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™~ ‘ ~ a ‘AND CAPONE MOB PROSPERS AAIN: RVG LEV AVUFIlt Veterans of Massacre In Rinht with Marhina So iy angers wT CF PRRCAWEEEP ey Ne They. Celebrate. . Ten years ago today Ay Capone's — executioners reached all-time | : high for gangster butchery in the ae Fe | rs St, Yalentine’s Day massacre. in} which seven” “men were stood against a wall and shot down as fast as a machine gun could spray their] backs, Today the Capone veterans of the Moran gang slaughter are on top again. In right with the Kelly-Nash mgchine, reputedly through organi- zagion of gambling privileges in ca- LL be gett Win. aAkest fst] oD With W¥ lilialin Rober & & Slim iy) “Skidmore, the Capone old guard is celebrating ‘Valentine’s|. Day as the best of good times. v A careful check covering several weeks reveals that the period end- + fing with the mayoral primaries, ; / Feb. 28, is likely to be the most prosperous enjoyed by the mob, not. excepting the fat years of beer run- ning marked by the St. Valentine’s| Day massacre, Skidmore Afraid of Courtney. Skidmore, agent for a long line of political pirates and described by + “fixer” through whom Capone mob- : sters and other rackeieers in many lines obtain protection, runs a ed scrap-iron business at 2840 ‘South ‘Kedzie avenue. Latest reports ~ reaching underworld circles de- scribe Skidmore as “alarmed over the prospect of Courtney becoming the next mayor of Chicago.” | The Capone gang has reorganized jand widened its field. Concessions ( granted by the Kelly-Nash machine in return for support of Mayor Kel= ly at the polls on primary day have. ee ee Ttate 241 et = a3 a a 2h s sa SRYTUCHEIEO TeEceipis. “SILyY Skid- more, as go-between, conducted ne- ‘gotiations anf SBIRE them to a |successful conclusion. . et ‘State’s Attorney Courtney as the Mr. Coffey fp Mr. Crowl eren the present city. My. Egac. ..... peambiraiee on, ken over th2| : cinbhouve of a Chicago race track | i aoe ‘a “ ‘élaborate offices are be ‘used fr. Glavin .... as their headquarters. ne Mr. Harbo .... ‘Out there at this time of year,” Mr, Leater .... taid 2 noted law enforcement offi-' cial, “they are gs -well hidden aS, they would be {f conducting their | rackets from the superintendent's ! office of some graveyard.” Mystery Figure Emerges. A mysterious figure in the history of gangdom in Chicago has been| brought to light by the survey. Paul! J ,/ fice a; TOPECOIOrS a hanayman put) te recentiy promoted to “big shot”, A wa leadership, is now the acting top-. notch boss of the mob Al Capone’ once led. Frank (“The Enforcer”) Nitti, who took over after Cousin \ Al bad been tossed into prison for us etNitto, spends his win- ters in Florida. He makes frequent trips here, however, At the time of his last visit, said to have taken Bf place in December, he occupied his F(Chicage apartment in Glady's ave- a inue, near Lotus avenue. While in Fs Chicago Nitti becomes “FrankeRad- Fido, , “ 3 Under the Ricca regime, “ Jack aretl in a ge Lat ‘Gurik remains gambling operations. Roc De _ Grazia has been assigned to super- ..- Visiol of numerous dens of vice do- :feated in Cook ‘County but outside vthe city limits. The gang’s Chicago ‘4 brothels are to have a new operat- fing head. Bf. nti, .— Vogel Heads 8} macoines, H Eddie (“Dutch W{Vogel continues as head of the slot/machine depart- meni—a racket viewed generally as “pushed around a lot of late,” but actually flourishing since Skidmore waved his, magic wand over the City Hall. A Ralph (“Bottles*y}Capone, broth- er of Al, stays on as assistant in (Continuct-en~Siitd Page.) [gt OD ae Lie ena Mr. Meclntire_/...... Mr. Quinn Tanmun....