By 1924, John "Pudgy" Dunn had relocated to Detroit, along with Fred "Killer" Burke, Gus Winkler, and other former members of the Egan's Rats. After years in prison and on the streets, Pudgy had turned quite volatile and trigger-happy. John was eventually convicted of killing a burglar named William Riley in January 1924 (while he was out on bond, Pudgy shot and nearly killed fellow gangster "Tennessee Slim" Hurley). Dunn was sentenced to 10 years in the Michigan State Penitentiary at Marquette. Paroled on November 21, 1934, John "Pudgy" Dunn returned to St. Louis and rejoined the local mob. Dunn worked as a bouncer at East Side gambling joints like the Mounds Country Club and the Ringside Club. Pudgy was also a natural for labor racketeering, as he had positions in both the Central Trades and Labor Union and the Miscellaneous Hotel Workers Union. After an evening's work, Pudgy Dunn was entering his Goodfellow Avenue apartment building at 3:50 a.m. on July 14, 1937, when a gunman opened fire with a sawed-off shotgun. Dunn bled to death from his wounds within a half-hour. References 1896 births 1937 deaths American people convicted of murder Gangsters from St. Louis People convicted of murder by Illinois Prohibition-era gangsters Depression-era gangsters American gangsters Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent