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Al Capone — Part 36
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years ago in the bloody St.
=| day massacre, for Which he
“| indicted, - =
A} Oe “beat the rap“
The gangsters death came with the
same dramatic suddenness as did the
massacre of the Moran men, While
McGurn ‘and two unidentified com-
Il pantons sat in « second-floor bowling
‘| alley at 805 Milwaukee avenue, on the
tear Northwest Side, awaiting their
| turn, three men entered the place and
ordered: “Stick ‘em up! Stand where
You are.” .
McGurn, his back to the men, stood,
‘| erect. Without another word, the
‘| trio opened fire with 45-caliber pistols,
One shot struck McGurn just behind
the right ear and the other in the
lower part >of the neck. .
The police called McGurn a cold-
blooded gang * of “Scarface
re ae ase
aden ee a a
¢
ry
drink night” in the recreation parlors,
where free non-intoxicating beveragéa
were served. | te
Willa Arion who sald he was the
police McGurn wis « regular customer
of the place aud had entered i8 Bun-
utes before he was shot down. ,
He said the three men walked to
fred several shot,
Hoor near the spot ;
where McGura fell, they found al
Comic valentine addressed to McGura. i
On the front of the velentine were t
the figures of = man and « woman in
their underwear. In the background |
was the picture of a house marked -
| “sala”
and = anoth reading -
“household oo eae
a ee
Z_(%O~ fa
owner of the bowling aiieys, icid “|
f
A,
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