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He said it was unusual tor car
to stop there at that time or night.
The man ruin-J05. the car, which
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so Pf vé to be McGurn a. hurried to
anothermachineparked acrossthel
ltreet and drove away, Schell said,
BeI ys Recovreed
May The P°lice Ioimd the ignition key
in place, but the wires to the switch I
to Safety Box
llhiesgo. Feb had been disconnected. A search
"M chine _ _ l for ngerprints was ordered. '-
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Gun!-la ck"'McGu sau- McGurn The police held toa theory that A
"Scar£ace was slain probably by a
tomo5ile'§8
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was "rubbed out" in a second- oor man whom he regarded as a friend. I
A1"gave the police their an
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1um scrude as 17 FPl Flnding oil was at play.
In the
abandoned 111S
automobile,erwhich e0
The hoodlum had entered the al-
wast leys with two companions. The
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industrial section investigators believed the killing
on the tnear North side, were two was a gang purge," as they said,
might McGurn had been in fear of his
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were on a which
rin the police believed lite for some time. They also be- N
bile keys. a safeassination,
deposit box. They lieved the slayers ed in McGurn's
Previous to S own car.
ran up against The pomp that marked gangsterl
of imperturbab funerals in the days of prohibition.
derworld will be missing at McGurn's burial
crimes. Tuesday. Instead oi a $15,000 silver.
withagainst
three autorno-A casket such as the one in which Dion it
Reported threats the lite _O Bannion,another notorious hood-
of the gangsters widow from
the additional this, the authoritiest an
undisclosed
The widow, source gave the police lum, was laid to rest several yea:-s|
ago, McGurn will have one costing
the usual
task of blank wall
guarding her.
Louise Rolfe, ility surrounding un- , less than $1,000.
MI:Gurn s 'blo The police said the lessened
established an alibi for him seven glory representedthe tall in that
years ago who status of gangsters and the lack otl
bloody
the St. popularity thatwasMCC-urn's event
sacre of seven among his own kind.
gangsters.
George
Bugs! the 1-ormer Miss
Moran McGurn s assassination, likewise.
became known as lacked the elaborate shown air in
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oversoquickly
persons
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alibi"at after
the
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slaying of 0 Bannion, the
massacre and other notori-
when McGurn Schell ,emp1oyed
n heyetwasnoaccused by ofa ous gangster killings.._.__,___,
back or the head, one who
would admit seeing the slayersmas-.
Valentine day has
been found.
William Aloi
alleys, and twowas employes
shot twice werein the!
the
only persons it
at the scene.
shooting began
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prohibition be
days.But
died with $3.35 in his pockets, and
--. to hiswitsthatlsabout
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a little change
handling 50-cent bets on horse CITY
iraces.
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justice has been served even
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killers. _
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wonder sometimes if crime
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isonality abrupt
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Marjorie Swiftnamedas
the companion Louise
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liolfe BlondAlibi ! McGurn,
a fewhours
before Ma- _,
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s * McGurn was
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Mary Dickinson, who
told police that her room-P
mate, Marjorie Swift, was
with Mrs. McGurn the aft-
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Swift, withwhom she had Shifedl »
an apartment tor the last six months.
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went on 1party
was atrtend oi Mrs. McGurn and
with her Friday
night. Theformer Caponeexecution-
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qr his wife, and that Mi s Swift Fifi--V F.-..-4.--..-.
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Q.-After McGum was shot. did
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to Face Grilling; she Sayanything to you about Ii?
A. N0, she just said she was k989-
, Didn tKn0wHood|um. ing up with the newspapers-
Q.-What time am 5119 gethome
If ____..._. Friday night? A.--She sot home
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about 2130 a. ;n. Saturday-
Q_--Did she tell you where she
AUTO, KEYS, CLEWS was? A. -She said she WED-11
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iem there.
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left the
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found
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3Q.-Did she say McGurnswith
Abe had
seen her
at the M? saw
abandoned automobile
of Machine-I
iGun Jack McGurn, slain gangster, Mc urn Not There. i
iearly today was found to be
for a Q.--Did she say whether McGurn
"safe deposit box in the vaults of the was there? A.--She said he wasn t
there.
iosii Park Twit and SavingsBank,'i
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1044 Lake street, Oak Park. Police Q.-When Louise Mrs. McGur n!;
called Missswiii Friday a @m°°=-,
immediately went to the bank to Feb. 14,
what time
was it?A.-It
examine the box, iwas about aquarter to 5. i,
Q. A.nd what time did Marsyisvi
An 16-year-old girl, ablonde out? A. -I don t know.
stenographer, was questioned at the Q.--When Margy carne
back at
Racine avenue police station today. 2:30 a. m. Saturday Whit tavefn dfd
and her roommate at 195 East Chest- she sayshe visited?A.-She said
nut street, sent word that she would she had been to acouiile 01 1'95" -"
appear at the station shortly to tell
all she knew about Machine-Gun
rants. I_
Q.-,4 Although police asked 591'
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_-.u -_L, Jack McGurn, slain early Saturday,
Te ._' iand his widow. the former Louis
iipuance. disorderly
==°"d °i charge
¥l-2 iffnlie. are
Bothstenographers
at thiwere dismissed by
Lambert K.
Municipal
Hayes today
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5541 W851 Ha"
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Dickinson. who said nson street,
atailorin whose
name
t at she knew neither McGurn no; McGurn s car was r¢si-'-"*1'°d-
and
his wife, was questioned Capt.
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when adead hoodlum s underworld
nied him and sped away In the status and that or his bereaved rela-
machine immediately alter the tives was impaired by anything but
shooting. ' the most costly coffins and floral
In the car. which was brightly tributes, will
go to his own grave in
ghined and hadbbviouslybeen kept acasket costing only aIew hundred
ipidden inagarage since thekilling dollars. The funeral will be held tomor-
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one time
Caponeexecu-
high row at the chapel at 624 Norlr
'oner ina bowling alley at 305 Western avenue. Burial will be ix
Milwaukee avenue Saturday, police Mount Carmel cemetery. E
found two possible clews. ,i
One was the fingerprint of a left
hand on one of the car doors. The
other was akey inserted
ring. it
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MoGu.rn drove the bowling alley 1
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where the on Two men
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found a 11-out
a.Chicago
page
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account0! the slaying State?
Assemblyma.n oi
A. J. Prignano the
bloody 20th ward. 1
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aided ln obtainingMc-1
1Gurn's
release when the gangster
on
was arrested a misdemeanor 1
1cl1arge ago.
severalyears Policein-1
1vestlgated
the possibility
that the two
IK Mrs. Blonds
slayings Alibi!
mayhave
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Threats against the of Hrs.
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Jack McGurn, widow of the Ca-
J Hpone
gangster
whowasslainearlr
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Steps tonrotect her were im-
mediately taken. particularly he- burp};
eeuse authorities are eager to ob- eith,_,__
tain the secrets she is supposed lFLuI.,_ _
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would be sealed with her death. um "-
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as tun
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torney.
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manyphases
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gum
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years a maiornhe
storm u theshooting;
. gangster,
thefrequent
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the sheetpresumably
containing;
lets lumaelf.McGurnwls creditedtheir namesmd bet. Po Sim i
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associates.
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ruthleasnesa!
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rumors,
too.O!other
with
enemies
ofhisgang
which
in-'
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Louise B0118. the-that several recent lulhnga. ap-
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havefollowed
cleared him in the St Valentine'srlllyinl
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of old Capone chieftains
Daykillings- ancl
eightothers:01-lhere.
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THEY VISIT WAKE. the porter. the coroner's Jury
Earlier she had told police that heard excited accounts of the
she knew her husband made murder. but no clue to the slayers.
money and that she thought he CONFLICTING STORIES.
owned an interest in a handbook Aloisio declared that McGurn
in Melrose Perk-s. handbook had never been in his place be-
which, police ssid, had been op- fore, and that he did not know
erated by Mc urn and closed by him. his companions or the three
state's
attorney's
police. stickup men" who threw the
Recalling her husband's activi- place into conftision as McGurn
I ties shortly before his death. she was slain. At that time. Aloisio
i said. without ipparently resiizin" deeisred. IvicGurn and his two
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the grim irony of the statement. "friends" were waiting for an
that on Thursday night he and alley.
she had attended s. wake at 1335 Conflicting with that story was
S1Austin
blvd..
where
Giuseppe
the testimony or Edward Bonn-.
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hadrek. 1128 Pry st.. another pin bofv..*
A"1- who said that McGurn and tliiei
Friday morning, she said. they other two had already bowled
1»: TIMI gone to the funeral. coming two frames--that he was setting
home only twelve hours before up pins for them.
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ms. 1929. the crime
.81-nun-VI-»-i nntarll; or can be tauthf to . I . L4"'~l
- which shocked 0 nation already forget. That ll why Inch kill- Mr. Q'ni..:,.
- familiar with scores
of smile-
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Down ls Seen s '
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peace
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lagninlt
await
and
shot
down Was '
M'cGurn
Here's
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the dtuatlon-Mo
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Miss Ga;-I;
t° 5 b1°°dYend today with by g, particularly
accuratema-1There is reasontobelieve hebroke.
Gnrn had been ||l'l092l68nJ
had
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of MachineGun chino gunner. _ l ' l
But McGurn had an alibi.l even been oomlltlled to sell his
- JackMcGurn,expertexecu- 1 l "Moll,"Louise 1=to1ie,Anow
Mr!- wife ; jewelry and hlaaavm. Ho
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forAlCaponeandchief it 1?'LouiseGebardl MoG1.irn
wasalso had been trying to get along on
a petty gambling racket-Iaoob
Euspe 111 DayE
the Valentine
-r. called
Vincent
Ge bardi testi-
whomaking. And so he tried toresur-
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massacreof sevenmobsters 1
of
ed to the satisfaction the law, rest the bigger racket
of his for-
|lJl1St SEVCIIyears go-g_
D .- le. that her husbandwas with her in mer bosl. Capone. .
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33-year-old
gangster, of
41, a. hotel at the time the massa-
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cre. He undertook to muscleInf: I
-whose
educated
trigger ngerwas widow
And today. as the blonde the Milwaukee boys. and there
reputed to have sent a dozen
men to death in prohibition days,
aobbedover poor Jack as he lay
on a morgue slab. Police de l fed
were three killings. Frank Stylin-
lowski was shot November ll, JOI-
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afew m:'Lnut,e5
[wasshotdown
after midnightin a bowlingalley.
his shooting was not in vense me
of
for the shocking crime 129. eph Scaffido, oi Milwaukee. and
of
Angelo Kleronomol, Cicero, I
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with
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guns,
announced
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and bootlegalky. They wg;-Q I don't
know what Jack]:|tlli1'l2I¬&
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tired or his interference or of his was, declared his widow. He never
bezklnz. So they put him away to: told me and
I knew I shouldn't
ask
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Deprived or His Delggggg, Mrs. Mclllurn. so known although
i
Clilt. Martht Mullen Jr. held thll: her husband : real name was Vincent
II Capone, nowIn Alcatrszpfilqn.Gebardl. is the former Louise Rolfe.-
"°" it "but? Ind bossing the Back in 1929 she established herself
&BY
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gangs.he would never have permit- as his "blonds alibi." by signing
-
ted the killinl of McGu.t-n. he
statements asserting that was with
"A11" he Hid. was tratetul to 'her in a hotel room [they were not
- | McGurn tor exposings plot 01 John married then] when seven north side
Scalisi and Albert Arlse1m1 1,g kill gangsters were slain in the St. Valen-
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will be a re ; Sergt. Francis Donahue of the
I iievenge slayings.It's c{roner's
investigating
doubtful, th0ugh,} force ioun~1
TURN T0 GRAPHIC SECTION- if there will be any; nobodyin the" Mrs.McGurn
in her homeat 12$
The assassination of Machine North
racketscares much whether he's Kenilworth avenue, Oak Park.
Gun Jack l92IcGurnrecalls anew gone or not." Still handsomeand tastefully dressed,;
of
the decade death which marked she went to the inquest into Mc-
Capone's
gang rule. The second The Old IgnoranceGag.
Gurn s death. where she took the
chapter oi the story of that era At least 20 persons were present in
will
befound
inthe I
Graphic
sec-
tion of this paper.
the second oor bowlingalley at 805
sianci weeping and dabbin: at her
eyes- but carefully, that the mascara.
Milwaukee avenue, known 9,5the Ave.
on her eyelashes might not become
1nue Recreationrooms,at 1 a. m. yes- smeared.
After twenty-four hours ot investi- tel-day when McGurn was shot in the
gating the murder of Machine Gun hackandin theheadbyan unlden. Occupation l Family Mystery.
" We have been told your husband
Jack McGurn. Sicilian horn swash- ti ed rnan, or men, standing close be-
hind him. was a golt professional," said Deputy
buckler who ourished for half I.
Of the 20. only three have been Coroner Grover Whalen. " Is that
dozen robust years under the wing
found to tel! what they saw. And, correct? " i
of Al Capone. the police last, night what they saw was, from the stand- I don't
know." replied the widow.
advanced a theory that McGurn was Point of evidence, negligible. The wall "He played a lot of golf. *
sent to death by er -n pi? hip r9292:|-vs
of silence, traditional among the gang- |She then reiated that he had a_t-
supposed friends. _stersand the peoplewho know them, tended the wake of a friend, Git :-
,
They elaborated. was erected high and tight. Vague- Svpp Circella, 1335 South Austin.
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they
said,was
through
nessafflictednot only the witnesslsboulevard.
Cicero.
onThursday
night.
||0ng ago as a big shot. He wail of the actual event, but even thus; He went to the funeral Friday morn-
woke and a nuisance to his mend! Nvho were questioned merely sbou :
_92'¢ho
still retained a little of the old. the victim's
history [arid they should;
ihaveknownhis careerthoroughly],
ii.
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Awakened ly unflay.
lihortly afterwardwent to sleep. H01rhlaacarelia that
related he
its
ing. returned home at and
noon,
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4ose
out with
the remark
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lihing that
pr-ended it.
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whoatundlng
was nen
hen the rounder look place. and ihe
intended to do alittle bowling. " "All I know ls that I woke up to gpolice have hint hope o_ ever lind-
Did McGurn tall: to her of
any see one man shooting and telling vii one. §_
enemies. and had he mentioned any everybody to stay down." the ports! Rather strangely. when NcG92irn
asserted. "He kept rins till he was shot down, he was not wearing
threats ! Mrs. McGurn said no to
both questions. ' reached the stairs and then dived
alarge diamond ring which habitually
down the stairway. Everybody ri e I
O the stand she told Capt. Mul- followed him but Aloisi and he told a d o r n e dhis hand. His brother.
len that she did believe
Jack had an me to call the Police." Anthony. demanded this ring of the
interest in ahorse racing book in The only tact of moment added b_Y in vestigalors, and became indignant
Cicero. but that she didn't knowi Bonarelt was that McGurn and his when he was informed that no jewelry
much about it. l companions had%en o their coats was found on the body and no money.
Anthony C-ebardi. abrother of the! and had bowled one game before the other thanl $3.85. Mrs. McGurn re-
slain man.
said that
McGurn ring. He said he was not close solved this di lculty when she report.
born in Italy. that he was brought to enough to observe who did the shoot- ed that her husband had left the ring
the United
Statesanasinfant.
anal at home.
that he was 32 years old. He
golf professional employed at
was a
mg.
It was
the hhooting was
generallythat
agreed
ilhe
furious and fast._ 5
All Obsolete lleroenary.
All in all. the police decided.
Maywood Country club. according to ' Stories eiu Um-eooncllable. n
l
Gaberdi. This statement was deniedl
later by James Kilgailon. president
of the club. who described McGurn at
Lilli statements
were
the
given
like those
were
the
in days when
Mt-Gurn was slain because he didn't
understand that he was an anachro-
nism. There are no gangsters left like
as afrequent patron of the links. gangsters were important elements in Capone, who can afford to pay their
i. "He was ane golfer," said Kilgal- the population.
lon. Gften got down in the '70s."
Moreover, these dec- murdering help
larations were at variance with what tection. McGurn.
big wages for pro-
unable to act with-
/' -
l. Anthony Gebardi asserted he knew the police
nothing about his brother's under- facts. For
asserted were veri ed out direction, still pushed himself in
I
one thing, they said. Mc- 9292here92'cr couldhefind aloophole.
enemies. Gurn howled in the place three times Where is even afairly well founded
world activities,
iii any.
Nevertheless. the
or ofhis
police learned
1
have been wellknown
l
aWeek for the last month, and must l pellet that he was planning to take
to the owner Iwcr alittle booze and vice territory
92_ y , l l.n thevicinity of
from other sources that McGurn was and to other patrons. the bowling alleys
jumpy in recent months. and appar- _Someone. possibly the killer,hid From this information the invest-
ently expected some dire fate. He nhe foresight to tear away the scole gators reasoned
that some
other mi -
frequently requested the Oak ark tdieet which bore the names or in- derling of the Capone mob remnants
police to give him special protection. itials of McGurn and those wlo i had been assigned to gain his con -
One informant said he " went pretty l-owled with him. There was left. ap- dence and to end him. He was too
near crazy when atire blow out dordingly. noclew to the identity of e>.pensive aload to carry, consider-
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With considerable more than a
Three Real V tnessra Found. grain of salt the police look apel-
The witnesses to the shooting itself sisicnt rumor that Capone, although
are 92 Viliiam Aloisi. 1121 Vlfest Huron he. must stay behind the bars at Alca-
street. owner of the bowling alleys; traz for at least three or four years
:*-. his porter, Tony Mascarella. and a
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pin setter, Edward Bonarck. 20 years
old, 1128 Fry street. The rest of the
sslch business
h controled
as gang
the Syrldicg
more. is still getting his "cut"
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and Ralph
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brother
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nance
company
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a
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panel almost succeeded.
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;A comic valentine.mockingMc-
_-Gurn lor his tall from former at-
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was tom-id near I-he cram-'
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ihe had gone "with two supposed
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Etriendeearly this morning.
i Detectives
failedin fincl1 moi.|ve.'
iin McGurn'arecent quiet life. The;
{vaient-ine. addressedto MeGurn in a
|penciiedscrewi,and hie death n tew,
ihours after the seventh enrivei-sai-y!
seven
lo! the hiss-s execution ol
i-'Bugs"
Moran gangstersinwhich ne.
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M4.-< ' 1 The executioner-e vani5hed als0'
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01customers.'
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.Loui.se Rolfe McGiirn, McGurn s
niecealibi in thesi. -nicotineally
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massaci'e.
under technical lrrest. I
"I don't
know who did it." she
screa
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piece a book"
at.
iwieiroeepark. The Iormer No. 1'
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trigger man Ior A1 Capone had 83.855
in hie pocket when he died.
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upin a.resiaurintbelowthebowling .
alleys immediately after the shoot-',
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Ikilled in
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0 At lent you haven :Ion your trouno.
Shortly atter the killing, Sgt.
|Francis Donohue of the coroner !
totiice rang the bell at McGurn':
~_ home at 1244 North Kenilworth
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topromi-Mm
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widow
became
hysteri-
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1cr? ded
careeras chlefln? station,
where
sheappeared
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'0! her
nails and lips. and the dark
1;; t: ,brown at the roots ot her blonde
lhair.
It was revealed during the -in-
quiry that Mrs. McGurn is the
mother of a 12-year-old daughter.
When asked about the child she ex-
claimed:
Oh, don t ask me. Can t you see
how I feel?"
Silence Confronts Police.
The slaying of McGurn did not
have the class or the finesse that
accompanied murders charged to
Machine Gun
the elements
Jack, but it had
ot silence
all
that con-
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standing 5 withthe infamous
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leading
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Feb. Jack McGurn,
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days was on
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today
antsearly in a bowling alley at
805 Milwaukee Ave. Three men,who slipped up
b~.
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who was
bowling, red
a totalof morethan adozen shots
from theirpistol
Nearly all the bullets took e ect in his body.
The murder of McGurn occurred a day after the seventh anniversary of
the St. Valentine s massacre, when seven men were mowed down in a N.
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guns.
in courtas
judge [reed himon coneenled
weapon charge.
Center, inhospil-IL riddled
underworld.
with - .{_
bullets, he still lived. Right, Louise Rolfe, his "blonde alibi bride, as
her testimony saved
him fro! chair 92 I _ _92;_
when he was
arrested in St. Valentine : Day massacre. Levl _a'"
L!
Clark garage.
St. McGurn
has been
suspected
themachinewielder
as gun who}
'
handled the gun at
that time.
'1 More
than adozen persons
witnessed the
shooting. Alled immediatelyl
afte_rward except
William Alosio,
pfopwietor the
of place.
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friends, said Alosio, tmnrin death. p p
shortly aftermidnight. They
engaged thesecond alleyandl Mc urn
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George Bugs!
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Moran were slain in I
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?-an gang was previousiy I rivsi
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mobsters.
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in
'§Jlond
to beat
alibi"
rep,
that
The blond alibi was Miss
Louise Rolfe who testified that
they were together in ehotel a
the time
of the
slaying. w
The state tailed to convict.
McGurn
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lot 1. -lnorge ngnlnet botln The!
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McGurn
follows:
as was o=~*~
I Jan. 1, 1930,
arrested under Mi
iuame of Jack McGurn, on achargi
fof carrying concealed weapons.
lMar. 20, 1930,held under
the name
James Vincent for investigation in
Miami, Fla.
1 July 3, 1930,sentenced to one year
fn the county jail and fined
$300
Ion acharge of carrying concealed
-Preapons.
Dec. 26,1930, that
sentence W34
reversed and
the case was remanded!
3 bythe supreme court. '
July 2, 1931. under
name of Jack,
McGurn, arrested for violation of
1 Mann act. Convicted and sentenced
.3
to two years inLeavenworth peni-
itentiary but placed on probation for
ve years.
-, Sept. 6, 1933. under
name of Jac
1i'lcGurn, sentencedto six month
ifthe house
of correction
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DEADLY
The first murder was obviously-I'" §rs1
wort or vial
nervous piece oi work tor the sensi-
tive young west sider. but_onceover act
with
the
aroma;
AND
DEBUNAIR
m
the hill of his rst homicide, Mi
Gum went, in the parlance of tho iwidow.
butwona 1
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day. to town. I
His efficiency and earnestnesstn
in the ma
it-is
St. United
State"
McGurn was ind
Vale_nti.n
l
A/"A !I Edl'E5Slng
wrongs with a pistol W01 !
ithe admirationof ScarfaceAl l but the case
dropped. He esta
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Capone, then rising to prominence
K.-- -_-__1i-1. as Chicago's_
that he was with
the Stevens hotel
biggest gang leader- the mass killing.
Once under the wing ot the t'isinBHis golf was go
to Avenge
Deathof. Capone. McGurn was made.
A close friendship developed be-
tween the two social outlaws. ind
him dare to compe
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t
Said to among all his associates,Capone .the right rst
name. in t _
six ho185 A I -
PromptedCrimes. trusted lvic urn to the last line. tournament
;then a few
discovered ti"; Q ha
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It was McGurn, according to .with a warrant ism ___ "- 1 _ .
competent police informers. who Thomas A. Green in Felony court.
first learned some years ago that were following him. He blew up
ambition had stirred within the and quit. He stood trial and was
breasts of John Scalise. Alb fli convicted in the lower court.
If epitaphs must be written tor Anselmi and Joseph Giunta. who It is a good thing he is gone."
hoodlums. it can be said for Ma- plannedto kill Caponeand seizehis Judge Green said today. Men of
chine Gun Jack McGurn. who was organization. his type have no place in the com-
slain early today. that not since the McGurn informed Capone of the munity. His case is a point in the
medieval days of the Italian city plot. A few nights later McGurn argument for an amendmentto the
been
stateshas there a hired killer was host to Scalise. Anselrni and constitution to permit men with
as gracious. debonair and deadly. Giunta at a spaghetti party in
What their velvet-clad and Cicero. The next morning the bodies
r putationsas gunmento be
men
rlumed young with Florentine: oi the three were found in Ham-
slearchedon probablecause by po-
inanet lice."
daggers were to the Sforzas or tho mond. '
lMedici, McGurn was to no less 1
ibuccaneer.
Scarface
Al Capond.
. McGurn
'
Since was
shot
once
thebreakup
oftheCapone
tempted
assassination
ashestood.
.who revered him tor his deadliness
and his loyalty.
"na cigar
store
inwhat
wasthe lgang, accomplishedthrough the in-
the McCormick hotel, Ontario an lcome-tax conviction of the leader,
l The legend about McGurn on the -Rush streets. This was in the days Mi.-Gurn. along with other notorious
near west side is that he started his of the intense rivalry between the members ot the mob. had drifted
as
career a killer to avenge his 92Capone
mob
and
thenorth
side
lffather. slain by blackhanderswhen gang of George Bugs ! Moran,
almost into obscurity. McGurn had
spent his time golfing and taking
McGurn was a boy in his teens. This The St. Valentine Murders. icare ota few handbooks in which
|was aboutthe time oi the birth ot p This rivalry was liquidated seven . he was interested in Cook county
prohibition. a
years ago yesterday. when squad .outside Chicago.
lVlcGurn. born Gebhardi, was I of Capone killers walked into the Ila-nll-innPludrnl R III
carefree youth livi.ng in the shadow garage at 2122 North Clark street The body was claimed at the
of Notre Dame church at Sibley and and mowed down seven Moranites
morgue by McGurn s brother. An-
Olregon
streets
5 311'].
when
hisfather
was and their associates. McGurn was thony Gebardi_ B22 South Morgan
reported to have been at that street. who filled out a blank con-
A relative ribbed the young party. along with Fred "Killer"!
taining some family history at the
man up and told him the names of Burke and the late Gus Winkler. request of Henry Vala, a clerk in
at least six men responsible for the McGurn was the target tor the coroner's -
office.
murder of his father, the story goes. assassins a second time. on March McGurn was born July 2. 1903.
l When this relative had stirred in 7. 1928. Machine gunners riddled
lat La Guts. Italy.
the young man a passionate desire his automobile on the west side, t-to this country as a baby by his
and Was brought
"for revenge; he had launched Mc-1 Ihnf ha n92':r-nnm-1
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parents. Thomas and Josephi !
lGurn on his career. Within the ""1i/l¢'£:'iiFlI 1iFéii§{{é i"i~i
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been
l§ lsVerderams Gebardi. The dead
next year. according to underworld -accused of about everything but . noodium sprofession was given as
gossip. McGurn had killed every pickpocketing. but never served
Lone
of theSicilians
"fingered"
in jail I tagolfprofessional
attheMaJ'9292
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Drill?
February.
to 1935.
the death of his father. term.
He was convicted in the state
courts for gun carrying and on I F Accordingto the brother.MCG-L11 !
vsgrancy charge. but beat both .1carried no insuranceand had no
cases in the Illinois Supreme court. I.
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_ Anew Chicago gang war,
rumblings o
which havebeen heardin the
underworld for
days,
many broke in Chicago early today with
the assassination ofMachine
'
Gun!
-Ir,
Jack
,McGurn. r
The dapper
little golfer,
reputed to
have beenili
Al Capones ulo. 1gunman in the
wildest days ofti'l§L
prohibition era,
was shot
down at
the close
a
of
jCoca Cola Night in the Avenue Recreation Par-
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second floor at 805 Mi!-
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I Three gunmen entered the the St. Valen_tine s case
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{place about1a. m., shortly almost gothim mm the fed-
behind McGurn, and, stagihgeral penitentiary on Mann
a fakeholdup, shot
down Mc-..-.
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Gurn as he
and two friends Louise was found about 5
waited to bowl. o'clock inthe home she oc-
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Jack It1244
N.
Kemlworth av., Oak Park, by
*f0! Quizzing Sergt. Frank Donohue
the
of
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murder came at the close of Die-Gurn s Two
the seventh anniversary of
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storiesof jealousyfor control ward committeeman boss
and
of the mob. of the Forty-second Ward.
There was theposslbllity, too.
that McGum was killed in re-
mm: Fight to venge for one of the many crlrnes
-_-. us -
4-1 , lsid to in other days of his
ute L' l'llII'¬l8 underworld career.
EXPECT REPRISALS.
Other stories were that the But whatever the motive. the
hoodlums we re quarreling police feared that the killing of
McGurn was only the rst chap-
over the distribution of what
92 spoils remain of the golden 'pect
ter in a new gang war. They ex-
the friends ol McGurn, who
92 days of prohibition. There
back.
was 38, to strike soon.
and
Near McGurn s well-dressed.
have been many threats. body
well-groomed l.s it lay in
- J Other theories
a pool of blood was s. valentine.
dealt with His name was written on the en-
efforts of the hoodlums to re- velope in pencil. The valentine
gain control of the night
clubs and the wet spots in 92
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North
the near Side. It was Youlost
vefob; you've
your
lost your dough;
reported that the old guard Your jewels and clrs Ind band-
was challenging the rule in some houses! '
be
But things could still worse-,
that sector of Bill Connors, you know . . .
At least you haven ! lost your
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As nearly as police could piece i Grand av., the janitor, was taking
together the scene and the action a nap.
in the recreation Darlors. this is
what happened:
I Fifteen minutes passedafter
McGurn and two companions iiicdium had entered when the
place
entered the at 12:45. open
ldoor was flung and three
They spoke to William Aloisio.
29, the proprietor, asking him
Amen
entered.
One shouted:
could
when they get alleys I and 2 This isa ltlekup . . . stay
for bowling. - where you re at!"
.- iloisie told them they would almost in-uneoiately ne oegani
have
towaitabout
fifteen
min-h0Qt1ng_
utes because the alleys were then Aioisio
thought aboutl
heheard
in use. fifteen shots.
Thne are five pool tables near
the door and about twenty feet DUCKS UNDER. POOL TABLE.
north are four alleys for bowling. 1} Aloisio,whohad his left shoe
iv.icGurn and his two compan- iioff because of an injury to his ieg.
ions walked to the most distant 9292scrambled for cover. He ducked
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alleys, and 2, and removed Tunder s pool table.
their coats. 1 The twenty patrons, aside Irom
jMcGurn and his companions,dove
TRIO WATCHES BOWLERS. Fundertables and behind benches.
They stood watching the men 92 Mascareila, awakened by the
using that aiiey, and one of the up
ishots,looked to seeoneman
two men with McGurn put the ibacking out of the doorway. H-2
a
three names on bowling sheet. was shouting:
seated
Aloisio was near the "Everybody stay down!"
counter at the door. On a. bench In an instantthe threegunmen
'I-om
Mascarella, 3'7,
of 2023 were gone.
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toinvestigate
theshoot;
$031theblond
. Louise
r toldSe l
nohue that Jack has missed 1,1111- %,cepz.Mullenma he believed.
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-{he gh because "either
hehadover-_ McGurn':
companions
I 11$
the three "stickup men" had use
slept. J it to make
: _ Thursday night JBCRhad 8'07 -9 their getaway. Mc-
tn the wake oi e friend she knew; ;Gurn did not have the car key:
I35 "Ngtkl"LouiseFlld, anl1__did
i on his Demon.
ALOISIO HA -RECORD.
until
inht get home Friday morn- ~ Alotsio told Capt. Mullen he
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He
sir-pi
almost
uniil 10
19-
If gamblinghouses.He has a police
he booked horses and operated
l si night and then left home. lrecord of several arrests, but has
never been convicted.
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iellpialnlllthat he wassomgt neverseenMcGumbeforelast
]r'_o
somebowling. night and d1dn tknow him, po-
i dapper
L MCGUTB left in his automobile. -lice believe the gangster
had been there before.
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the investigators doubted was that
had been registered under Be". McGurn had been shot from long
[s
xrionts-name. range.
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Since both bullets struck him
be
. The ca-r could not Inuiqdin vital spots in the head and
when police arrived at the bowl. neck. they believe the assassins
were much closer. However, there
were no powder burns.
Capt, Mullen ordered e. thor-
t nughsearch ior patrons who Iledi
from the recreation parlor. He
wanted them produced i.n time
,!or the inquest et the county
morgue today.
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1EvenAmongWealthyl
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lived like one. P
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first of the eangsterie molls, con-
ducted herseli very much as el
3lady. r
j Born Vincent Gebardi. he took
the Irish monicker of Jack Mc- sacre. during most of which time
Gurn when he embarked on a all Chicago policemen were eup- -»
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short career as a lightweight pu- posed
ngilist. .
But by the time Mc urn had
_tobe huntinghi|n.__
ACQUIRED FINE I-101$.
In the heyday ol their luoceee.
_uL }l;
Iswitched to machine guns in his
I
business of fighting. golf had be- they acquired line home ht 1114
come his favorite sport.
GOOD GOLF PLAYER.
N. Kenilworth av, in the exclu-
sive north end oi Oak Perk.
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1 And he was e. good lolier. He In the depression of post-pro-
toasted that he shot around I8. hibition that home was lost. but
.'
usual
Louise's score was about 96. the McGurns were living in I
and on the golf links they were modest home I few blocks ewmv
as attractive and as fashionable when Louise got word there that
'apair as could be seen. her husband had been killed.
Many e golfer filled up a four- In recent months McGurn had
some at the Evergreen public sunk many points in the under-
course without knowin: the mild-. world scale end the one-time
mannered. trim stranier in the Public Enemy No. 5 was reported
party was McGurn. And many *1. to be the proprietor oi e Mlywoodq
player. on Lincoln Park course ad- 1bookmaking establishment that
.mired-the iormof Louise as shel would take bets ls low as 50 cents.
But even that emporium was
jpleyeci on the fairway and tire properly housed. The buildings
Fgreen. was o closed bank building.
In Florida on the beaches in
the Winter they cut as neat a.
figure as the New York million-~
aires with whom they rubbed
shoulders. 1
A frequenter of Chicago hotels:
and night clubs, McGurn, always
immaculately but not iiashily
dressed.
lookedthe part oi a pros;
porous business man guest. F
How well he fit into the picturi-
was shown by the iact that he
IJ92'£
in theStevens weeks
d for two
following the St. Valentine's
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FUHYDressed Machine Gun Jack's
bullet-to'.n
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]ack Last lg
s Hours
ind whenPOHCE sdidn't
want anything. Not
class of water.
ev
That was Louise Gebardi. in
.
Their Home. A"i"e- -her happier cm the sensational
witness for the derense or Ma-
Attractive Loui se Gebardt. c°nm '°d
mm nu an chine Gun Jack" when the heat
was on him for the infamous St.
-=b1<m¢moi" by
or Vincent Gebardi. -covered a sheet. His black hair
There
In" ..MacmmGun hcku MC-wasruffled. Valentine Day
was1 smudge : massacre. Perpe-
trated exactly seven years before
Gum, lowered
a tear-stained
?:ce_
his Ihweea
d md blood onhis Jack himself was massacred.
Vhi dktrchj from
f her eyesiii Forjustamoment
prettyLouiseGAVE AN
JACK ALIBI.
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gr ?anr§d§§£§:r'he<r
.§ telwithSheJack
testified then that she was
at the time the seven
"F1""husband.
may . F icarryeher
blatolitheanteroom.
were slain in the N. Clark st. ga-
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were 11"" me";-.Heoffered
herwater,
butsherage. He "beat the rap."
111st
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wan t any.
Earlier.
weepinz soltlv
Later they were arrested to-
atthegether in the Stevens Hotel and convicted under the Mann act,
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co : th¢ gunwidow
BPS!» re she
Racine
wasst.
bypolice
station,
questioned where
Don-
Sergt. but the United states Supreme
Court reversedthe conviction.
K
wgked rose the Yardsupporikd
ohue,Capt. Martin Mullen. De- Alibis today were needless.And.
by 331-gt Frank Donohue of the tective Lieut. Richard Barry. perhaps. it was just as well tor
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5 °m°""HerhiE-h menRichard heelsSergt.KyranThelanandPatrol-Louise
P.Broehl.
shehadsistedshe knew ofno reasonfor that they were. She in-
clicked
5011356 asked repeatedly
the n°°rM me for waterandJack's
asassinstion. that she
anteroornwhere were Attendantfor aspirin. - Ndidn't
even know what he did for
Justine Dr.
Krutkewicz
and Jerry: EN
WANTSDRINK ROUTE. lhours before his death.
Kearne. coroner :phy&iciln- On the way to the station with STORY 01" LAST HOURS.
l
-I-hey wok her-her black Sergt. Donahue, her escort on her Here, according to the police
in first
draped
d1'°5
t wnpped
a veilover. bTo
her
wn
eyes.ven
day of wldowhood, she had record. ts her story oi those hours.
ih requested
. . himto stopat a Q When did you last see your
frgi cf:-Isa
a hitonherhemesolme station
v.'at.er.
fora drink
ofhusband? A-~Between
11:30 p. m. February H.
ll and
1936.
5-E-geslgi
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f ?_cg:1%b
Butthat
§ 5or°:n¬eI
wasailoverat the
3*ASm: ' jimlfrglle.
Shehadanswered
thegoing?
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A-1-Iesaidhewasgems
did he say he We
qlow
L lM§Eh£IE-G1£lA ck _:
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oftheJan.
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which marked another house the motioned awe; with her hand. on
ttftluent
hoodlum
hadoccupied
at which was a platinum wedciiiilg
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N.Ke1Iilworth av. =1few years ring. her only Jewelry. and in
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fprlier. which she carried a black our-any
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hardtimes
drove
ck and Louise. the pretty, typi~
i with the initials "L. G."
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She Dleaded
nu. call? North Bide girl. who left an "Boss. lllease don .
Addison st. home and a Lake View To the questioning oi Assistant
High School education to join the State's Attorney Hal Couzhian,
life of the underworld-from the too. she insisted that she knew
house at 1112 more than three little of her husband : business
years ago. operations and that his death
He returned to the less bre- had been entirely unexpected.
tentious house at 122-1. Some of Coughlan asked her: _
the neighbors objected, but police Q--What has your husband
said Jack could not be evicted un- been doing for a living lately?
less he ran afoul of the law again. A- I don't know.
Instead he ran afoul of the ene- N0 ! MAKING MUCH.
mies of the law.
Q-How has he been making
ALMOST BROKE, SHE SAYS. money? A He hasn't been mak-
Today, as she was led from the ing much, but he always seemed
i morgue to the state s attorney's to have some when he needed it.
office, she said: I
No. don t know where he lot it.
"We were practically broke. Q-Who has he been hanging
Frorri the state's
attorneys of- around with? Who are his asso-
fice she was returned to the ciates? A-I don't know. He new
morgue for the inquest at 11 a.m. er told me much about those
Her tears by then had smeared
the thick mascara over her face. thins .
Q-Who would want to kill
She would say little to reporters. him? Who would profit by his
I but when she was asked:
"Was he good to you?
4 She answered:
death? A-I haven't
thought that.sort
any idea. I
of thing I-gs
"Oh, he was wontlc- rful .. - allQ past and eonb.
I always an nine. lately?
I-ias
A-I
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don't
know. O11.
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at In
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Qlngetef,
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St. Valentine : Day mnasecrefor other word, the pelt opened re.
which McGurn washter tried. One bullet struck McGurn just be-
He beat the rap on the muncre hind the right ear, the other in the
chargeby producing the blondelower part 0! the neck.
dibi who leterbecamehi! Wife.92Tnmpled on the oor near the
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McGum
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spotwherehe policefound1
e
were in hotel southof the Loop comic valentine addressedto Mc-
when the Moran men were_mur- Gurn. It was 0. picture at 1 man
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. .a Pscksge ot cigarettesand
of
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name of
William Belmonte
KHLBAPUNETHUE a
Chicago and
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bill of sale showing
he purchasedthe car last Decem-5
Police
hurried
to thegangsters
'
Suspect
in Chieaiio
Massacre home alter the slaying.
Mrs. li.-!cC-urn,partly dressed,
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4 Siain ComioCardLeft when she answered the door,
had.
been sobbing.they said. Someone
* NearHis Body already
hadtoldheroftheshooting.:'_
She said McGurn had been at_'-
Continued!'TOm
Page On; -ii home most oi the day, but had nt- -,.
a
tended funeral yesterdaymorning..
iiand l_Woman u Hehadnolifeinsurance
in their'Lll'ldEI"w'ea1I_i andnoj"
a
Standing in tront of house m f - bank account. She declared she
"Sold."
Thedoggerel verse 1-eggimd §{waspenniless
andthatthe only
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- your dough J'ob
. ;1/ouve lost, i the
$3.85
found
inMcGurn
pockets.
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money they had to their names was _
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some
andcurs
houses;
andhand-l
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Slayer Described
or oneoi thB _
policedescription
1 slayers said the man was about
U011.
know, ; 1-twenty- ve.live feet tall and
. "At 199511°?-i
M1'Bn't
lostHour; ~-iweighed
aoout180pounds.
trousers.
at Police
knewotnomotive
forthe
a William Aloisio, icrime.Theyhadlosttrackot Mc-
bo -'1i"S
Bile!
said
.hevtroas1:5 iGurn during the past two years.
9 P001tablewhen thegunmencgme Belmonte. in whose name Mc-
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L1 HE; ducked under
San shooting,
itwhenthey Gurn's
automobilewas registered,
said he had permitted the slain
C-...i.._..__ Score Crogse 0|; igangster to usehis namein buying
when their baa left ll ilicenseplatesbecauseMcGurntold
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MCGurn's
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----- -.. .eisurely straighten mi,
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he
i him
: name.
cou1dn get
t them in his own
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McGurn's
real name was Vincent
!McGurns
body,
Then
theywalked}
tover t° the b°W1m3 score sheet a
lGebhardi.
Once big-time
gam-
i ° °° the Pageon whichtheir! ibler and alky runner for Capone,
. am°5
Lout.
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and strolled ~hehad [alien'to
operation
small gambling resort.
ota
Alosio
toldthepolice kdn
he iii t i He was arrested ona vagrancy
know who the men were, ,- at
warrant as he teed off Olympic
But pOl1CE|
foundanotherCrum- irieias,August21,1933,wherehe
illled Valentine on the oor ad- ihadentered
theWestern
open
tour-
idressedto Willie De Grazia" The nament under his read name.
u' P
Valentine had been torn at
l, Withhim the time,wasLouise
licesought to learnwhetger
1; ERolte, the blonde alibi. whom he
Grazia have been
might oneoi Lmarriedafter divorcinghis rst
;'M¥..l:urri's
companions.
fee men wh
i wife.
McGurn was thirty-three. Always
whet
theP0liCe
a i'rFi?:<igh92i'e;:
til? dapper, he had not given up his
.; i;i1einto
custody
for questioning. tfiair for fancy clothes. When he
Baal;
leave
theirnames
asJ91-m was killed, he was wearing an ex-
,_,.. 310, twenty-three; Charles a
pensivegraysuit. brightred tie.
Aiozowka, tn-gnu;-_two an Sa red suspenders,a
and ne linen
C 'l
4 * °5i°-
twemr-one.
brother
or inn; shirt.
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proprietor. j . Policesaidthey last heard of Mc-
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5150
tookAlosio
and; Gurn on July 15, 1935,when he was
; i. °.Jamt°1_'-
T0113Moscarello. The {operating
a gambling
housein Mel-
__._._.._.._. Janitor said |-|e was 1rose Park. Bets on horse racing.
ith'|!1'!'mUtTng
started,
_f_ ?_E.-E"-ii- '"
-as low as 51"cents, were taken by
lvicG'urn
himself, a sharp conic-down.
from his a luence in prohibition
days
In 1931 McGurn d as
5
PUbli 0. by the Chicago
Crime Commission.
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TGangstcr that
of Americas Public Enemy No. 1,
the
symbol of all the crime the prohibi-
tion era produced;
oi a man above
west side was another
@lci1lan origin.
headed
Gonna brothers.
the six
by
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gang.
EHOLD Alphonse.Capone
Early in 1924
at at 7104
Clyde
in
operated dozens
iir.
well
as the
as jawbone. When he
Agross man. tat, with thick lipti recovered he wanted no more of thq
l dI scar on one cheek.Apow;
erful rnsn. immune to the penaitie£_
fame.
ell upon
He
retired and
Capone.
his mantle
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mortals.
applied to lessen £That rising
young
'as target
the the
of
executive
aist
men who
Vi- hen he went abroad itwas in eliminated Torrlo. poured
They a
In armored car that weighed seven withering rain ot bullets upon his
tons. Picture this strong man in his automobile as it stood in the street.
D fortresses-the Hawthorne
Cicero, with the metal shutters im-
pervious to bullets; the
or the Lexington hotel
hotel in
Metropole
in Chicago.
and Capone escaped only because
fortune had decreed that he should
be at the moment in arestaurant
nearby. Promptly he bought the
where he and his followers held bulletproof car and strengthened
whole oors at atime; or on his his iorce of guards.
seaside estate outside Miami. He obtained the absolute loyalty
No policemen ever raided these of those guards by making itmore
places. They knew that raids would pro table for them to be his rnen
be futile gestures. The courts would than to be anybody
else's. The sai-
1-use I-unlrlAinhnncn
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count. clothed them. led them. and gave
Picture Capone the politician, parties fortheir amusement. He
'1-1-: shaking hands with judges, call- asserted that it cost him $3,500 a
'ing assistant
state's attorneys
his week for his personal protection.
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ithe stale
representatives To
capitol and aidermc_1
vu-
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lin the city council whom he hei In 1924 the Torrio-Capone organi-
A lset their
in places!
how wanttrti
he zation dominated the
only south"
them to vote. lside and the suburbs it had taken
lover. North side bootlegging was
in the hands of a oi!
gang tough
iirnen headedby
George Bugs? E-fcepona abathing
in suit inFlori
Ids, one of his alibi costumes.
Moran and Dean O Banion. On the
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ofA1Capone's
palafial
winier
abode
near
Miami,
Fla.-_-Ihi:.,es+a+e
always
wasclosely
guarded
byCaponl
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were iiidlvidtialistsii
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_ blind through which the materials till! 0! the Gennas. H0 Bltlbulhe . consequently
their
setup
diner:
from that ct Capone. They I - I'll.
or makingmashcouldbe pun big dlstllleries that could turn out
f ssed. .. - -- -- -- thousands .o£ gallons -02 -laleohnl had an triba1..l1nas.._Thsy mis t»
The pay we nd this over and daily. It was Impossible. oi course. gather
forabattle.
butitwas
dix
ver in tracing the history ot the to-keep these hidden lndetinltly. but cult to hold the1n~toget.he'r
for
prohibition era! was good. A better arithmetic showed that one which Capone
campaign, was organized
grade cooker could earn SN to Sill! stayed at work six weeks paid tor for the long pull. His men were as
a week. ilselt and thereafter returned a solidly combined as a burocracy and
The preductionfend outgrew the handsome pro t. Raids, then, were could be trusted to carry on over a
sales end of the Senna Q|'llE.I only annoying, not damaging to a
p_ri-SQ. period of months, or even years.
Its leaders sold some of the product great extent. 'A
desperate attempt to kill Ca-
to Capone and Torrie, but not I-le established breweries and pone was attrlbuted to the cockiness
enough. Hence they came to covet made working agreements with the ot the north siders. He was at-
-1 the territory of Moran and O Ban- supplying
brewmakers already the tacked Sept. Z!, 1926, In his retreat
lon, which overlapped theirs in trade. I-le strengthened his sales or- at the Hawthorne hotel this was
spots. . ganization and gave it twin objec- before the metal shutters were put
A precarious peace had been tives; to deliver the goods and to up!.
maintained, however, through the see that rival wholesalers stayed Eight carloads of gunmen drove
ettorts of Mike Merlo, head of the away trom the saloons. slowly past this hotel. 'Irstheone
Unlone Sicillano. Merle was no Also, Capone litted the art of pro- let go a random blast of re in the
bootlegger or gangster; he was the tection to new heights. It became street._ The supposition was that
paternal arbiter of all the actions understood just how much tribute Capone and his men would hasten
oi his countrymen on the near a truckload of beer or a ve gallon to the windows to see what was
north side. He had decreed that can oi alcohol should pay the po- going on. and that the volleys from
there should be no Warfare between licemen and the politicians. Some- the succeeding cars would wipe
the Gennas and their rival bootleg- times the police looked the other them out.
gers. ' they
way; sometimes conveyed the 'I'he
tactics were carried out ex-
In mid-November of 1924 Mike delivery trucks to destination. actly. Into the rst oor of the
Merio died. A magnificent funeral, hotel more than a thousand bullets
I-J~A"" were poured. Yet no Capone gang-
with a statue of him worked in
owers to ride on a oat behind the The rules of the game prescribed ster was scratched. That was be-
herse, was arranged. that the driver must follow his cause Capone thought fast and gave
a
It was always pleasant ction a
speci ed route. It he tailed po- a warning when the shots
rst were
Mn-val
of the gang leaders that each had liceman not already taken care
a legitimate business. 0'Banion, a of" would arrest him and take him " Down to the door. everybody!"
orid, roundfaced little fellow who to a station. Once it had reached -1
he cried.
walked with a limp, was a orist that point and the capture had been The bullets zipped through the
ind had a shop at 738 North State reported in the newspapers, no one windows, but the masonry saved the
Qtreet,oppositethe entranceto the would dare turn the truck and its men on the oor. When it was all
Holy Name cathedral. The Merlo cargo back. over Capone arose from his prone
3I
funeral meant much businessthere.
O'Banion,
Capone had able xers. One was
who was not above Joe Fusco, who had in the old days
making an honest dollar, was in outrsnlced Capone in the Torrio or-
position.
"'I'hai.'s
the last we'll
that mob," he announced.
take from
that shop on Nov. 19 when three ganization. Another was Dennis On Oct. 5 a young man who said
men of dark complexion entered. He Cooney, who acquired and still en- his name was Oscar Lundin rented
dropped his rose trimming and went joys e tortune estimated in the mil- a room at .1419 North State street,
forward to meet the delegation. lions, which he gathered in the con- Next door was the old 0'Banlon
"Hello, boys," he said, extending duct ct houses ot prostitution. He a
place, still ower shop and still
his right hand to the man in the had the ear of the higher ups oi the headquarters oi the north aide
center. " You from Mike Merlo's?" politics. mob. On the same day a young
"Yes," replied the man, seizing Also, Capone had able allies out- woman rented a room in the rear oi
the hand in both Of his. side the Chicago area. There was 6 West Superior street. It over-
While he held it in a viselike grip always a market here tor better lookedthe rear oi the orist shop,
one of the other strangers deliber- beverages than the home bathtub ll "16 YOI-I118 man's
overlooked the
§==:' red
ately six bullets into the body crews and the six-weeks stills could front.
3;. of O'Banion. He tell dead in a turn out. Through Frank Uale, a In each oi! these rooms three men
of
bower owers. The killers went Brooklyn gangster, Capone was able planted themselves. From behind
away. to bring in cargoes oi imported the curtains they watched the move-
.-=1-_-= ,,____ &"" Scotch for the limousine trade. menls oi Moran, Weiss, and their
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The O'Banion killing and its att- was valuable. He and Capone could. gered their sub-machine guns. Their P
errnath gave the rst inkling, to the at need. exchange crews or gunmen orders were to make sure of their i. $3
general public, ot the power that to handle each other : enforcement quarry and they did not tall.
the gangs had achieved in darkness. work. Obviously, it was an advan- On Oct. 11 a car belonging to t
The funeral of the bootlegger orist tage to have killings done by men Weiss halted in front oi the shop.
was one of the most magni cent who would not be recognized away W.
In it were W. O'Brien,
well
ever held in the City. The co in from their home towns. known as a criminal lawyer; Ben-
reputedly cost $15,000. Killers, guards, businessmen, x- jamin Jacobs, a 20th ward politi-
But O'Banion did not go un- ers. allies, political friends, huge cian; Patrick Murray, a beer ped-
nvenged. His associates were quite revenues all these Capone had in dler; Weiss, and his chauffer, Sam I.
_
Peller.
tough enough to handle the Glennas. plenty before the summer ot 1925
It was only a little while'
three ot the brothersA'l Mike,
until
ony,
ended. I-Ie had gathered them with
a minimum of personal publicity.
As
they
were
getting
out
oflhF
car there was a burst oi machini-
s
B
and Angelo--were slain. The others Still left to oppose him and his gun re from the windownext dong. a'_
followed Torrie into obscurity. schemes was the north side gang, N _./r *4:» wo-
Weiss, struck ten times, died in- s...
Into their territory. without much headed by Earl Hyrnle! Weiss stantly. Murray also was slain on 92s
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organized. or even started. the ldentiiy or :uarar|'tee"hir'prlvacy.walled eitate on Palm Island. It
ee men in the room at T60 North
u- Attempts were made to interview
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came a center for gay parties, a d
him in the hotel. These were unsuc- the Big Fellow : parties out-Ibo e
a
those oi many winter colonial F
Cfiet
ofPolice
Morgan
Collins. torious a person was in their midst ancient wealth a'¥rd'h'igh
social pt:
w--.-- I hear that people are marina caused the Californians to cry loud- altlon. He kept his pledge to let
_J Capone killed Weiss. he stated. I ly tor his ousting, The perspiring Florida alone and the only com-
-as. did not. I am lorry he ; dead. When management of the hotel, hearing plaint about hll manage was that
he was shot I was out of town. But this public clamor, at length re- it looked runny to have armed un-
if you want me to come in tor ques- quested that Capone surrender his tinels on guard around the house.
tioning, I will be slad to do it." accommodations.
Chief Collins told him not to This so irritated the Big Fellow PINK
come. " What wal the use !" he this was the name his henchmen Thus wend Capone nearing the
asked later. "Capone had his libi used in referring to him! that he of
height his power. Bootlegging.
perfected. It undoubtedly is a good really did grant an interview. brothels, gambling paid their trib-
alibi. He didn't
do the shocuns-" I wouldn't
stay in any town that utes on a scale something more
92I*lU dldn't~want "
me," he declared. I'll
than county-wide-and the county
1:1
T1. go back to my own city. And 1 n92 held more than four million per-
.:r__
In April, 1927. Assistant State's going because I want to go. The sons. Local governments could not
it Attorney William MeSwiggin, youth-
ful son of a policeman and a prod-
hotel dldn't
ask me to leave, either,"
Returning to Chicago. he made
touch him.
Enough, it would seem, for any
uct ot the west side. where he be- the experiment 01 organizing him- man. He had, and spent, a million
came acquaintedwith many of the self into a minister 0! propaganda. a year. Yet lt was not enough for
youngsters who later were impor- He attempted, rather clumsily, to Capone. Likea good many others,
tant cogs in the gangland machines. give the news about Capone a fa- he dreamed ot dominating Chicago's
was slain in Cicero. With him died vorable twist. labor organizations with strong arm
two gangsters who had OPPOSEI3 With his omnipresent guards care- methods.
Capone rule. fully concealed, he received a re- His rst chance to break into that
There were uno lcial assertions porter in the hallway oi his nomi- eld came almost by accident. Mor-
that Capone had ordered the triple nal home at 72-14 Prairie avenue. ris Becker, who conducted several
murder. These at length reached He was a strange appearing Capone. dry cleaning establishments, began
his ears. Over his underv.'ea.r
he wore a long having trouble with rivals and with
|92 That is absurd," he at-erred. pink apron. He had on carpet slip- employes. There was a rumor that
f Billy Mcswiggin was my good pers and he held. in'one diamonded he had formed a partnership with
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tiiend.
I am
sorry
heisdt'al'1-
Ami hand, a pan of spaghetti richly
was in Florida when he was drowned in sauce.
Capone,and Beckedcon rmedit;
That's
right," he said, "I don't
humped
off." Come in and have a little oi this need the police to help any rnore.' I
l The police. again, did not question SwnnhetI cooked myself." he urged.
Capone. lvhat was the Ilse? Let's
lzave
thebestprotection
quit talking about bootleg- world now."
in the
In May of that year Commander ging and such things. Positively I Bl this time the Capone methods
92 Francesco de Pinedo, Premier Mus- have retired. I am a plain business and resources were too well known
solini's 59¢ man,
around the world fl.92'El - and all I ask is that the news- for any one to doubt that he would
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lic gatherings particularly prize
ghts and basebail gnmes he never ilor who'll mind his on-n business Vi- isconsin. Barker followed him
again took part In a public {unc- and spend his money, or do I have there and shot him. It you ever
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lion. to appeal to the courts for my con- come back to Chicago you'll be
He would have preferred the stitutionalrights." , killed, he told the wounded man, ,1.
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darkness. B1-It he had iIl'0WT1 3° The authorities withhold their de- and so will your whole family.
great that be could no ionizer re- rision for a little while. Then they "Barker
appeared
at thenob
nrlainout of print. And he had felt said there was no law that could union meeting with a bunch of tql-
1 llie
1926,
lashof publicity
cllmber.
asearlyasDe- keep him out. Further. which they
twomonths alterthe didn't mention, the real estate mar-
lowscarrying
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belligerent, still unafraid oi Caponhl
union, whose
that gang continued to serve its ter-
o lcials were too strong to be ritory with liquor. The seven had
ousted. Legitimate organizations, in- gathered toreceiveatruckload of
cluding the American Federation of importedstuff
that had beenoffered
.r Labor, battled againt the gangs, to lvloran by asupposed friend.
but the latter, with the potent name At 10:30 a. m. an automobile with
Capone
of to fail beck
on, contin- drawn curtains was halted at the
ued to progress in their campaign curb near the garage. men
Five
even up to 1932. stepped from it. Three
wore police
Only acrystallized public senti- uniforms and two were in civilian
ment, it now became certain, would clothing. The unitorrned L-to. with
able
be to halt the march of Ca- i
pistols drawn, walked into the ga-
one to adictatorship so wide and rage.
o strong that
few businesses in Chi- They collected the weaponsof
the
'"_ 92 ago would be able to refuse any seven, whomade no resistance, hav-
emands he might make. ing acceptedthe statement: "We're
_That sentiment was being formed. police o cers. All were lined up
_ 1 America, the whole world, now saw facing awall, with their backs to
Capone for what he was. a criminal, the door of the garage. Their hands
big only as he was evil. Good peo- were in the air. Frank and Peter
ple everywhere recognized him as Gusenherg. John May, Al Wein-
the symbol of all the raw lawless- shank, James Clark. Adam Heyer,
ness that went to make up the pro- and ayoung doctor named Schwirn-
hibition era. mer those were the names. and the
Capone did not understand. He Gusenbergs were notoriously haters
went ahead. He played desperately. Capone.
of
he bet.and lost,
two million Thesupposed
dal- ?
He scattered money. In two yeaxis
__iSld¬. One
policemen
steppeci
the other men calmiyf
of
,la_rs onhorses. He gavemagi. [sprayed the
race backsof
the seven vie-;
_____ ;n1nr. eni_ to his Ems machine
Christmas presents with bullets.gun Theyi
92 lfriends. Apparently hedid not know led. all of them.
what to do with his money. That was the St. Valentine's day
Ivwu massacre. Nothing quite so fero-
/. Iv-.4-. cious had ever been known before,
-_,,_,-
even in the gang wars.
At the moment Al Capone was in
his stucco villa on Palm Island. tak-
ing alesson in etiquette. Ayoung
woman. expert in such matters, was
instructing him how to rid himself
his gloves and stick when he en-
of
tered adrawing room.
George Moran, he of
the charmed
lite, had been late at the garage.
..-_a. Seeing thecar at the curb, he
drove
away, assuming
that it belonged to
¥- the police. By
so narrow amargin
-.:.S:r
/"is. rid he miss his own rendezvous with;
,-- txtinctlon. !
Only Capone kills like that," he .
asserted that same evening. _?
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pvtREVENGE
2122 N. Clsr
aven-
It was Maren T beiore the notorious as r '
ger oi Old Man Gebardl got DRY massacre _.. .'
t around to -bumpinz oi! Tony Gurn was en
W Finalli. and it was thirteen days; pected.
.~_* L DEAIHS
LAID "Sn-.
alter that when Samuzso
moots"!Amatuna.who had lived
long and prosperted by
died by the same means.
He wona
court
throusa
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the "blond
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came his wi! -- '
All of these incidental killings
T0STRIPLING
i were attributed to the strlpllnz
who had taken on the task of
avenging the Gebardi family-
top point in
0! Bansster rei
Jack McG
on his la
born
Jack McGurn. De Mora. known in the old world as De th
M least
assumed name James Vincent Ge- Mora. tlun--but his
bardi, dubbed "Machine Gun." Samoots had been striving to "'18
last nlsht
a
has murdered number of men.
induce certain citizensto contrib- Of Just what
ute to a detense fund tor John F "5.
._92 l A sleek, athletic, well-mannered Bcalice and Albert Anselmi.
a
little Italian known then as James coupleof no-goodswho ware then
icing of late,
. HERE i_..__'.*~.§§_-
C-eberdi.era the son oi elk: prominentin the pictureand in His Of dillpuanx record fol-
cooker who had been murdered I
lows:
, by one Orazzio Tropes,"The hot water with the law. JBBUIW 1. 1930. arrested under
Scourge. .
ADMIRED BY CAPONI the name or Jack McG11rn, on 1
The hid Gebardi was hanging Ch fse oi csrryin: concealed wee-
| around the Maxwell st. station he
McGum, as became known
he was
1 and
been
father had
that
toldbypolice
put on the sptt. o
sionalbasing game,was
Dons.
after his retu.rn lrom the PI Of¢81"_
natti
He didn tlike that. but he didift ural enemy of that atrociouspaill, KFebruary
s.man.indicted
on
know what to do about it until Ff calice
andAnselmi.
He set out to gun for them, an
i .He
above 1
charge,
a
one day he received black
hand letter. It told GebardltoI in his enthusiastic killinss he ~frame
iMarch20. 1930, held under th
of James Vincent forin?
!eel
get out of town lest he the earned the attention and admira- Ifstigationin Miami. Id
same urge that snet his father tion of Al Capone. April 10. 1930. returned to Chi."
on his way. a
Thatwas fortunate pieceoi
discernment on the part or Ca-1 ft -so from Miami under name o".
t HE HAS REVENGE
pone. BecauseScaliceand All- Jae!:
McGurn. _ *1
The kid knew what to do then. Jul? 3: _1930.
sentenced
to one
D He ducked for awhile, appearing
as a professionalboxer, and then
he returned to the wars.
selmi were eagerly plotting the
death oi Scarface.
McGurn told Caponeoi the plot. c300
A little later McGurn entertained *1
{earl I.-HE
count?
jailandii-mm!
by Judge Frankhouser gn
charge 111 clrriilni concealed
been
His Iather had put onthe a
Scalice and Anselmi and fellow weapons.
spot on January 10, 1926. On the named Giunta at s. spaghetti WINS IN HIGH COURT
iollowing February 15 Orazzio In
party Cicero. Next morning December 26. 1930. that sen.
Tropea was shot -on the very the three Eliests were found de- tence was reversed and the cage
spot where JamesGebardi's
father i
porably dead. was remanded by the supreme.
had died. That coup apparently won Mc- 1
Court.
six dayslater Vito Bascone,who Gurn a
his spurs as Capone handy July 2. I931. under name off
had aided in collections item man. He became so prominent Jack McGtu:n arrested for viola-"
the elder Gebardi, met the same that he was shot at periodicaliir. tion of Mann act. Sentencedto
in
Piste thesameplace, a tiffatLPWO
Two days after that assassins-pbeingwounded once in Feltsin Leavenworth penl-
the McCormick Hotel, Rush ant >~E ~iif3"- Flaceo. on probation for"
:1 tion,
onFebruary
23, "The
Eddie O 51°rue MASSACRE
|' fiveI
years,
.Eag1e"! Baldielli was killed. pre-
THEN ' I eptember B.1933,
o I Jack Ii-flcGurn_
under namer
sentencedto six
Lsumably
because
he.too,hadbeen4 Thencame
theCapone
master-
rtpnfhs in house of correction;
miter
he hadbeenfoundI-!1.llll_92'.
- -- Involved
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