The morning started out shitty, and only managed to get worse from there. First, Emmett had gone down to the lobby to get a copy of the Chicago Daily News. The story about yesterday’s bank robbery was splashed across the front page. The headline read: “OLD TIMERS GANG STRIKES AGAIN!” Right off the bat this irritated Emmett; the newspapers were still referring to them as the Old Timers Gang.
Chicago Daily NewsJimmy was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at the article. “Maybe we should just go with it,” he said. “There are worse things to be called than the Old Timers Gang.”
“To hell with that,” said Emmett. “We’re not the Old Timers Gang, goddammit. We’re the Emmett Dalton Gang.”
“Why does this matter so much to you?” asked Tom, smoking a cigarette.
Emmett felt the blood rushing t
