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Al Capone — Part 35
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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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