Thompson, his work done, retired as mayor in 1923, but his admirers, fearful of the kinds of things Emory Buckner was doing in New York—padlockings and so on—persuaded Thompson to run again in 1927, just to be on the safe side. By Chicago standards the election was peaceful: there were just two bombings, two shootings, two election officials beaten and kidnapped, and twelve declared cases of intimidation of voters. Al Capone donated $260,000 to Thompson’s campaign. He or someone in his camp is often credited with coining the droll slogan “Vote early and vote often.” (In fact the phrase was
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