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Al Capone — Part 35
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which marked another house the
Mduent hoodlum had occupied st
212 N, Kenilworth av. 2 few years
tarlier.
Comparatively hard times drove
ck and Louise, the pretty, typi-
cally North Bide girl, who left an
Addison st. home and a Lake View
High School education to join the
lite of the underworld—from the
house at 1112 more than three
years ago. .
He returned to the less pre-
tentious house at 1224. Some of
the neighbors objected, but police
said Jack could not be evicted un-
less he ran afoul of the Jaw again.
| Instead he ran afoul of the ene-
mies of the law.
| ALMOST BROKE, SHE SAYS.
Today, as she was led from the
;Morgue to the state's attorney's
‘office, she said:
| _“We were practleally broke.”
From the state's attorney's of-
fice she was returned to the
morgue for the inquest at 11 8. m.
| 4, Her tears by then had smeared
ithe thick mascara over her face.
‘She would say little to reporters,
but when she was asked:
| "Was he good te you?
« She answered:
“Oh, he was wonde-ful ..
always so nice.”
WAVES CAMERAS AWAY.
‘Newspaper photogarphers she
motioned away with her hand. an
which was a platinum weddir'
ring, her only jeweli
which she carried a
with the initials “ZL.
She pleaded’
“Boys, please don't.”
To the questioning of Assistant
State's Attorney Hal Coughlan,
too, she insisted that she knew
little of her husband’s business
operations and that his death
had been entirely unexpected.
Coughlan asked her:
Q-What has your husband
been doing for a living lately?
A-—I don’t know.
NOT MAKING MUCH.
Q—How has he been making
money? A—He hasn’t been mak-
ing much, but he always seemed
to have some when he needed it.
No, I don’t know where he got it.
Q—Who has he been hanging
around with? Who are his asso-
ciates? A-—I don't know. He nev-
er told me much sbout those
things.
Q—Who would want to kill
him? Who would profit by his
death? A—TI haven't anv idea, I
thousht that. sort of thing was
all past and gone,
Q—Has he been threatened
Istely? A—I don't know, Ob,
pleaze don’t ask me #0 Many ques:
tions.
and ip
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