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Al Capone — Part 35
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Q—Do you know where he
wled? A—No.
Q—Was any one with him when
e lett the house? A~-No.
Q—Of your own knowledge do
‘ou know if he had any trouble
with any one lately? A—No,
TOLD BY REPORTER.
Q—Do you know he was shot
and killed last evening. A—Yes.
A reporter came to my house and
told me,
Earlier Louise had told Sergt.
Donohue of s mystery phone call
telling her “something had hap-
pened.”
Q—Do you know of any rea-
json why he should have been
;killed? A—No.
Q—Do you know if he belonged
to any secret or labor organiza-
tions? A—None.
Q—Has he been out of town
lately? A—No.
Q—How did he leave home last
night?) A—He left in his own
Ford coupe.
Louise was taken to the station
SWAYS IN WALK TO CAR.
;, Down the red tile path from
Wt 1224.N. Kenilworth av. in one
‘ef Oak Park's most exclusive resi- ‘
j¥enhal districts she swayed un-
stearhly on his arm,
She sobbed:
tical,
for questioning by Sergt Donohue.|had gone to a wake Thursday
she sumptuous yellow brick house!m. yesterday.
me te him! Take me
Sergt. Donohue rang her
doorbell early today she answered
after e delay. She was fully
dressed, sobbing but not hyster-
Sergt. Donohue asked:
“De you know sbout Jack?”
Bhe said:
“Yes! My God! How bad is
be?”
“Well, he's gone.”
And Louise threw on her fur
coat, @ jaunty black hat and
walked down the path with Sergt.
Donohue,
TELLS OF PHONE CALL,
She told of the phone call as
they drove to the station, but
did not mention it during the of-
ficial questioning. Shortly after
the shooting, she said. a voice told |
her over the phone:
“Something has happened to
Sack!"
But she insisted that was all.
Ironically, she revealed, Jack
night. Yesterday morning he had
gone to the funeral which fol-
lowed, arriving home at 12:30 p.
He went right to bed and stept |
until 11:30 p. m.. Louise said, |
then he got up and announced:
“U feel like bowling.~
‘He Jeft—and that was the last
sits ra;
time Louise saw him alive. 4
She said she didn't know whpt
Jack had been doing for a Uving
Jately. but she thousht— "
When Sergt. Donohue ‘and re-
porters approached McGurn's
home It was evident that bad news
had arrived first,
NIGHT LAMP BURNING.
Through @ window they could)
see the master bedroom on the
first floor, A night lamp burned
dimly between Louis XVI twin
beds of aspen wood. But the beds
were deserted. i
They peered through another:
window into a living room, car-
peted in dark coffee color like the
bedroom. It, too, was lighted by
lamp. But the lamp threw
on upholstered furniture
which was vacant. 7
Two bedrooms on the second
floor also were empty. It is be-
Meved one was used by McGurn's,
14-year-old daughter, a dark-eyed.:
auburn-haired beauty. But if it
was, the daughter had flown.
HOME LUXURIOUS. 4
The comfortable yellow | 4
house marked transition 1
“Machine Gun Jack's” life. ‘
Tt was luxurious, but not with’
the over-stuffed type of luxury
4
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