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Al Capone — Part 36

62 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 62 pages OCR'd
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Nothaa .. avr Telon oar POUGE STUDY FINGER PRINT FOUND ONDOOR The automobile in which Ma- * ehinegun Jack McGurn rode to yn his date with death was in the ( hands of baffled police today H i and a single finger print, found ~ on the door, was being scruti-' nized by departmental experts. ' ‘ ‘The car s0 new it had only 1,000 miles on the speedometer, was leit ~ by two unidentified men in front ot the Cushman Motor Delivery Co. 315 N. Ada st., shortly before mid- night. WATCHMAN FINDS CAR « t William Schelj, 25, 2022 W. 69te ts watchman in the building. poked up from his book when be \eard a door slam, saw a tall, gaurk re dash across the street and climb into a large, black sedan which whirled away into the daric- ness, ‘The car, police said, was the one in which McGurn and’ two compan: ; ions are believed to have driven to the Avenue Recreation Room, 80. Milwaukee ave., where the former machine gun terrorist of the Capone mob Friday night went to bis ig- pominious death in a bail of lead In the car police found a bunch ef keys, one of which is thought to be the key to a safety deposit vault. Also, they found a newspaper dated Dec. 30—the headline of which read: “Nitti Hunted in Prignano Killing.” BODY IN $1,000 COFFIN A lone finger print on the door ef the car was photographed at the detective bureau and — experts planned to compare it today witb those of suspected persona. Meanwhile, the bullet-ripped body : ef the once-tough hoodlum lay in the Rago undertaking rooms, 624 NN. Western ave., while 150 persons filed by to view it as it lay in a 2,900 copper coffin, It will br uried in Mount Carmel cemetery - “ = / morrow at It a.m em 6 GF Ze . Missing, however, wil be th: +. ff A flavor of the gangster funerals of 7 foot old. There were no huge bundles of ywers, no piles of telegrams yes- ay
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