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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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1 gion Tay wled? A—No. Q--Was any one with him when e left the house? A--No. Q—Of your own knowledge do ou know if he had any trouble with any one lately? A—No, TOLD BY REPORTER. Q-Do you know where he Q—Do you know he waa shot and Killed iast evening. A—Yes. A reporter came to my house and told me, Earlier Loulse had told Sergt. Donohue of a mystery phone call telling her “something had hap- pened.” Q.—Do you know of any rea- son why he should have been » killed? A—No, Q—Do you know ff he belonged to any secret or labor organiza- tions? A—None. QO—Has he be een out of town | Me GS ait WELLL a Waa lately? A--—No. Q—How did he leave home last night? A--He left in his own Foard coupe. Louise was taken to the station for questioning by Sergt Donohue. SWAYS IN WALK TO CAR. , Down the red tile path from vit 1224 N. Kenilworth av. in one: rr a a en _— “Take me te him! Take me te him!” When Sergt. Donohue rang her doorbell early today she answered after a delay. She was fully dressed, sobbing but not hyster- ical. Sergt. Donohue asked: “De you know sbout Jack?” She said: hee My Ged! How bad is “Well, he’s gone.” And Loutse threw on her fur coat, @ jaunty black hat and walked down the path with Sergt. Donohue. TELLS OF PHONE CALL, She told of the phone call as they drove to the station, but did not mention it during the of- ficial questioning. Shortly after the shooting, she said, a voice told her over the phone: “Something has happened to Jack!" But she insisted that was all. Tronically, she revealed, Jack had gone to a wake Thursday night. Yesterday morning he had gone to the funeral which fol- time Louise saw him alive. 4 She said she didn't know whpt Jack had been doing for a Uving lately, but she thought— 7 “He owned s piece of a bool at Melrose Park.” - , i When Sergt. Doncehue and re- Porters approached McGurn's home tt was evident that bad news hed arrived first. NIGHT LAMP BURNING. Through a window they could! see the master bedroom on the first flcor. A night lamp burned dimly between Louis XVI twin beds of aspen wood. But the beds | were deserted. | They peered through another. window into a living room, car-: peted in dark coffee color like the bedroom. It, too, was lighted by adim lamp. But the lamp threw its rays on upholstered furniture } j | which was vacant. Two bedrooms on the second floor also were empty. It is be- lieved one was used by McGurn's 14-year-old daughter, a dark-eyed.: auburn-haired beauty. But if it was, the daughter had flown. lowed, arriving home at 12:30 p. XU ihe sumptuous yellow brick houseim. yesterday. HOME LUXURIOUS. He went right to bed and slept | 4 The comfortable vellow / d iaf Oak Park's most exclusive resi- ‘until 11:30 p. m. Louise said, | house marked a transition im ¢ential districts sha swayed un-|then he got up and announced: steadily on His arm. She sobbed: “E feel like bowling.= He left—and that was the last eet ee “Machine Gun Jack's” life. — f Ti was liscurious. bul not withy the over-stuffed type of luxury
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