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iio = a E TELL NEW CEND : SECRETS OF 1928 - GANG MASSACRE Pick Flaws in Reported| Bolton Confession. - | New evidence uncovered in the in- “vestigation of the St. Valentine's day i imassaere of seven north aide gang: ! ‘wters came to light Jast night on the: heels of published reports that Byron : Bolton, now a federal prisoner, has, made #& full confession, naming hifn: : “elf as one of the killers. t ; Despite the fact of emphatic de- nigis from department of juastive avtnis that Bolton made 6, confesston, either written or oral, and despite the © fact that the new evidence iended to dis#irove many details of the purported confession, the reports persisted that it had been made. Reveal New Fugitives. The new stories of the investigation . ‘of the massacre of the George 'Bugs) ‘Moran gangsters, brought to light the ‘faet that Bolton’s brother, John, also “had been sought for participation in ‘the crime, aa had John Conroy, Who was found dead in a New York flat two years ago. ’ : ” Accordings to the reported Bolton | confession, those named in addition to} Bolton himaelt were Fred [Killer]; | Burke, Gus Winkler, Murray Ham. | phreys, Claude Maddox and Fred Goetz. Of these, Burke is serving a }fe them in the Michigan state penitn ‘ery: Humphreys is serving a t fot income tax violations, and Go itz a Winkler are dead. Onty Madqpx in"now at large. Mr. Tolson.. Mr. Clegz...... Chief Clerk Mr, Coffey Mir. Edwards _.u. Mr. Eman ..o..... Mr. Harbo Mr. Keith Mr. Lester Mr. Sceniider Mr. Tamm Niies Gandy... | Mr. Quinn... f i i] Since shortly after Felsr~bh-di09, Byron Bolton had been sought as one} of two men who rented a room across | the street from the garage headquart-” ‘erg of the Moran gang at 2122 North Clark street. . There he ig supposed to have watched for an opportunity to catch ‘Moran and his entire gang tn the garage at one time, then cali for the gangland executioners. ; ; “Belton was Mnked with this réle: when a letter addressed to him and! postmarked from Thayer, Tih, was] found’ in the room. At that time ‘Policeman Frank Morrell, assigned to jthe investigation, made ® trip to \Taayer. He found Bolton's parents, ‘olfained a, picture, and discovered that ‘B iton had been in the navy during i War. A Linked to “Death Watch.” / ; ‘The pictura later was identified jaa “that of the man who rented the roqm ‘qhero the death watch was kept. : Bolton's trail led next to St, Louis, ‘the town where both he and Burke wot their starts with the Hgan’s Rats ‘gang. It was in St, Louis, apparently that Bolton became associated with the Arthur Barker-Alvin Karpis gang, n blamed fer the $200,000 kKidnapi of, Edward G, Bremer. a clton was finally captured if, dk ‘apartment at 2820 Pine Grove avenuls, : era & companion, Russell Gibson, - ‘wanted in the Bremer kidnaping, was killed attempting to shoot Ria way gut of the government trap. According to the purported confea- sion, Bolton admitted renting the , “death watch" room and occupying - | {t Wc pettee had suspected, bubba, LS CS Quer Mr. Nathan... Mr. Baughman... ne a i 7 eee ida * ic’ ei not mention his brother. In addition, Gthe report had it, Bolton joined the actual alayers when they entered the | garage, and Ared one of the machine - guns. Burke and Goetz the “ Police." Burke and Goetz, according to the reputed confession, were the two men dressed as policemen. They were; chosen, Bolton is reported to have | said, because they were not known to the Moran gang. Believing them real | officers on a routine raid, the Moran | men calmly allowed themselves to be- disa¢med and lined up against the wail. : : rere Then came the blast from machine | j{euns and shot guns that left dead on | 'the fioor Pete Gusenberg, Adam, ‘Beyer, James Clark, John May, Albert | Weinshank, and Dr. Hinherdt H.i Schwimmer. Frank Gusenberg was alive when police came, but died within a few hours. ‘ The motive for the slaying, as Bol-- ton is reported te have told it, in- volved the hirtne of Frankie Uale, New York gang leader, by the north siders to aid in the war against Al }Capone over operations of a dog track ji Laons, IM. Point Flaw in Story. There police found the first mal aw in the reputed Bolton confegsio: was pointed out that Uale w: in in New York on July 1, 292 Hearly eight months before the mas- gacre took place. * In addition, Policeman Morrell, who Bpent many months in his investiga- tion, declared that he nevep bad heard the names of Humphreys er Maddox eonnected with the actual magsacre. Burke, Goetz and Winkler had been regarded as Mkely suspects, he said, [ans. in addition, two other men were (mentioned, They are John, the broth- ‘er of Byron Bolten, and Robert Con- ‘roy, who was found dead in a New ‘York flat in 1932. I | Question Omission of Conroy. | Conroy, whose real name was aa ert Newberry, was sought in 1929 & member of Burke’s gang, and one of the participants in the massacre. itself, Policeman Morrell painted out thet if Byron Bolton made a confes- sion, it was extremely likely that Con- Toy’s name would have been men- tigned. . . fe io whether Bolton could be te ipeBted to name hia own brother, Ho- licdman Morreli would not say, bjt dewlared that all the evidence polnipd , te the fact that John Bolton was the , second man in the room across from _the gurage. le Byron Bolten now is in St. Paul, in edetal owe ey and was called as a/ [watt ess before the federal Fae etl ‘ fekments el reported to have voted ea a4 498 en AA ae