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lery. Burke did not confine his activities to any one gang or city. Formerly a member of the notori- ous Egan Rats of St. Louis, Burke had been a machine-gunner with the American Expeditionary Forces during the World War, and was wanted in five American cities for as many murders at the time of the Valentine Massacre. This choice criminal is still at large. Shortly after the massacre he narrowly escaped capture in Benton Harbor, Michigan, where he posed as a re- spectable citizen. When his little bungalow was ‘aided, after the precipitate flight of Mr. Burke, police discovered three machine guns and several hundred bullets. In escaping Mr. Burke shot and killed a traffic cop who wanted to bawl him out for running through a traffic light. Incidentally the re- ward for his capture now stands at the substantial total of $100,000. Arthur Brichet, the boy who was told to move on, identified John Sealice and Jack McGurn as did one woman eye-witness and both were eventually indicted. McGurn was arrested in a room in the Stevens Hotel where he was holding gala with a sinuous blonde, Louise Rolfe, now known to fame as the “blonde alibi.” No machine guns were in Jack’s luxurious quarters, but he was not entirely without protection for over on the bureau within convenient reach was a .45 automatic pistol and a .82 revolver. The woman who iden- tified Jack also said that she had seen him before with a number of men who played around the Circus Cafe on North Avenue. As you might expect when the police finally came upon John Scalice he was with his old partner, Albert Anselmi. pody gual arable in these Gui f Johnny Buave “Dingbat” Oberta, at left, with his Sammy Malaga, holding an athletic trophy. The “Dingbat" and Sammy were insep- ‘@ and when Oberta was found dead fm his automobile the police looked around for Sammy. Sure enough there he was just a few feet away, bis body floating in = small stream. Two women identified John, but they couldn’t remember having ever met Mr. Anselmi before. The case against Jack McGurn eventually was nolle prossed. As for Scalice a sad but inevitable fate overtook him before the day scheduled for his court appearance and, would you believe it, he was in company at the time with his old partner, Albert Anselmi. These two boys were always together. We shall re- turn to them at the proper time. Seven days after the Valentine Massacre the police discovered one of the automobiles which had trans- ported one group of the “‘execu- tioners” to 2122 North Clark Street. Discovery was made in a gars e in the rear of 1723 Nort! ‘ods Street, three blocks from the Circus Cafe. The “massacre car” had been dismembered with a blow-torch, gasoline had been poured over the parts and then set afire in an effort to destroy all identifying marks. It was definitely established with the discovery of the automobile that it had been “faked” to resemble a police squad car. The garage had been rented several days before the massacre, and, according to the owner, the renters, three men, gave their addresses as the Circus Cafe, An exhaustive investigation from the automobile angle of the Valentine horror which took many months finally left detectives with nothing more than a number of fictitious names. A raid made on the day following the massacre found the Circus Cafe not open for business. Doors were locked, tables overturned and Messrs Maddox, Capprezzio, Hum- phreys and Rocco Belcastro, the big bombing boy, were nowhere around. Three months later, however, when public temperature had dropped a few degrees, these choice gentlemen ap- peared at detective headquarters where they suffered them- selves to be interviewed by reporters and Commissioner Stege. All had nice, detailed stories as to their movements (2) Johnny Genaro, one of Oapone’s adept bomb tossers, fell out with another Capone bomber, James Beloastro, and Tohany was pat on the spot, mm the hospital Johnny violated G@angland's code by “squawking” that Beloastro engaged Jolius Rosenheim, (45) an informer of Fare touch, met s fate common to all gentlemen aawk and inform into the ears of the “wrong and activities of Mr. Rosenheim, since the marder of Jake Lingle. .” Official attention has again been