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Al Capone — Part 35
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Witnesses Describe
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Only One of Killers |
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One of these had been torn tojtioned by Capt. Martin Mullen,
bits. The pleces were . put togeth-/| who was in charge of the investi-
er to compose the name, “William gation
Degrazio.” Degrazio, police learned, ‘ .
is @ guard at the Bridewell. Aj, One of the squads arriving at
squad was sent out for him. the murder scene picked up three
The others were addressed to,;™men who were entering a restau-
“Skippy.” ‘Jim Lyne,” “Nick de {rant below the recreation parlors.
John,” and “Doe Pecaro.” * They were Aloisio’s brother,
Police were attempting to iden- Sam, 21, of 141° W. Huron st.:;
tify these men on the theory they| John Battaglia, 23, of 1154 W.
may know who was in the place|Ohio st..and Charles Alazowka,
at the time of the shooting and; 22, of 668 N. Curtis st.
pernaps who McGurn's compan-| They were locked up at Racine
apt, n, ¥ e
soe aed Mecarella tur- | Detectives Storms, and Chief Dep-
nished only one description. They |“t¥ Coroner Victor Schlaeger,
said one of the three "stickup’| WOMAN ALSO QUIZZED.
men was about 30 years old, §| Also questioned was Aloisio’s
feet tall and weighing 180 pounds. | wife, Jacqueline, of 2020 Pierce
He was dark complexioned and|st. She said her husband had
wore dark clothing and no hat.|never mentioned MeGurn.
He was the one who backed out! On a piece of envelope in Mc-
last, shouting: Gurn’s pocket was a telephone |
“Everybody stay down!” number, Delaware 3943, and the,
BELMONTE FOUND. name “Henny.” The number was |
Checking up on the automobile | traced to the Westminister Hotei, :
license, Lieut. Richard Barry |1219 N. Clark st.
went to the Harrison st. ad- Police could find no one at the!
dress and found Belmonte, «| hotel by that name,
tailor, with his uncle, Tony Lam-} In one of McGurn's pockets two
bert. 39, of 1334 W. Van Buren st.| tickets to the prize fight last
Belmonte, whe ts 38, admitted! night at the Chicago Stadium
letting McGurn use his name in} were found. They were unused.
purchasing a car. He had become Capt. Mullen regarded this a
arquainted with the gangster! an indication that “Machine Gun"
through making clothing for him.| Jack had been summoned to keep
TAKEN FOR GRILLING. an important engagement and
Belmonte and Lambert were] that the two men with him took,
trought to the station to be ques- him te the recreation parlors ts
gues Stace, WE MIS ATE
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