October 1932, Chicago.ย With Capone in the slammer, other bosses are biting off chunks of Capone's empire.ย One boss is Frankie Gruder, head of a group that is the forerunner of Murder, Inc.; Gruder wants control of all the Canadian imports and exports.ย Gruder and his boys go to a warehouse, Gruder shoots a longshoreman.ย Ness and his men show up and start blasting.ย There's a shoot-out.ย Gruder manages to escape.