kill with no abandon. His main hangout was the Typo Press Club, a saloon located at the rear of 712 Pine Street. The final straw occurred on August 21, 1916, when Cherries Dunn and his pal, Eddie Schoenborn, shot and killed a semi-pro boxer named Harry Romani who was hooked up with the Egan mob. The task of getting rid of Dunn thus fell to his friend Willie Egan. Egan and four of his men confronted Harry "Cherries" Dunn inside the Typo Press Club at 3 a.m. on September 19, 1916. During their conversation at the bar, two of Egan's men, Walter Costello and Frank "Gutter" Newman, shot and killed Dunn without warning. Harry Dunn's murder touched off a gang war between the Egan's Rats and the Bottoms Gang which claimed around a dozen lives. After his release from prison, John "Pudgy" Dunn swore to avenge his brother's murder by killing everyone connected to his death. References 1892 births 1916 deaths Gangsters from St. Louis American gangsters Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent Deaths by firearm in Missouri