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oe, flenchman Confesses : CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—Alphonse Ca- Fone, imprisoned gang overlord, may ' be brought from Alcatraz island . penitentiary to answer for the ghast- ly St. Valentine’s day massacre of! seven Moran gangsters here in 1929. : This possibility loomed today fol-: lowing the disclosure by interna- tional news service thet Byron Bol- « ton, now a feleral prisoner, had made a detailed statement of the massacre to depattment of justice jiagents. Bolton and five ofhers were named as the Killers. | While police officials began to re-, ‘shuffle their scanty evidence in the” ‘gruesome mass murder federal offi-. cials were said to be hopeful of link- ing Capone to the crime with. the -object of sending him tc the elec- leric chair, if possible. 1 Killers Were Capone Men. Those named as the actual mur- yderers who lined up seven of George - (Bugs) Moran's gang against a N. “Clark st. garage wall and mowed ‘them down with machine gun fire. ,were known to be affiliates of the *Capone mob, then engaged in s war for supremacy against Moran's men. | They were Murray Humphreys, {Gus Winkler, Fred (Killer) Burke, «Claude Maddox and Fred Goetz. “Humphreys, who succeeded Capone ato the gangland throne, is now in prison at Leavenworth, Kan. Burke Nis serving a life term at the Mar- “quette (Mich.) penitentiary. Wink-' iler and Goetz were murdered and only Maddox, leader of the “circus” gang, Capone affiliate, is at large. : AS police authorities dug back into their investigation new evidence was brought to light. Bolton’s brother, John, had been sovght as a pariici- pant in the massacre, police an- nounced. So had John Conroy, found ‘alain in New York in 1932. : Admits He Was Killer. | Bolton in his confession said he iwas one of the killers. Police had been trailing the former Egans’ rats gangster as the man who conducted ths death watch in-a rented room yacross the street from the massacre igarage. He was first connected with ithe crime when a letter addressed to him and postmarked from Thayer. l., was found in the abandoned room. Conroy, it was disclosed by Dete*- tive Frank Mortell, was also known as Robert Newberry. When Burke was first linked to the St. Valentine day murders a search for Conroy, one of Burke's henchmen, was he-| (gun. The hunt ended when Conroy. i wag found dead in & New York pat, M@qrrell said. olion is now in federal cusipdy at/Bt. Paul, as a suspect in the $4p0,- kidnaping of Edward G. Brefher wealthy banker. } L %) Brim Go Fo jhe Mr. Natan veeeeee j Mr. Tolson........ Mr. Clege........-- Mr. Baughman .. Chief Cierk....... Mr. Coffey ......-- Mr, Ec¢wurds ..... | Wir, Bua 2... ‘ Mr. Harbo........- t Mr. Keith ......--.. Mr. Lester ........ Mr. Quinn......... Mr. Schilder...... \ i i a [2 - ake 4 iz 3