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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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Witnesses Describe — | Only One of Killers | Bee wtion Bia One of these had been torn tojtioned by Capt. Martin Mullen, bits. The pleces were . put togeth-/| who was in charge of the investi- er to compose the name, “William gation Degrazio.” Degrazio, police learned, ‘ . is @ guard at the Bridewell. Aj, One of the squads arriving at squad was sent out for him. the murder scene picked up three The others were addressed to,;™men who were entering a restau- “Skippy.” ‘Jim Lyne,” “Nick de {rant below the recreation parlors. John,” and “Doe Pecaro.” * They were Aloisio’s brother, Police were attempting to iden- Sam, 21, of 141° W. Huron st.:; tify these men on the theory they| John Battaglia, 23, of 1154 W. may know who was in the place|Ohio st..and Charles Alazowka, at the time of the shooting and; 22, of 668 N. Curtis st. pernaps who McGurn's compan-| They were locked up at Racine apt, n, ¥ e soe aed Mecarella tur- | Detectives Storms, and Chief Dep- nished only one description. They |“t¥ Coroner Victor Schlaeger, said one of the three "stickup’| WOMAN ALSO QUIZZED. men was about 30 years old, §| Also questioned was Aloisio’s feet tall and weighing 180 pounds. | wife, Jacqueline, of 2020 Pierce He was dark complexioned and|st. She said her husband had wore dark clothing and no hat.|never mentioned MeGurn. He was the one who backed out! On a piece of envelope in Mc- last, shouting: Gurn’s pocket was a telephone | “Everybody stay down!” number, Delaware 3943, and the, BELMONTE FOUND. name “Henny.” The number was | Checking up on the automobile | traced to the Westminister Hotei, : license, Lieut. Richard Barry |1219 N. Clark st. went to the Harrison st. ad- Police could find no one at the! dress and found Belmonte, «| hotel by that name, tailor, with his uncle, Tony Lam-} In one of McGurn's pockets two bert. 39, of 1334 W. Van Buren st.| tickets to the prize fight last Belmonte, whe ts 38, admitted! night at the Chicago Stadium letting McGurn use his name in} were found. They were unused. purchasing a car. He had become Capt. Mullen regarded this a arquainted with the gangster! an indication that “Machine Gun" through making clothing for him.| Jack had been summoned to keep TAKEN FOR GRILLING. an important engagement and Belmonte and Lambert were] that the two men with him took, trought to the station to be ques- him te the recreation parlors ts gues Stace, WE MIS ATE pr
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