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Al Capone — Part 36
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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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