"Old time criminal and bootlegger. Acquitted of two murders and accused of many others. Reputed to be the most violent criminal in Chicago." With those brief words, the Chicago Crime Commission managed to accurately sum up South Side gang boss Frank McErlane. Familiar to most crime buffs as an exceptionally violent supporting character in Al Capone biographies, McErlane was the most feared gangster in Chicago. Beith?och is the first full-length biography...