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...being harassed by an active police. Chief Detective John Stege had begun an inconvenient practice of giving "house parties" at headquarters for all known gangsters picked up on sight. Capone was ready to face these changes when he returned to Chicago. He had left short, stocky, moon-faced Jake Guzick, who hides shrewd ability under a spunkless whine, in charge of the Capone gang. Guzick would make his "business report." Capone would do whatever reorganizing was necessary. The peace pact negotiated at Atlantic City was still in force. Such gang killings as had occurred were sporadic personal affairs, no part...