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‘killers, sald Mal Coghlan, assist- {ant State’s attorney. ‘| many phases of his life before we much trouble with autborities -|]ars, a favorite with his chief, “Al” Boss AT Capone, for the slaying jcleared him in the St. Valentine's, the rallying of old Capone chieftains "| horse race betting enterprise) rep- guess ts that McGurn stepped on ‘There were “just too many rea-' « sont why the death of ie chief MACHINE GUN JAC | hine of ie Ca; ~ MG r. ined to make it easy to trace hu the Evo companions who went 4 laid be slept most of the enniver “Police will have to untangle’ Sty of the killings, which caused i }—to the bowlin; > can even get started toward & s0-! Thay reread I lehiy snide In his dozen years as a major;Cant that the pair ed fro} gangster, the frequent target of bul-|the coring board after the shooting) lets himself. McGurn was eredited| ‘Pe, sheet presumably containing in underworld boastings with the! thet names ig Jac 's. Possibly, death of at least two dozen men,| Ronee etm time shadow ot the extortion of thousands of dal ger e one! shadow 01 ; ; trio. - Capone (now in Federal prison)! which bred jealousy among his own Revenge Discounted, associates, and a suave ruthlessness! There were rumors, too, of other) with enemies of his gang which in-' underworld jealousies and of rival- cited hopes of vengeance. Ties among the Capone counselors. Into all these and their rami- returned from prisons and jails, fications, authorities dug for clews.;over control of the gang’s remnants. |, They quickly rounded up the|Authorities considered it strange|: - widow—once Louise Wolfe, the:that several recent killings, ap- “blonde alibi," whose testimony, parently motiveless, have followed|* Day killings—and eight others for! here. Among those recently restored |: Questioning. But gangland’s wall to circulation were Murray Hum- of silence intervened when search-|Phreys and Jack Guzik. ing queries were put to them. ‘The possibility of revenge for the “My God, they shouldn’t ‘have! savage slaying of the Moran gangs- done it.” the widow exclaimed. But ters—despite the coincidence of|, she said she had no idea of who dates—found little support from “they” might be. She said the $3.85 Police Capt. Richard Barry. found in her husband’s pockets “The gangs don't usually shoot to * along with two unused ize fight avenge something that happened tickets and a “piece ook” years ago,” he commented. “My resented their entire estate from Somebody's toes in the alky racket, McGurn's 12 years’ gunning in the or the gambling business, recently gang wars, Chief of Detectives John Sullivan ‘William Aloisio, proprietor of the said the killing was likely due to “a bowling alley, told police the trio,new alky war between Chicago and came into bis ‘second-story estab-; Milwaukee hoodlums.” lishment, shouting “Stick them up! He said he learned recently that and that he ducked when the vol-- McGurn had turned to competing ley started. Other witnesses sald with the Wisconsin alky cookers they heard 16 shots as the gunmen, ind bootleggepsamdethat he ‘“un- closed in On McCurn and fired doubtedly was put on the spot.” away at him. He had two bullet ——————Seewe ae wounds in the head. tT