sentences:  Early in this period Dennison formed the Omaha Liquor Syndicate to monopolize the bootleg liquor trade in Omaha.Dennison also developed alliances with Al Capone in Chicago and Tom Pendergast in Kansas City.This led to violence among the city's bootleggers, culminating in the 1931 murder of Harry Lapidus, a local businessman and outspoken opponent of the Dennison machine.