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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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GOLD COAST, GIRL WITH LOUISE Vanishes, but Friends Tell of Drinking Trip on Slaying Night. Police were told today that Louise Rolfe (“Blond Alibi”) MeGurn was making all [found of taverns early Sat-| jurday while her husband, “Machine Gun Jack,” was being murdered. ‘Their informant was Miss Mary ickinson, 19, of 195 E. Chestnut who made her statement station. & The girl had come voluntarily with Detectives James Dorsey and William Du Bois, who were trac- ing a reported phone call from : Mary's room Saturday morning in which Mary’s roommate, Mar- Jorie Swift, 19, was reported to have said: “They got him after he was sent to the bowling alley.” FRIEND OF LOUISE. Miss Dickinson denied knowl- ‘edge of such 8 call, but said her roommate, Miss Swift, was ac- quainted with Mrs, McGurn and had gone out to meet her after & phone call Friday afternoon. Q—Did you ever see Marjorie Sut with McGurn’s wife? A— 0. | Q—After McGurn was shot did she say anything to you about it? A—No, she just said she was keep- ing up with it in the newspapers. Q—What time did Marjorie get home Friday night? A—About 2:30 a. m, Saturday. . JACK NOT PRESENT. Q—Did she say where she had been? A—She said she went to a party and left the rest of them there, ‘ + Q—Did she say McGurn's wift: fwas at the party? A—She said pre saw her there. Q—Did she say whether Met: Continued on Page 2, Column 6. apt. Martin Mullen at Racine! Playing pool or , ; _ laying loitering in GURN’S CAR SESS Ane KEYS CLUES Pieters er num non last front of the pl uto, Stolen at Scene |ngne when Sa of Slaying, Left [x the Cushman Mater . jan automobile door slam, . on West Side FLEES IN SECOND CAR. | First Page. He looked out and saw a man! Continued trom leaving a new coupe and getting’ Gurn was there? A—She said he!into a dark sedan, which was’ was not there. jthen driven north at a high speed.; 2 The abandoned coupe was sal Q—When Marjorie came beck Gurn’s. There were five | did she say where she went with the car. One was in thevsviten Louise? A—She said she visited lock on the steering post. An- ® couple of restaurants or taverns Offer, on w chain with three ad ith her. @Monal keys, wes in the shit It was at about 1:30 a.m sab Hck. Sergt. Kyran Phelan said oni urday that McGurn, the dapoe 9 the three keys is a door er 805 erstwhile Capone lieutenant, the McGurn home at 1 224 N. Killed in & bowling alley at 885 Kenitworth av. Oak Park. He lwaukee AV. could not identify the others, but GIRL CHANGES STORY. one was said to resemble the type At first Miss Dickinson denied Usually issued for safe deposit she knew whether Miss Swift knew Vaults. Louise McGurn, but changed her | A search was to be made for story after her sister, Elizabeth Such @ vault. Dickinson, 26, told police Marjorie , AP inspection of the car, which had spoken of meeting Louise. {had been kept inside since its dis- ‘The Dickinson girls are daugh- |#PPearance, revealed @ lone fin- ters of Mrs. Dorothy Dickinson, |8erPrint, bi wre at the (Benge Hotel, /PRIGNANO DEATH STORY, ie estnut 8! back : came to the atation. in the genesis ulomoblie “sas SEEK TO TRACE KEYS. & Chicago American of Dec. 30. While this angle of the case was The headline read: “Nitti Hunted being investigated, police sought in Prignano Killing.” to trace keys found in his auto- The former js Frank (The mobile, which was left last night Enforcer”) Nitti, now ruler of the on a West Side street. Capone Interests, and the latter McGurn’s body lay in # $1,000 was State Representative Albert J. ‘copper-colored” casket and Louise Pilgnano, who was shot to death made arrangements for the burigl at, his doorstep in a simulated! tomorrow morning. huldup shortly after Christmas. |' sInvestigators said that perhaps icGurn’s name was not men- 48 or two of the keys found im tiBned in the Prignano killing, je automobile fit a secret safely The two men were fs Grposit, vaull. which may “vida friendly. juable information pertaining beg McGurn's most recent deal: | gS. t
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