a result, Dunn was involved in at least two murders that month. It was later determined that his high-strung mental state resulted in him panicking and shooting in both cases. Skippy Rohan, now trying to live a normal life, was unfortunately oblivious to all this. On the evening of January 7, 1916, Skippy Rohan and his friend August Hartmann attended a meeting for the shoemaker's union they belonged to. Afterwards, Rohan suggested they go have a few drinks in the old neighborhood. At 12:30 that morning, the two were in Tom Egan's saloon at Broadway and Carr. Even though it was a Friday night, the saloon was nearly empty. Egan's joint was a well-known gangster roost. The pair stood at the bar talking with bartender John Laker when Cherries Dunn suddenly barged in. Dunn told Laker to set the house up with drinks ... except for Rohan. Skippy growled, "What's the matter with me?" To which Dunn sneered, "Go on, you snitch!". Rohan stepped away from the bar, but before he could speak Dunn shot him squarely on the nose. Another bullet struck Rohan in the heart before he collapsed to the floor. While police suspected that Cherries Dunn had killed Skippy Rohan, they didn't charge him. It was later surmised that Dunn killed Rohan to keep him from revealing that he had been seen at the St. Louis police headquarters. Either way, Dunn was finished in the Egan's Rats to begin with. It was a long-standing edict that no crimes were to be committed on the premises of Tom Egan's saloon. After killing a man (and longtime friend of the boss), Dunn was marked for death. Willie Egan managed to save Dunn's life for the time being, until two of his men shot Cherries to death in a Pine Street lid club nine months later. References Further reading Waugh, Daniel. Egan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Gang that ruled Prohibition-era St. Louis Nashville: Cumberland House, 2007. 1871 births 1916 deaths American gangsters Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent Gangsters from St. Louis Deaths by firearm in Missouri People murdered in Missouri