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Al Capone — Part 35
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ANGLANE PROBED,
‘NWTCURNSLAYING
Gunner Linked to Valentine
Day Massapre Killed by
‘-" * Wistol Men. *
By the Ammciated Pram. . .
+ CHICAGO, February 15--A eating |
va back seven yours to the St, Valertipes
massacts of 182b—enmesbed tonight
the hunt for the slayers of dapper
‘,° “Machine Gun” Jack McQurn.
“a “Public Enemy Mo. F" on the orig-
> Inal Chicago thst, be died early today,
jast 1] hours past the anniversary “|
ibe septuple Kiliuing of George (Bugs)
@ Moran henchmen which brought him j
natlonal notoriety. Three pistol men:
anded his “charmed life" in # near
northwest aide bowling alley.
There were “just too many reasons”
why the death of the chief machine
gunner of the Capoot “syndicate
could have been desired to make 1
easy to trace his iciliers, sald Mal
Coghlan, assistant Btate's attorney. |
“Police will have to untangle many I
I
Babine
Pihaset of his Hfe before we can even
et aiarted foward a solution.” he
added.
Doses Years #4 Ganguier,
in his dosen yeara ae & major gang
ater, the frequent target of bullets
himself. NeGurn waa credited in un- | |
derworld bomstings with the death |
of st least (wo domen men, the extor- |!
tlon of thousands of dollars, a faver |;
with his chief, “Al” Capone, which |
bred jealousy among his own mamd-
cates, and # ausve ruthlessness with
nem ise.
Into al] hese and their ramifications
@uthorities dug for ches.
They quickiy rounded up the widow
—once Louie Folie, the “blond
{ alibi” whose testimeny cleared him in
the @t. Valentine's day kilings—and
aight other, for questioning. But
qangland'’s wall of ailence intervened.
“They shouldn't have done it," the [r
widow exclaimed, but she wid she had |
no Kea of who “thes” might be. Sha |
mid the 6209 found js her husband's |.
pocketa plong with two unused prize
fight tickets and a “piece of a book”
Chorse race betting enterprise) | +
resented thelr en eatata.
oe ee
Loh
“Fue Companies Sought, ~~
Wiltem ASME peibristar of ibs
Dewiing allog, wit pcties the Sorte same
fete le sucemd-sicrs establntmant,
shaving “stick them ‘wp.” and thet
[De decked when the volley marted.
companigns wet it .
Geet Baer Met Mahl to nd bow sare
Otay regarded significend, Eith
‘thet the pal ancicted from the soor- -
ing board, after the shooting. ths shert 7
preumebly ¢uilaining thelr names a a a
The pomitiity of ivvnge for wel - Lif ie
aaah hier Pieenige sonoaiel SRR
—deepite ihe acincidenes of date— [Te Tree
found Little support trom Police Capt. |;
Richart Berry. f Mise Gandy
“Tha gatge don usually shoot to! ¢ .
avenge something thet happened yearn | |
Ar.” he commented. “My pues is that’ |
MeGurn stepped oo somebody: tas ip |
the aley racket, or the guamdiiing fusl-
Beas recently.” :
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the Wisconsin alky cookers and boot-
legeers.
, An inquest heard brief testimony ,
from Mr. McGure and fram Anthony
& Oebardi. who said he was Jack's broth-
er and that his real name was ~Vin- |
cent Gebardl” Gebardi said he un-
F
3
i
@ reminder that golf was Jack's pas:
time-and thet he was once good '
ee #nough to enter the Western open
sunder Ais own name. The inquest |
* was continued to Merch 4.
Late today al] persona questioned
in the slaying were released, jaclud- j,
dag Alotzio at William Belmonte, a
tailor who made many of McGurn‘s
muita,
They wit be arraigned Monday, but
Police said continuences sould be
masked pending the outcome of the cor-
Oners inquest.
From the original “public enemy”!
Toster of 26 names, McGurn's was the -
ointh to be erased og death.
By peng pane or from patural causes
#ack Zuta, Joe Aiello. Frank Me-
Erlane, George (Red) Barker, William !
(Thiee-fingered Jack? White, Joseph '
(Pepe) Genaro, Prank Rio and Myles
Danse!) previously had dled,
Capone. No. 2 on ihe list, ts ati.
werving & Federal prison sentence at,
Alcatraz, near San Frapcisco, for ln-1
comet lax erasion = Willie Niemoth is
lerving tine in Maryland: James (Pur?
Sammons in Indiens, ond the others
ere "at large’ —gevern) after complet-
ing prison terms on income 14x
cherges, Ralph (Bottles! Capone. Al's
brother, la adfORerresiacter group.
. rr
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