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SCIENCE HAS SOLVEDWANTON KILLING OFSEVEN GANGSTERSHoroscope of Scientists Reveals Fred Burke As The.Killer In Massacre On St. Valentine’s Bay In Chicago a Year Ago—Nationwide Hunt For HimBy Dr. Herman N. Bundesen Coroner of Cook County, Illinois Written Especially For The Asso- dated Press)CHICAGO—(AJP.)—Crime during he prohibition era In the UnitedKates, reaching a climax in the panton killing of seven bootlegging gangsters in a dingy garage here on Valentine’s day, 1B29, has met Waterloo.The forces of science have em-vlctorious. The scientist’s nicro6cope has revealed the identic or me 'man~w rarrratner amiRhina gun on the seven gangsters, toed against the garage trail and unmercifully shot to death.Such is the significance of the falentine's day massacre on this, lie first anniversary of that sinister ivent. It started modern science cm he pursuit of the criminal. It narks the turning point in police nethoda in the United States.The story of the massacre itself ind its solution best illustrates the metical use that can be made of he microscope and the laboratory, n the investigation of murders.A light snow was falling in Northt gang (the gang said to have sought revenge on the seven Moran gangsters), were “taken for a ride.” They were under Indictment lor the St. Valentine’s day massacre but had not come to trial.The significant feature of the murder of these two gangsters, however, is the fact that they were killed by their enemies outside the boundaries of Cook county. This was strong evidence that the underworld feared the searching lensesof the scientist’s microscope. ___But Burke was the leader of the firing squad that killed the seven men that snowy St. Valentine’s day in Chicago. Science proved this conclusively. Col. Goddard, at a later date, found also that the Burke machine-guns were used In the killing of Frank Uale, the Brooklyn gang leader.Burke is still at large, but he is the most widely-hunted criminal in the United States today.Mr. Massee and Mr. Olson have since raised fund among, business leaders of the city and today we have *the endowed scientific crime detec-3adk °street7 several’miles north' of I \ion . laboratory. operated In con-fce downtown district, when neigh- Junction jith Norlhwestern Unl-ion hj^^a^ries^f.muffledIre shots coming from a one-story Col. Goddard, It is entirely for thetartge. A housewife said that, a few minutes after the shots, she aw several men and a policeman sasually walk out of the garage and hive away in what looked like aletectlve bureau squad car; ........Half an hour later the newspapers jf the civilized world carried headings that seven Chicago gangsters if the George “Bugs’* Moron gang tad been lined up against a wall tod shot to death by machine-guns. - As coroner, I -ordered detectives o pick up ai lavailable shells, bulletsuse of the public. This is the first of its kind in the United States.Thus the infamous SL Valentine's day massacre has been solved and science has started on the pursuit of the criminal.REPRISAL HINTEDCHICAGO—(AJP.)—A sinister report hummed along the gang world grapevine today, hinting bloody revenge for what happened last St. Valentine's day._ _ Police heard it from the stool pig-rad other tell-tale bits of evidence!«»» wh? want in tte *** »*dfuture Investigation. My next is to have a staff of coron-physicians extract tha bullets, the dead men and also to make tifio charts showing the locator) of the wounds in each body, STe now had the bullets which killed he men—the bullets through which I hoped to trace the killers. Get- Ballistics- Expert-Thanks to the civic interest and Inancial aid of Mr. Bert Massee tod Mr, Walter Olson, two Chicago justness men who were members of he coroner’s jury of six outstanding business_ leaderswhom _i_ had IWom 1rw~T was able to bring Col. 3alvto Goddard of New York City, to internationally-known ballistics xpert, tq Chicago. The county jould not supply the funds necessary o bring him here. Col. Goddard be-pah patient and thoroughly selenitic study of the bullets found in he bodies of the gangsters.In the meantime, my investiga-ors located one Peter Von Frant-dtxs, an obscure dealer in sporting pods, including arms, who testified hat he had sold several machine-he Indiana state highway police. Idy investigators and the Chicago loiice later located Thompson, who idmitied having sold several ma-Wne-guns to Chicago gangsters, in-Suding one James Boeo” Shupe, a gell-known bootlegger.\ Then came the killing of a traffic iohceman in St. Joeeph, Michigan, ry a motorist Finger-print evidence ihowed the killer was Fred Burke, i notorious killer and gangster, photographs of whom were partially denttfled by persons who saw the nee coming out of the N.cath Clark toset'-farage. They said he was the nan who wore the policeman's unland fly to the law with crumb of information, and this is what they heard. ■Weeks ago wbwPwenkTo the four comers of the nation for the friends of the George lt;£ugs Moran gang to come here, with their guns oiled and ready to shoot. Thera was to be a reprisal, a “revenge party* forthe slaying just m year ago of theseven .Moran gangsters.Like so many grapevine rumors.details were lacking. The police were informed, and were able in part to substantiate the report, that the members of the Al (Scarface) Capone gnng. which has been blamed fortoe 1829 massacre, were keeping out of sight.There was nothing to Indicate what way the reprisal, if really planned, waa to be made. Detectives pointed out, however, that the gangsters have a high sense of drama. and that the execution of a spectacular crime on the first anniversary of gangland’s bloodiest attack would be in keeping with gangster notions of the fitness of such things.No particular added precautions were being taken, police believing their general drive against all gun-pms to a man by the name of Wrank Thompson, who represented35oself uTSe “JoSepfiTMcCarthy, of {woufcrbe sidJicienrto keep The.—.‘i-----:—:— —T -«i . _11_4big guns” silent.WILL ESTABLISH TRADE SCHOOLSorxn.*«8t- Joseph policemen, raiding the e of Burke, found an arsenal of evdvers, mochine-guns and detector® atory magazines. Burke had es-deJy got in touch by phone with the ife, Joeeph authorities and asked heir permission to examine the evbhrers and machine-guns found n the Burke home. They agreed. 2oL Goddard Immediately got to rark and studied “test** bullets fired .the Burke machine-guns. Connected Link By link Then came another Inquest ses-fai'MFord To Use $100,000,000For Education of Youth)FORT MYERS. FLA. — lt;AJ»— Henry Ford has announced his intention to devote the rest of his lifeand $100,000,000 Of his fortune to the founding of schools.He said he had not yet decided on the number or location of the schools, but that some of themwould be large institutions and thatthey .would be situated in various parts of the country.A desire to do all in his power toaped after the kilh r^I^umiedi-ihelpttwrToung men of the countryfind their places in the world, he said, was the Inspiration tor his plan.He said that society owes young people the opportunity to be educated few useful citizenship and he intended to devote the rest of his active days to the establishment of trade schools and teaching.Having a definite plan, he intend-ion. Col. Goddard took the stand led to invest his money in his own tod, as a scientific expert, testified1 way and did' not want suggestionshat the bullets taken from the jodies of the seven Moran gangsters ip ere the same type of bullets as tired through the two-machine guns Found in Fred Burke’s home In St. tosepb. Further testimony from jthrr witnesses showed that the two nachine-guns in question were sold jy Von Fran tel ub . One was brought y the aforementioned FrankThompson, who sold It to Shupe. It a easy to conjecture that Shupe ariJMferred it to Burke through un-ienrarld channels. The other ma-•hine-gun was sold to a man repre-fynttng himself to be a sheriff of RfilUamson county, Illinois, but who a ter turned out to be a member of he notorious Egan’s Rats gang, of St. Louis. Fred Burke was also mown to have been a member of ihft same gang The connection is Mous. In the meantime, “Bozo” was shot to death Th'a' street*Mklifrom persons who never made or saved a dollar on how he should spend a million.Mr. Font blamed much of the crime and xwcteteering on failure of schools to teach young men how to fit In to the world. Racketeering, he described as a revolt against educational methods which he said were improper and ineffectualThe schools which hq plans. Mr. Ford said, would be self-supporting.1IjlAFTKALS LIFE SENTENCETO THE SUPREME COURTSPRINGFIELD — lt;AF.) — Ap»? peal from the judgment of the Lake' «xmty circuit court, sentencing lt;Harry Hartwell to Johet for life for; the murder of Thelma Valentine, his11 eommon-law wife, was made to the supreme court here today.'“Hartwell WBx sonvteted of beating IhftAlao. two other Chicago gangsters, Albert Anarhni und John ftetgMfc flgrafcerfv of to* Caponeon December 6, 1024. He has been in Joliet fox almost three years, having bee# semtDccd i April, Mar,
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Sterling Daily Gazette
Sterling, Illinois, US
Fri, Feb 14, 1930
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