The Untouchables

Man in the Middle (3x21)

Data de estreia: Abr 05, 1962

November 7, 1933.  Slot machines are big business; 2,000 of the one-armed bandits rake in $100,000 per week; ($50 per machine).  One night, ""Moose"" Tobin and 3 other Bomer hoods drop in on Porker Davis' upstairs gambling joint.  Tobin tells Davis that Bomer wants to teach him a lesson; the hoods chase everybody out of the joint.  Then they start throwing the slot machines out the 2nd story window; when one of Davis' employees tries to stop them, the hoods throw him out the window.  Ness and his men are on the case.  2 years ago, Ness had run the slot machines out of Chicago; now the slots are back. Joe Bomer, former kingpin in Capone's booze operation, now the czar of the multi-million dollar slot machine racket, calls Davis in for a meet.  Bomer gives him a ""take it or leave it"" offer: from now on, Bomer is his 50/50 partner.  Bomer also warns Davis: the machines take 30%; don't rig the machines so they take 50% or more, or the customers will stop playing.  Bomer will supply 40 of his