The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1931, Page 2

ALL VICTIMS WERE MEMBERS OF FAMED ‘BUGS’ MORAN GANG Former Chicago Detective Head Believe Fred Burke Was Chief Gunman MANY THEORIES ARE HELD Some Believe Sextuple Homicide Was Sequel to Slaying of Capone Men Editor's Note: Police files in various cities bulge with aftida- vits, evidence and statements on unsolved murder “mysteries. The slayers never have been con- victed. Associated Press writers have gathered details of the most puzzling cases. This is the first of a series of six stories. By WALTER T. BROWN Chicago, March 20.—(?)—The un- solved murder of Al Lingle one June afternoon last year frustrated a plan to trap the chief figure in the St. Val- entine’s day massacre of seven gang- sters, now a two-year-old mystery. The four killers were identified by eye-witnesses, but they never have been convicted. Yet every few months there bobs up a new theory as to why the sensational drama was enacted, each described as the “inside story.” An episode in a war for control of the dyeing and cleaning business was one theory. Another was that a wealthy man, frantic from kidnaping threats, instigated it. The police were accused, and the assigned motive was revenge upon @ gang that had failed to pay promised Protection money. A fourth was that Detroit liquor runners wiped out the mob for hi-jacking rum trucks. “Fred Burke, identified as one of the North Clark street garage killers, was to visit an apartment over a drug store on the South side the afternoon Lingle was killed,” said John Stege, detective chief at the time of both murders, “We had shad- owed the place several days. Lingle was slain early on the ai ernoon of June 9. Burke was expect- ed about 2:30 o'clock. The Lingle news spread rap- idly and the hood- bs lums ran over each JACKMCGURN other getting out. “The town was hot. Burke never appeared. But just to show you how close we were—the ‘finger’ who tipped us off was ‘rubbed out’ in the drug store building a few days later.” Stege said there were 10 or 12 per- sons in the conspiracy. But for a traffic delay, Moran, the chief and two others of the mob would have been in the garage when the killers called. Stege believes the septuple hom- icide was a sequel to the murders of Tony Lombardo and Pasqualino Lol- ardo, Sicilian society chiefs, and asso- ciates of Al Capone. The boldness and ruthless precision of the garage killing gave it startling distinctiveness. A call that a truck of liquor was to be sold assembled the Moranites at the garage Feb, 14, 1929. The call was part of the plot. The garage at 2122 North Clark street was in two parts, the front sec- tion an office. Clark street at that point is a busy thoroughfare. Nearby 4s Lincoln park and its cliff of tower- ing apartment houses and hotels, While one of the Moranites, John May. worked on a truck the other six, Frank and Pete Gusenberg, Adam Heyer, James Clark, Albert ‘ein- shank and Dr. Reinhart H. Schwim- mer, an optome: trist, sat around Chicago’ s St. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MARCH 20 1931 oi ’s Day Slaying of Seven Was Enacted Police records pile up, and yet Chicago's St. Valentine's day gang massacre of 1929 remains unsolved. Above is the scene when police reenacted the slaying of seven gangsters in a North Clark street garage. Below is the crowd that gathered while police removed the bodies after the machine gun execution. The chart shows how the killers trapped their victims. “Bugs” Moran = uproar over the “Too many in will ~squawk. have been kept officials. “A couple of out on us, or ‘ would have been 4 murders. FRED BURKE apartment the day of the Lingle sla: for days. Jake Lingle was shot the appeared.” Slayers Will Be ‘Turned Up’ Yet, Says Stege, ex-Detective Chief , March 20.—(7)—John Stege, detective chief at the time of the St. Valentine's day gang massacre, is still confident the slayers of mob will be “turned up.” and now is a precinct captain. quiet,” says Stege. The’ four killers were identified from police pic- tures. At least three witnesses their names known only to two “Fred Burke, identified as one of the killers, was to visit an He resigned during the Lingle slaying jaa anil it to keep it “Somebody | under cover, witnesses ran Jack McGurn | tried for the | VOHN STEGE ing. We had shadowed the place day he was to come. Burke never and the case against McGurn was/ dropped. | Authorities say the record in the} St. Valentine's day killing is perfect. | The four killers were identified by} one or more persons; the bullets in the victims and empty shells were traced to two machine guns owned by Burke; the car the killers used was found and an affidavit was obtained from a garage attendant where the machine was repaired and altcred to resemble a police squad car. Until Burke killed a policeman at St. Joseph, Mich., the record of the weapons employed was barren. Two machine guns were found in a bunga- low where Burke lived. It was found that the shells and pellets in the ga- Tage were fired from the Burke guns. A coroner’s jury ordered Burke ar- rested, but he never has been caught. The next story will deal with Jack Kraft’s mysterious. death near New Orleans. Founder of Order Of Sciots Succumbs) San Francisco, March 20.—(P)—j Cnarles H. 8. Pratt, 69, who 22 years ago founded the Ancient Egyptian order of Sciots, and became known nationally in Masonic circles for his Philanthropic work, died About 11 o'clock, two men in police} uniforms and two shotgun charges into the seven Moranites. At Garfield avenue the car at- tempted to turn west, but a truck blocked the street, 50 they pulled across a street car track and turned west on the wrong side of the thor- oughfare. A high official of the school board on the street car plainly saw the two men in the front seat. A few days later the burned chassis of the car used in the crime was found in a north side garage. The killers had taken care to pose as Police. “ McGurn, called a Capone machine- gunner, and John Scalisi, another Ca- pone follower, were charged with the STICKERS {rom a paralytic stroke. -” | Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., he came to | California as a youth and settled in: Fruitdale, where he was mayor three | years. | National Guard Camp | Dates Are Approved The North Dakote National Guard encampment will be held at Devils Lake June 13 to 27, Adjutant Genera! G. A. Fraser announced today. Mr. Fraser received word from the war department approving these Gates and an expenditure of $42,- camp two days prior to the opening to prepare. for the encampment. Retired Northern Pacific Man Dies - Thursday | | gage in mancuvers that will cover an itinerary of more than two million miles. Fargo has been designated as a noonday stop, and Minot as an over- night stop. REPORT OUTLINES WORK OF HOSPITAL Shows 2,518 Patients Treated at St. Alexius During 1930; 184 Infants Born Data on the tremendous amount of work done during 1930 is contained in the annual report issued Friday by the Gisters of St. Benedict, who manage St. Alexius hospital, The records, kept in accordance with the rules of the American Col- lege of Surgeons and the Catholic Hospital association, show that 2,618 patients were treated during the year. They came from all parts of North nr cing and from some neighboring states. These patients were of 27 different nationalities, 21 religious denomina- tions, including no classification for Persons not affiliated with ‘any church, and 119 different occupations. The largest single group, listed by oc- cupation, was housewives with 734 pa- tients. Diseases and ailments treated are listed under 40 different classifications and the number of surgical opera- ital webbed fingers. The latter condition was relieved by a Ke pheely The X-ray and radiograph depart- ment listed 3,337 cases and this tre- mendous amount of research work was supplemented by 9,724 tests and = by the pathological Iabora- ory. ipmeht installed during the yeat equipment the was an: electrocard: ‘4 in clinical diagnosis and of heart ailments, The hospital is under the superin- tendency of Sister M. Boniface, who has held this position for the last 30 years. GANGSTERS CAUGHT Chicago Drive by Larger Force of Government Agents Will Continue Washington, March 20,—(#)—A par- tial lst of alleged gangsters caught in the net set for income tax viola- tors as part of the federal war against organized lawlessness in Chi- cago, was compiled Friday by the Justice department. This compilation followed notice served Thursday by Attomey General Mitchell that the Chicago. drive by an augmented force of government agents would continue indefinitely. Several of those convicted ly were members of the Al Capone ie Capone himself recently re- i ceived a six months sentence for con- tempt of court. The justice department pointed out that Ralph Capone, brother of “Scar- face Al,’ has received a three-year j Sentence, while Jack Guzick was sen- tenced to five years, Both-cases were appealed. The department also list- ed the conviction of Frank Nitti, now serving an 18-months sentence. Among other income tax violators apprehended, the department placed the names of Terry Druggan and Frank Lake. Both were reported as entering pleas of guilty, but as not having received sentence. Attorney General Mitchell said the tax violations were one phase of fed- feral investigations being conducted in Chicago, no names were given of al- a gangsters convicted of other of- tenses. Chinese Arrest 10 In Slaying Probe Shanghai, March 20:-(@)—Arrest of 10 suspects in the slaying of Mrs. Vera Mosebar White, Battle Ground, Wash. and Mrs. Victoria Marian Miller, Spokane, Wash., missionaries, at Yunnanfu Sunday night, was re- ported to the Seventh Day Adventist Mission here Frida: Wograph for use |to move Prognosis IN INCOME TAX NET [DRAWBACK COLLECTING ON DUTY LEVIES IS EXPENSIVE Customs Commissioner Thinks Many Attempt to Abuse Tariff Provisions wi back “They tell me this is ” the commissioner sald, peering dubiously at a shopworn pink organdie flower belting fs aie up a faded gray cotton gaunt- let adorned by a single circle of white silk stitching. Both articles were samples of goods Presented for the “drawback” of 99 together to export for sale at @ song.” Recently « firm on 7,000 dozen pairs of “spotproofed” kid gloves which had cost in duties $5 & dozen. There were outmoded one- Peasants would be glad to Hospital Legatee of Ella Wendel Estate line, to the hospital and a surgeon obligingly set its broken limb. There- after, the family contributed a total of $60,000 to the institution. Seven Are Killed in French Train Wreck Etampes, France, March 20.—(?)— Seven persons were killed and 18 ser- jously injured as the Paris-Bordeaux Express raced through here Thursday night, | A local train was waiting empty at} ® siding. As the express train rushed by, the dining car and the car ahead were derailed and hurled against the side of the local coaches, collapsing Western Girl’s Lucky Day Fx candles! r r sents of joyous living. a year Little Jacqueline Wilson, of 2528 So. Grand Ave., Angeles, Cal., is a typical Fig Syrup baby. Here is what her mother says: = _ “My mother used California Fig Syrup with me, and when Jacqueline ‘was a baby we decided to get some for her. 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