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Al Capone — Part 35

64 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 64 pages OCR'd
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) which marked another house the {fluent hoodlum had occupied st 122 N, Kenilworth av. 2 few years tarlier. Comparative hard times drove and Louise, the pretty, typi- ally North Bide girl, who left an Addison st. home and a Lake View High Schoo] education to join the Hfe of the underworld—from the house at 1112 more than three years ago. He returned to the less pre- tentious house at 1224. Some of the neighbors objected, but police said Jack could not be evicted un- less he ran afoul of the Jaw again. | ‘Instead he ran afoul of the ene- 1 Mies of the law. | ALMOST BROEE, SHE SAYS. Today, as she was led from the ‘morgue to the state’s attorney's ' office, she said: “We were bractleally broke.” l From ihe state's attorney's of- \fice she was returned to the ‘morgue for the inquest at 11 a.m. Her tears by then had smeared the thick mascara over her face. ‘She would say little to reporters, ‘put when she was asked: “Was he good te you?” «a She answered: “Oh, he was wondesful . . . always a0 nice.“ ‘WAVES CAMERAS AWAT. * Newspaper photogarphers she. motioned away with her hand. on which was a platinum weddirk: Ting, her only jeweirr, and in which she carried a black Pura? with the initials "L. G.” a She pleaded: ; “Boys, please don't.” To the questioning of Assistant State's Attorney Hal Coughian, too, she insisted that she knew little of her husband’s business operations and that his death had been entirely unexpected. Coughlan asked her: Q—What has your husband been doing for a living lately? A-—I don't know. NOT MARKING MUCH. Q—How has he been making money? A—He hasn’t been mak- ing much, but he always seemed to have some when he needed it. No, I don’t know where he got it. Q—Who has he been hanging around with? Who are his asso- ciates? A--I don't know. He nev- er told me much about those things. Q—Whoe would want te kill him? Who would profit by his death? A—TI haven't anv idea, I thought that. sort of thing was all past and gone, Q—Has he been threatened Istely? A—I don't know. OF, please don't ask me sO MANY ques tions.
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