building contained the offices of a wholesale stocking firm and of 'Smith and Weber.' As I found later, both firms actually existed and did a regular and good business. But the stocking agency served as a weapon storage place for Capone, while 'Smith and Weber' were used as a secret address.

We entered the vestibule of the building. A giant African-American operated the extraordinarily big elevator that we found there. I saw no signs of any staircase, and learned later that there was none. As the elevator moved slowly upwards the man made a telephone call from a phone in the elevator.

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