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Al Capone — Part 35

64 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 64 pages OCR'd
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5 J | Hardly Protitable | Another notorious mobster has|. jhad meted out to him what eo ofte™ ihe meted out to others, and Les}; dead in Chicago after being shot/|: in the back by persons aa yet up- known. The dead man was Jack McGurn, I ‘said to have been at one time No. |1 killer of the Al Capone gang. i He was supposed to be worth several hundred thousand dollars’ during the prosperous and mur- derous prohibition days. But he died with $3.35 in his pockets, and accotding to his wife that is about all there wae left. Lately he had been picking up a littie change by handling 50-cent bets on horse races. | x Not a very glorious end, was !t? But it was a perfectly logical end, and justice has been served even though the law was violated by the killers. | Al Capone on Alcatraz Island may wonder sometimes if crime really does pay. If Jack McGurn's per- ‘sonality has survived his abrupt itranslation into another sphere of ‘existence he probably is quite sure it does not, ————™ - end PLEASE RETURN TO DIVISION OF PRESS INTELLIGENCE 2067 Commerce Bldg. NO. SYMBOL PAPER CITY DATs FEE i y i a { ic, Hs, aveele = weweeee ‘ his. porweah ae pap, Jenophe ------ 907° Nir. Katib -enees seer we. Quina.- areerge ee = cre aie peeee cree? sae Candy .-----<++- asses tert Zz t ne EE nel
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