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_--"“WicG ura and two of his friends,” said Alosio, “tame tn shortly after midnight. They engaged the second alley and took off their coats to bowl. As they stood at the end of the alley, three men v:ho had come in after them walked up unnoticed behind MeGurn and began firing. “They didn’t miss. They were standing so close te Jack that every bullet took effect. He was shot sev- eral times in the head and several time in the back, He fell dead. The His No. I Killer Killed killers ran out and the other peonle in the house, including his friends, followed.” Yesterday was the anniversary ef the St. Valentine’s Day massa- cre, one of the most sensational crimes in American history. On Feb. 14, 1929, seven members of ihe North Side gang headed by | “and were all machine-ganned to Moras, -enemy in booze and vice rackets, were lined up against the wall of « garage on N, Clark St. death. McGura Link Doubted, | There were at times reports that MeGurn was implicated in thst ‘shooting. Most investigators dis- credited this, however. That some one wished to remind McGurn of Valentine's Day was proved by the discovery of a comic lithograph that was left with Alosio for him some time yesterday. It depicted a couple in scanty clothing with a little jingle under it which read: “You've lost your job, you've lost : your dough; ‘[Phings still could be werse, you know— ‘At least you haven't lost your! Closeup of killer who got dose trousers,” . ; It was the belief of the investi- gators, headed by Capt. Richard Barry, that the killers had accurate | one. knowledge that McGurn would be ‘Machine Gun’ Jack MeGurn of Ais own medicine—lead. Chicago were rubbed out, one by| Lula Lou’s testimony re- mained unconvincing—but unshak- jn the bowling alley at about the] apie time he arrived. Possibly, it was The underworld hailed her as the said, they waited for him and | « = po9s . climbed up the stairs to the second | peaonde be when. ert each floor, where the alleys are, 85 800M | time to jeer as the State prosecu- as he and his friends had cleared tore backed down and asked for a the hallway. - Jt was even theorized that the continuance, But when the St. Walentine’s men who went with him_might/ pay charges were finally dronpei ‘nave been in on the plot. To sup-! port this the police pointed out that all the bullets were directed at McGurn alone. His friends, in all probability, were armed and could have battled if they wished, | jn the opinion of Capt. Barry. “But anything could have hap-: pened in this instance,” he added. “MoGurn had plenty of people with reason to bump him off. My guess js he stepped on somebody's toes: in the alky racket or the gambling | business, recently, The gangs | don’t usually shoot to avenge’ something that happened years! ago. They put enemies out of btisiness for what they’re doing | now.” if | [ Suspect in Many Killings. | urn was suspected of more | than a dozen murders. But the nearest he ever came to doing a. long stretch in jail was on a Mann. Act conviction. When police arrested him in Miami, Fla., on suspicion of the St. Valentine’s Day murders, he was living with a golden-haired gun mol], Louise (Lulu Lou) Rolfe. Her alibi for McGurn was, graphic. He was in her arma, she said, in a Georgia hotel, at the time police declared he was mowing down Mo-; ‘an’s gangsters, a ; Wivnesaes who placed McGurn in for lack of evidence, McGurn's alibi was turned against him. He and his blonde paramour were indicted for violation of the Mann Act. I In an attempt to impress the | jury, McGurn married the girl before trial. The charge stuck, however, and McGum was sentenced to two years .in Leavenworth Prison and his wife to four months in the | Cook County jail. | | | Saved by High Court. | But even in this he beat the rap when the United States Supreme | Court set aside the conviction. He served two minor terms, how-' ever, while the appeal was being In 1930 he was sentenced to the county jail for one year and fined $300 for carrying a gun. Later he was snatched out of the Western Open Golf Tourna- ment, where he was playing under his real name, Vincent Gabardi, and charged with vagrancy. With unusual consideration, the ; arresting officers allowed him to, finish his match before taking him | off to jail. He shot an 86. Laver—#—jury sent him. to. the. Beidswat! far 2eix months BPIewell LULL SIA HIVES. |