Synopsis

In Chicago, Pete "The Persuader" Kalmisky, once a bodyguard for Al Capone, and Alan Sitkin, a Syndicate business manager, met with Joey December, president of the financially troubled Great Lakes Pacific Railroad. A clandestine agreement was forged: Joey would transport their illicit liquor on his trains in exchange for a twenty percent cut of the profits. After Kalmisky departed, Sitkin spoke with Joey privately. He offered Joey $100,000 for ten thousand shares of Canada Central stock, which wa