The Stars Are Right: Danny Macklin

Danny Macklin, dead heel.

Macklin, Danny

(deceased)

Proprietor of the Irish Rose. Was living with Katie Flynn, whom he beat regularly. Killed by person or persons unknown.

On 5 August 1932, Daniel Macklin’s body was found in the speakeasy The Irish Rose, which he owned and operated. Macklin’s throat was cut, and his body suspended from a hook set into the ceiling. Blood covered his chest and was spattered copiously around the bar; more blood than could have come from one person. Money found at the scene represented an average week’s take from the bar, suggesting that robbery was not a motive. The bar’s shillelagh was smashed and left next to the bar.

—from Frank Lovejoy's notes.