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Bhas “MASSACRE: FINGER: POIN TOWARD CAPON 4 hae Charge inst Form mer Cri me Overlord Is Thought Possible Nl CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—(2)—Seven. "dead men, victims of the St. Val-~ entine’s day massacre, cast a” « shadow today over the possible fate’ “af Al Capone. From graves where they have CE pe EE 2A haat capt men iain since 1929, the victims of Chi- att cago’s bloodiest crime were said in! reports published here to be the 3 most serious threat to ape former Bang lord's safety since his con- fAviction on a federal income tax P ovasion charge. ¢ The Herald and Examiner stat- ed that Byron Bolton, held in St. Paul charged with a part in the ; Bremer kidnaping, had confessed as . “finger man” for the mass slaying 4 and-had named the actual slayers, ‘isting five names familiar in un- jerworld haunts. Though U. S&S. government officials vere quick to deny they had a con- vession, the newspaper said federal officers were hopeful of tracing those seven rhurders down to the. ,original public enemy No. 1, AI Ca- goone, now in Alcatraz prison. The report quoted Bolton as at- tributing the massacre to hench-|’ ymen hired by Capone to protect his|” interests in a Lyons, Il., dog race :track after the George (Buga) Mo- ‘yan gang and Frank Uale, New York and Chicago. gangster, at- ‘tempted to “muscle. in” on the profits. Those named ag killers, who left their quarry in a blood-spattered garage in February, 1928, were: Murray Humphreys, once No. I Ca- pone man, now in Leavenworth on an income tax evasion conviction; ‘Fred (Killer) Burke, serving & term “in a Michigan prison for slaying a St. Joseph policeman; Gus Winkler, “North Side gambler killed a year: 1 ago; Claude Maddox, leader of the ‘ extinet Clireus gang, the only one -now at large, and Fred (The Brains) ‘Goetz, University of Illinois gradu- ate, who turned gangster. Goetz was slain last year. Reports said that Bolton, taken in a raid here Jan. 10, the nght federa) bullets slew Russell /Gib- son, rpis-Barker gangster, ton- feased he was the man who rgnted a roojh opposite the Clark st.¥gar- age ab abd gave the signal when the Moran mobsters arrived at their headquarters. . . | % “, Mr. Nathan....... Mr. Totson.......- Mr. Clege..-..--.-. Mr, Baughman _ Chief Clerk Mr. Coffay Mr. Edwards Mr. Eean ...---..-- Mr. Harbo......... Mr. Keith ......,--- é Mr. Lester ESS, Mr. Mr. Tamim ....-..- Mr. Tracy .-....-- Miss Gandy lf aks 32 &