◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Al Capone — Part 35

64 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Al Capone · 64 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
( a a 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
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 52
Jump straight to page 52 of 64.
Reader
Al Capone — Part 36
Stay inside Al Capone with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
Al Capone Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the Murder archive hub and the more specific Al Capone topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
Related subtopics
Atlanta Child Murders
45 documents · 5124 known pages
Subtopic
Osage Indian Murders
42 documents · 2075 known pages
Subtopic
john-joseph-gotti-jr
2 documents · 53 known pages
Subtopic
Aaron Hernandez
1 documents · 114 known pages
Subtopic
alvin-francis-karpis
1 documents · 18 known pages
Subtopic
assata-shakur-joanne-chesimard
1 documents · 41 known pages
Subtopic