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ake Lingle, reporter also was ake Lingle racketeer, and, borrow a phrase, the un- official chief of police of Chi- cago,” the Commissioner of Police, William Russel! re- [signed his job. So did Deputy ; mmissioner of Detécti es, ohn Stege, the brave an dauntless fellow who had slapped Louie (State and Mad- ison Street) Alterie in the face. The righteous demanded that they resign. A new com- Missioner, Captain John Al- cock was appointed. Mayor Thompson told him to run the crooks and the gangsters out of town, and he began by raising hell with the police de- — partment. Another shakeup. His subordinate Deputy Commissioner Norton, ably assisted. States Attorney John A. Swanson commissioned at Roche, famous federal investigator, to solve the Lingle murdér. The investigation locked good in its early stages but later developments indicated rather piainiy that some of the many resolutions which many organizations had passed concerning Jake’s high moral character were rather premature. It was found that the snub-nosed .88, with which the racketeering reporter had been assassi- nated, had been purchased months before by our old acquaintances, Frankie Foster and Teddy New- berry, the disgruntled Moran henchmen who had deserted to enlist under the banner of the Big Fellow. Foster was Angeles, whither he had fled two days after the murder with a naive explanation “This town’s too hot for me.” During the investigation Jack Zuta, the Moran lieutenant, was taken into custedy and questioned at the detective bureau. When his in- quisitors were done with him, he strolled up to Lieutenant George Barker, who had arrested him, and said, “They'll kill me before I can get to Madison Street. You brought me here, now take me back,” &lphonse Capone, the anorehendsed in T Pats Tap pee Vas ass ang Big taking it easy in Florida where he has « great esta’ oa, Oh, I'll take you as far as Madison,” said Barker, and they started—Zuta in the rear seat accompanied by Solly Vision, with Albert Bratz in the front seat. Zuta had good grounds for his fears. Bullets soon 8 to fly about brilliantly lighted State Street, a street-car mo- torman was killed, an innocent bystander wounded, but Mr. Zuta slipped away unhurt, as did the attacking automobile with the aid of a smoke screen, Jack Zuta was, however, Fellow of Gangland, to , living on borrowed time, and on se August Ist he was shot to death where he had been hiding since the State Street episode at a resort hotel on upper Nemahbin lake, near Waukesha. His lieutenant, Solly Vision, has not been seen or heard from, and it is rumored that he also has been slain. Papers taken from Zuta’s clothing indicated that boozedom’s profits are still good as indicated on a balance sheet of July 23, 1930, which showed a profit of $35,225.00. Albert Bratz, in whose home Zuta had been hiding and whose automobile Zuta had been using, has also disappeared. Zuta’s connection with the . Lingle slaying is still a mystery as far as the public ! big is concerned. Chicago police intimate that Zuta’s death might have been due to the Capone gangs intention of taking control of the north side booze territory of the Moran gang and some significance was attached to the recent return of Alphonse Capone to Chicago. “Who Killed Jake Lingle and Why?” is as a mystery as ever. Maybe it will eventually take its place up there with the other Big Question, “Who Killed MeSwiggin and Why ?” ERRATUM: Since the printing of the Chapter on McSwiggin, the authors have learned that Harry Madigan, former owner of the saloon in front of which William McSwiggin was killed, has been incorrectly quoted on page 28 regarding his relations with Al Capone. (84) | | |