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Big Fellow, thinking himself sain securely “in.” Un- fortunately Big Tim no longer lived out in his beloved back-of -the-yards district. His place of residence now was a charming little bungalow on the North Side, in pleasant Rogers Park, It was within cap-pistol hearing of another bungalow in which resided Joe Aiello. One warm June night the front door-bell of the Murphy domicile began to ring and ring and ring, and Big Tim, who was taking a nap, got up sleepily and went out. Nobody was there, except a couple of bullets and 80 the author of the priceless line, “vote for Big Tim Murphy he’s a cousin of mine” rolled down the concrete steps a dead man. Capone had left the management of his empire largely in the hands of Frank Ni nown as the “enforcer” and Harry “Greasy Thumb” Gusick, convicted pander who had charge of a choice killing squad. Harry was ably assisted by Hymie “Loud Mouth” Levine. These boys suc- ceeded in convincing Mr. Aiello and Mr. Moran that they could not prosper in Chicago unless drastic measures were taken to get a strong hold somewhere, There is a tale, probably apocryphal, that Joe and “Bugs” negotiated at this time for the services of the eminent Frankie Yale, whom we have met before. At any rate Frankie’s greatest mistake of his long life was in aligning himself with the Ajiello-Moran_gang, for his punishment carne on July 2, 1928 in New York. The mystery of his death atill intrigues the New York police and, every time a Capone man drops into New York to see a fight or start one, the detectives push him off to jail and ply him with questions concerning the sad fate of Dion O’Banion’s pet hatred. On the night of Frankie’s murder detectives established the fact that three long distance telephone calls had been made from the New York home of the mother of a Capone gangster, Louis “Little New York” Campagnia, to Chicago. One was to the Hotel Metropole in Chicago, known at that time as the headquarters of Frank Nitti, another was to the home of a prominent Chicago citizen and the third to a certain garage in Cicero, With these clues you can write your own thriller. The Aielios' felt terribly about losing Frankie and they felt more terrible on July 25 when one of their own boys 42 CAPOND’S BIG SMOTS. in the Calnmet District. (3) Booco Fanelli, who, in Londen, eny police broom. (4) The boy with the smile is “Molpe” Volpe, the boy wonder of Gangland. (5) 140) was murdered. He was Salvatore Canale and he was kilie in front of his home one hot summer evening. But the Aiello mobsmen continued to tug away annoyingly at the Capone outfit, terrorizing alky cookers, throwing pine- apples here and there, and taking pot ahots at any Capone gangster they could find. It was not until September 7, 1928, however, that they succeeded in making 2 really important killing. The victim was Tony Lombardo, Capone Neutenant, and head of the Unione Siciliane and the manner in which he was eliminated was inexpressibly daring. The scene of his assassination was in front of Raklios res- taurant on Madison street, just west of Dearborn and little more than a block from State and Madison streets, the world’s busiest corner. The time was 4:20 P. M. Countless thousands of busy loop workers scurried about the streets, for it was nearing the rush hour and the loop was soon to be emptied of the office workers. At 4:15 the immaculate Tony with his body guards, Tony Ferraro and Joseph Lolardo, left the offices of the Unione Siciliane in room No. 1102 Hartford Building, 8 South Dearborn Street. Next door, it may be said, Tony maintained an office of the Italian-American plan, a private loan bank. Walking North they turned west on Madison street and had not proceeded more than fifty feet when a group of men detached themselves from the crowd and quickly formed a circle around them. Shots rang out and when the police could establish a semblance of order in the panic-stricken crowd, they saw Mr. Lombardo, face in the gutter, lying in a poo) of his own blood. Ferraro lay dying a few feet away. Lolardo was captured a block or more away as he darted into a shoe store. “I was pursuing one of the killers,” explained Joe, “and I would have caught him if you hadn’t butted in.” Joseph however denied that he was with the slain men or that he was Tony’s body guard. “J just happened to be passing,” he explained. Still the police held heavy hands on him and they were still trying to pry information from him regarding the Mafia King when an attorney appeared. “Lolardo was an innocent bystander,” the attorney declared, “and unless he is imme- diately released I will file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.” One line of questioning was that Lolardo him- (1) Frankie Bomano, alias Diawond. (2) Joe “Peppi” Genaro, in charge of Capone operations that dollar in more powerfrl than o was A] Capone, the mig Fellow.