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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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/ iN a = -INM'GURNCASE | A FINGERPRINT CHICAGO, Feb, 17 (IN.S.)—A Jone fingerprint, found on the abandoned automobile of “Ma- chine Gun Jack” McGurn, was the only definite clue to his tion in police possession today, one-time chief executioner for Al Capone was recovered last evening after being abandoned on s North side residential street, mobile was parked by a lone man who fled in a second car, Car Kept Two Days Police marveled at the audacity of the man or men who had kept the car for two days while the city was being combed for clues to the murder of the golfing ma - chine-gunner. McGurn had driven the auto mobile to the Northwest Side ‘bowling alley where he was slain by three men early Saturday. Adding to the mystery of the slaying was the discovery in the automobile of a newspaper dated December 30, and bearing the » headline: “Frank Nitti hunted in Prig- nano slaying.” 7 Police recalled that Prank, “The « Enforcer” Nitti, once 8 powerful Capone chieftain, and McGurn were bitter enemies, while Mc- Gurn and Prignano had been friendly. Hiding Place Sought HE OE eee manent se mts Assuming that whoever aban: doned the automobile would not have dared drive it far, police be gan a systematic search of the im- mediate neighborhood where it was found in an effort to discover where {t had been hidden. threats on her life, prepared to bury him tomorrow without the ostentation formerly accorded pub- lic enemies, while police and the \ underworld waited tensely today for reprisals. Police investigation today cent- ered on thezoundup of some 20 bowlers who witnessed the slaying. eee see Police admitted as much as they revealed the automobile of the | Witnesses told police the suto- | McGurn's “blonde alibi,” under ; police guard following mysterious * y
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