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Gangland Wars onCompetition-I Alleged ‘‘Outside,, RacketeerShot Down in Chicago After i Truce SigningKILLING WELL DONEI1 .,i Big Car Pulls Up Beside Little Fleeing Sedan; Machine ! Guns Riddle VictimCHICAGO, April 17—With only a few meager clues available, police « coday sought the machine gunners who, alter a desperate automobile 4 chase, shot and killed Joseph Blue, safe-btowcr. mall robber and racketeer* here last night.Blue* who recently finished a four-year term, in Atlanta penitentiary for participation In the $150,-000 Wingate Alley mail robbery in , Cincinnati in 1921, was riddled to 1 dcaLh by a volley poured Into Ills automobile by machine gunners in a big black touring car.AlLho Blue was at one time the ally of Dean O'BanJon. alcohol chieftain, police today were unable to lay his death to any one gang, for his connections were not known. More recently he was a member of F rank McErlane’s gang, police said.The killers, three In number, pursued Blue’s sedan for several blocks came abreast of his car and opened fire. Twelve 45 calibre bullets riddle'd his body and his sedan crashed against the curb.Police found a gallon of beer in his car. Papers in his pocket identified him as Joseph Cameron, of New York City. This, police believe was an alias. A list of whisky prices was also found in his pocket.Because Blue's slaying came after it was learned that the major gang interests had agreed on a Continued on Page Six
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Coshocton Tribune
Coshocton, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 17, 1930
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