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Al Capone — Part 35
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men 8 to the Hank Bath-Red Bur-
fight at the Stadium fast night:
ey were $2 mezzanine seats, ant
’ “Fdhad not been used. There was
+ {$8.85 in his pockets. .
b Companions Susnerted.
The possibility that McGurn's tw
bowling partners may have led him
ijto the slaughter engaged the ry slice
ah in thought, but they were at a loss
| to find out who they were, in view
{ of Alcisic’s statement that he did
(Continued from First Page.) ‘Uavenue, employe of the bowling fe no even know McGurn, let alone his
- ‘Alley, also witnessed the shootillg.| companions.
ure, deathly pale from grief, with|!\He dived behind a radiator when] As McGurn’s companions crowded
ispots of color showing from the red} the builets began to fly, but said/out of the bowling alley with the
‘of her nails and lips, and the dark} ine would be unable to identify thelrest of the customers, they took with
brown at the roots of her blonde [killer of McGurn, them the bowling sheets on which
‘hair. “I was asleep tm a chair at the/their names were inscribed.
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' It was revealed during the -in-Aside of one of the alleys,’ he said.| There was some question as to
quiry that Mrs. MeGurn is thell“7 awoke to see one man with an|how many shots were fired in th¢
mother of a 12-year-old daughter.4 sutomatic pistel backing out of the killing. Three bullet holes were al!
|When asked about the child she ex-|j entrance door, shooting as he went. ‘that the police found on the prem.
claimed: , ; 'I jumped for a radiator.” Nses, One was over the door, lead4
_ “Oh, don’t ask me. Can't you see Two Men with Victim. & police to believe that McGurn’s
how I feel? ' MeGurn, accompanied by two]companions may have returned the
Silence Confronts Police. other men, entered the place be-|fire of his killer.
The slaying of McGurn did not tyeen midnight and 1 a.m. They| There were four .45 caliber shells
have the class or the finesse that «nose two of the four alleys in the|scattered on the floor. Two were
accompanied murders charged to piace, took off their coats, pawed|near McGurn’s body, one near the
Machine Gun Jack,” but it had all over the balis and prepared for ajdoor and one near a_ telephone
the elements of silence that con- |... one ot the party had marked/booth adjacent to the door
fronts police in the average gang |i), the hames of the three on the| Police learned that William de
ae men were questioned by the score sheet. Prazio. a guard at the brideweil.
e + ; fre fed the bowlin lle nd
. : Before the bowling had started quenie e B alley a
pilice, but professed to know little [1,6 three assassins cctered, ‘There |Planned to question him to learn
o:! the killing. Two of them were in were about fifteen other men in the/if McGurn was a regular visitor
Liles eaten Ai of etm eclara$| place besides the McGurn party. [there
they knew McGurn only by whit’ 1 had 4 : 1
. ed one of the intruders. ad conducted a gambling place
Phone questioned veote William ¥ Before anybody knew what was]before the Cheat wave” last sum.
“Aloisio, owner of the bowling alley; up the assassin with the automati:] Mer, said that no gambling had
,sam his brother; John Battaglio. 23 began firing at McGurn at a dist /Deen carried on in the bowling al-
y y BO, tance, police supposed, was between | ley’.
lyears old, of 1154 West Ohio street, || ‘@7Ce: Police supposed, * Inquest Is Opened. .
IWenty ang inirt ¥ eet, 7 a = “= =e ha
and Charles Alozowska. The latter Shot Twice in Head. _|, MeGurn's body was taken to tre
three were picked up when the
entered a restaurant below the h MeGurn caught two bullets before .. ;
bowling alley after the killing. ® could turn around. One entered): opened by Coroner Frank
William Aloisio was held for the| his skull just above the mape of the ware, Today. 7 *
inquest and was due for some more| Ck: the other behind his right ear. “a7. atcGurn told her question-.
quest'aning, qmesnite his assertions The ex-Capone killer slumped |” deat Gar khichand hed onane ts
7+ Bi r - ware TiS tliat LICL Clonda LidG Bue LU
that he did not know McGurn. oa on his back | OP eee ae a funeral yesterday morning, but!
Valentines on Counter. —dead When police arrived he was that she did not know who the cen-:
One fact compelHed police to be- still sprawled there in his shirt- | 'tal figure at the funeral was.
lieve that Aloisio might have been sleeves with two rivulets of blood|. McGurn returned to Oak Park in
chummy with McGurn. On the pourin out of his nose the afternoon and slept through into
cigar counter in the bowling alley Noe tae Aencesd in hie wena) {the late evening, she said. About
were found four valentines similar]; Vigan cteln To wre a orev {ll o'clock last night, Mrs. McGurn
to the one found near MeGurn's Sete tailoring peor stan related, her husband dressed and
body. tine snirt and a red tie Slung over announced he was going out to
These valentines were all ad-|. bench behind the alley were his|bOwl. A retiring wife, Mrs. Mc-
dressed in the same handwriting as suit coat, a black overcoat and a Gurn declared she did not learn
that which carried the name of derby ,
Mein Thaw hare thea moma af = _— ; : ae «
iCiurn. DPney bore iné mames of Besides the valentine, police found
hick de John, Doc Pecaro, Jim) among McGurn effects an aulomo-
yme and Skippy. bile identification card issued to
| Alosio told Sgt. Kyran Phalen/ witliam Belmonte, 5441 Harrison
iand Capt. Martin Mullen of the! street, .
Racine avenue station that he was} Belmonte, a tailor at a loop shop
laitting on a bench when the thréel where McGurn had had suits made,
hillers came in and that he dived 'teld police he had allowed McGur
rounty morgue, where an inquest
‘
whorn
Of McGurn’s business, Mrs. Mc-
Gurn declared she knew little, ex-
cept that he had an interest in
some handbooks, one of them in
Melrose Park.
This handboek, which has been:
conducted by McGurn and his a5-
ciates for more than a year de
ite frequent public notice of it. ‘is
cated in the quarters of the
funct Citizens State Bank of Mdl-
npse Park, at Broadway and Main
street.
tinder a pool table when the shool- /t> use his name in procuring licens
j g started. He said he believed /ptates for his automobile, to avoi
| bout fifteen shots were fired. * |tye difficulties that beset the not
Tony Mascarella, 2023 Grand/noug gangster in hig public bus
ness affairs.
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