Talk:Buster from Chicago

“Thompson Wont Fit In Violin Case”
What was the exact context of the quote which stated that he carried a Thompson sub-machine gun in a violin case? He could’ve meant disassembled for transport (the Wikipedia article on the Thompson contains an image demonstrating this exact thing), he could’ve meant without the magazine inserted and it’s worth keeping in mind that the early 1921 model of Thompson - which did experience sales both foreign and domestic - was made (rather optimistically in my opinion) without the wooden buttstock that would later make up the famous silhouette of subsequent models, dramatically shortening the over-all length of the firearm, and these models made use of a 20-round magazine slimmer than the famous drum and shorter than the later 30-round magazine.

This seems a rather trivial quibble admittedly, but my point is that saying definitively that the Thompson couldn’t fit in a violin case is - in this instance - without context for what the man meant and more generally, unsubstantiated - verging on disingenuous depending on why one chooses to assert as much in the first place. I’d assume it’d still be substantially heavier than a violin regardless, though, so I suppose one would just have to hope any would-be inspector isn’t the musical type.2601:87:4400:AF2:F853:5EA1:DD35:549C (talk) 09:57, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Real story of Buster from Chicago
Buster from Chicago's real name was Sebastiano Domingo. {1910-1933} His life story is found at:

http://www.onewal.com/a017/f_swmichigan.html

David Critchley, "The New York City Mafia, 1891-1931," New York: Routledge, 2008

The information given below is based on outdated and untested data, mixing fact and myth indiscriminately. Almost every allegation is wrong. David Critchley's article and book is based on newly discovered materials and includes sources of information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.133.107 (talk • contribs)

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