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, GANG MASSACRE : INCER PAINTS TON HPN Murder Charge_ Against ' Former Crime Overlord Is Thought Possible CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—(2)—Beven dead men, victims of the St. Val- entine’s day massacre, cast a shadow today over the possible fate tae £7 Plame G1 mt \Vepons. | From graves where they have ‘lain since 1920, the victims of Chi- cago's bigodiest crime were sald tn reporta published here to be the most serious threat to the former gang lord’s safety since his con- _Viction on a. federal income tax ‘evasion charge. , * The Heraid and Examiner stat- ed that Byron Bolton, held in St. Paul charged with a part in the ‘Bremer kidnaping, had confessed as \“finger man” for ‘the mass slaying and had named the actual slayers, listing five names familar in un- derworld haunts. bes Though U. S. gaverhment officials were quick to deny they had a con- Lfession, the newspaper said federa] ‘officers were. hopeful of tracing those seven murders down to the original public enemy No. 1, Al Ca- ‘pone, now in Alcatraz prison. ' The report quoted Bolton as_at- itributing the massacre _te hench- (men hired by Capone to protect his intéhesta in a Lyons, Ill, dog race track after the George (Bugs) Mo- tanl gang and Frank Uale, New Tn and Chicago gangster, Ot ALOE Ler. profits, tempted to “muscle in” on the Those ‘named as killers, who feft! ir quarry in.a blood-spattered garage in February, 1928, w' re Murray Humphreys, once No. 1 {ya- pone man, now In Leavenworth pn an income tex evasion convistiin: Fred (Killer) Burke, serving a term in a Michigan prison for slaying a St. Joseph policeman; Gus Winkler, ago; Claude Maddox, leader of the extinct Circus gang, the only one now at latge, and Fred (The Brains} Goetz, University of Dlinois gradu- ate, who turned gangster. Goetz wag glein lest vear, | WAS BiGill Meee vera Reports said that Bolton, taken in a raid here Jan. 10, the night federal bullets slew Russell Gib- son, Karpis-Barker gangster, con-| | E Bide gambler killed a year Bs he was the man who rented’ a room opposite the Clark st. gar- age and gave the signal when the Moran mobsters arrived at their headquarters, The Herald and Examiner pointed out that, should @ case be developed against Capone, the federal gov~- ernment might turn the former ‘bootleg king over to the state for prosecution on «a yaurder charge when his 10-year term for tax eva- sion and one year for contempt are completed. And others implicated might be brought from their prison cells to face prosecution for the gory Tourders that were credited with focusing attention of the fed- eral government on the menace of - ‘Chicago’s war lords, Following the murders, police sought the siayers. <Arvests were made, but alibis brought freedom though ballistics experts anid evi- dence pointed to Bolton, a mar navy machine-gunner. Burk and time aa suspects. years as an unsolved mystery. Maddox were ajso listed by - lice The crime has been listed "five ee eee Hf Mr. Nathan. { Mr. Tatson | Mr. Cleyy Mr. con | | Chief Clerk... ‘Mr. Egah __... 3 Mr. Harbo.... | Mr. Reith 00! Mr. Lester... i Mr. Qutrn.. | Mr. Schilder Mr. Tamm ......_. Mr, Tracy... Mias Gandy...