Chicago, April 16, 1934. Prohibition is over, the main racket is now narcotics. The New York Syndicate, the ""Big 6"" send their representative Wally Corbin to Chicago, to pick up a shipment of heroin from Louie ""The Bear"" Madikoff-- he's the top dealer in the Midwest and the chief supplier of the NY Syndicate. Ness has already picked off 2 of Madikoff's runners. Wally picks up 1-1/2 kilos of the junk, worth $200,000. But Wally gets picked off too, he gets gunned down in a shootout with Ness and Lee Hobson and Enrico Rossi.
And so Charles ""Lucky"" Luciano, the big boss in New York, phones Madikoff. Luciano says maybe this deal is too big for Madikoff, and he might have to deal with Mike Pavanos instead. Madikoff says he'll run Pavanos into the lake if he tries to take over; he also suspects Pavanos has been tipping Ness. Madikoff sets up a meet with Ness one night; Ness is riding in Madikoff's car, with Hobson and Rossi following behind in their car. Madikoff blatantly tells Ness
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