The Coolidge examiner., 1933-10-27
WHY MARGARET NOW
is SEARCHING FOR
SWEETHEART NO. 9
Number 8 Soon Had More
Than Enough of Kiss
of Death" Girl.

ChicagO.-It becomes a mOurnful
duty to record a series Of incidents
which have resulted in what gang
Sters would quantity term the soften
ing-up of Sol (Bulldog) Teldman.
Until a few months ago the Bull
dog was supremely tough. In his
twenty-seven years he had INDUCED
in a variety of crimes, but his spe.
ciaIty was assault and battery. He
had gained his nickname in rough
and tumble battle by gripping his
opponents ear in strong teeth and
holding on until victory was his
Then love entered the Bulldogs
life last spring in the person of Mar
garet Mary Collins. a platinum
blond Q933). apprehensively known
in gangland circles as the kiss of
death" girl.
No Wooers for Margaret.
To put the matter delicately Mar
garet. despite her admitted attrac-
tlons, was not the belle of gangland
when the amorous eye of the Bull
dog fell upon her. To be more pre-
else. Margaret not only had no WOO
ers-she was carefully avoided by
the ,allants of her world.
There las a good reason for Mar
garet's unpopularity. She had had
p en- sweethearts in eigh, years and
each of them had died suddenly and
in highly unrefined manner.
Jack Sheehy cafe manager. vas
No. on the list. A poIiceman's bul-
let removed him from Margaret's
side. Dean O'Banion, the bootlegger
and florist. was next His sudden
demise before volley of gangsters
guns has been often described.
There followed Irving (Sonny)
Schllg, Johnny Phillips. David (Jew
Boy) Bates. Eugene (Red) McLaugh
lin. and Sammy Katz. Bullets took
them all soon after they became &C
qualnted. and each In his turn. with
Margaret
Naturally enough, the boys In the
rackets began to think of Margaret
in terms of bad luck And when Sol
(Bulldog) FeldnIan, the mayhem ex-
pert. began TO pay her some atten
tion. his friends warned him. He
laughed scornfully. A man who
bites ears and likes it is not su.
perstitious.
The Bulldog soon thereafter was
shot and seriously wounded by po-
licemen after he had stolen fur
coat from a window. Taken } @
hospital, where Margaret nursed him
tenderly. Feldman grinned and said
the jinx couldn't bother him. He
grew well and his acquaintances
spoke OF him admirlngly.
Bulldog" Has Relapse.
But the Bulldog was unable to at.
tend his trial recently before Grim
inal Court Judge Rudolph Desort
He had had a relapse. The nature
Of the relapse" was revealed sew
eral days ago.
Feldman's younger sister was
married and gay wedding party
was celebrated afterwards in an
apartment hotel at Alice place and
Hoyne avenue. Margaret Mary Col
lins was there as the true and low.
ing tiancee of the Bulldog. Late In
the evening Margaret became joyous
and danced with another man than
the Bulldog.
Thinking to chastise Margaret for
This breach of manners. the Bulldog
snatched a beer bottle and laid II
ove.' Margaret's head. Margaret was
made unconscious for the moment,
but the little incident would prob
ably have gone unnOticed except for
the presence of three husky Joung
doctors on the taft of the North
western Foot clinic. who were In
vited guests a; the party.
Unaware of gangster etiquette.
this trio resented the Bulldogs act
and fell upon him. breaking several
ribs. Imprinting bruises upon most
of his body. and inhicting injuries
which may cause the loss of an eye.
Margaret Mary Collins is reported
to be ready to forgive her man all,
but the Bulldog. through a mass of
bandages. muttered that he was
through now. Margaret is wistfully
seeking sweetheart No. 9.