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Al Capone — Part 34

46 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 44 pages OCR'd
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——r Viti Ai ye et _ meg ‘8 - C dpone “Alt : rr aoe Shot to! to ath a Death aren i — sae . _[Pretures on: bad? Joueph [Pepe] Genero, 4T ote ci onetime Capone Heuténant who was always ready to turn a fpw doliars in dcohol peddling, gamBling, or con- ‘ducting houses of ill ‘dame, was shot to death last aight by naidentified d | asssilants. : Genero, who ‘real name wes Jos ; eph Annerino, was seated In a tavern lat 1543 East 634 street when an 3 automobile, driven slowly west, ‘} | passed the front window. From this lear two men in the rear seat thrust 7 shotguns and pulled the triggers. S| Their aim was good and the charges, crashing through the glass of the 4) window, struck Genéro in the head. Witees Hire wien: Drive On. MU Ba a RO The high stool on which he was sitting fell to the fioor as he oF \ i Paci: 4% pled backward. Jessie Warner, years eld, 6315 Harper avenue, "ait ress with whom he had been rolling dice, screamed. The bartenders end a few patrons took cover. But only the two shots were fired and the car of the killers wax driven rapidly west to Harper avenue and then north. aoe linen’ mul mo far minites ! Genero lived omy & fw maces ter he was struck, There wes no accepted theory as to why he had been killed, Nor was dt made clear what his recent activi- eee, Tes pag. peer admitted she knew him. home of his brother at 120 East 105t street. The women and men wer being questibned at the detective bu reau early today. ‘ Genero waa tried.in 1927. for the murder of Michéel Vinct, a gangster who, on his deathbed, named him as a killer. He was acquitted. In Decem- ber, 1929, he was indicted on charges of kidnaping in connection with elec tian seeders fe the Teton sintt — a Mv disorders 48 LUG A WCUUCHWL WEI, but the cases were nol prossed. In. 1932 he was shot and wounded while he was conducting a gambling | Danis in Calumet City, sibe-rimed j the attack on Black Handers. . 42-20 ~ 357 LG-/Pe-A Arr, Oo: date old, 268 Bobby. Rossel, 4, ind? Iwo men, “Dugo” Frank Costello and” to Graziamo, were taken into. cunt tady at 11721 Cahimet avesue ip questioning. Mins Clarke dettied ‘that’ pakke had been living with Genero, bul Third Man Questioned. -4 Later William Bondelli, 23, of 35t East W17th street, was seized at th” nh Tf Mr. Nathan .f-+..- Mr. Baughman ...:. Chiaf Clerk ..00..1::: - Mr. Edwards .. Mx. doveps V4. Mr. Beitis ses he--- Ma. Brace . 1... se00e- Mise Gandy 20. ccene+ bedAgs CREEP DorEhe whew
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