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Al Capone — Part 35

64 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Murder · Topic: Al Capone · 64 pages OCR'd
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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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