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= j Shot Down on Anniversary _ of Valentine Day Massacre; 20 in Club See ‘Execution’ | Bowlers in Panic; Clues Point to ‘Friends’ as Assassins “Machine Gun” Jack Mee -Gurn, 38, dapper Capone gangster and Public Enemy, No. 5, was shot and killed at,’ 12:55 a. m. today in the Ave~ nue Recreation Parlor on the second floor at 805 Milwau- kee av. He was shot from behind, po~| lice believe, by two “‘friends'™) with whom he was waiting bowl, as three confederates, + posing as “stickup men,’': plunged the place into con- fusion with a fusilade of shots, 7 Years Later McGurn’s death came ex- actly seven years after the | St. Valentine's Day massacre, ‘in which he was one of th chief suspects, Asa grim reminder of that massacre, only eigiié or t ' d/had been left at the cigar eet from McGurn's poay was @ plain white envelope, | i addressed to him, and bear- ing this strange “valentine”: “You've lost your job, you've lost your dough, Your jewels and cars and hand- some houses. But things could still be worse, you know; At least you shaven't lost your trousas!” Slaying Clues? Four similar “valentines” counter in the alley by some mysterious person. And po- lice sought to know if they had been left by McGurn’s slayers—if, indeed, they were intended as a ghastly mock- | \to Doc Pecaro, Nick BeJohn, ery of the victim. The others were addressed Skippy, and Jim Dyne. Police sought to learn who those men were. : From William Alosio, wha owned the Avenue Rec- Festion Parlor, a bowling ley, for two years, learned that McGurn his “friends came in about;