Word: bauler
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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...applause. The Empty Elevator. Downtown Philadelphia seemed almost deserted. There were empty rooms in most hotels, and no racketing band music in the lobbies. It was possible to board an elevator in the Bellevue-Stratford without waiting. At 12:30 a.m. on a pre-convention morning, Illinois Delegate "Paddy" Bauler (who once made Chicago history by shooting a cop in the pants during a brawl outside his saloon) stared down the quiet sidewalks of Broad Street and said: 'We got more excitement in the 43rd ward at 11 o'clock in the morning when the guys...