15. What Finally Did the Trick
Murphy finally found Malloy – not in a morgue, but alive and kicking in a hospital bed. He was somewhat the worse for wear with bruises, bandages, and a broken collarbone, but very much alive. He was hospitalized for three weeks, and soon as he was released, he was back at the speakeasy to get his free booze.
Finally, on February 22nd, 1933, the plotters managed to get it right. They got Malloy liquored up to the gills once again, and when he passed out, they took him to the room of Marino’s bartender, Murphy. There, they stuck a gas hose in the unconscious Malloy’s mouth, and turned on the jets. That did the trick, and Malloy perished from monoxide poisoning within an hour. A bribed doctor, Frank Manzella, signed their victim’s death certificate, citing lobar pneumonia as the cause of death.
