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Call Shooting 'Justified9 ‘heading west on Madison, Doll south in Crawford, and then testified. headed west again in Washing-The police gave chase and ton.The verdict of justifiable homicide’’ was attached to the death of gangster Edward Rimi-ko, 24, 4250 North, by a deputy coroner's Jury Monday at the County morgue.Rimiko died from a bullet wound in the back of the neck after a wild, 80 mile per hour chase by both Fillmore and park police had ended Sunday morning at Keeler and Congress.The gunman was killed by police bullets when he attempted a ruse of surrender so that his girl friend, Mrs. Geverie Johnson, 32. niight escape.The chase got underway.” Detective Arthur Doll related at the inquest, at 3310 Madison | when a man stopped our squad on the street and said there had just been a holdup in the tavern. I Police Start ChaseHe told us that he was Paul Chapman, 3233 Maypole, a bartender in the tavern and that a bandit had robbed the place and sped off in a blue Studebaker,spotted the car turning north atHamlin. Apparently thinking hisvictims were still locked in therefrigerator in the tavern, where he had left them. Rimiko and the woman had stopped unconcernedly for a stop light at Washington.Chapman identified the car as the bandit's, so we pulled up behind them and got out,” Doll related. We walked up to the ' car with our guns drawn and ordered them to climb out.When Rimiko saw us, he shoved the car into gear and | raced off. We fired several shots after him and gave chase,” he said.Spot CarMeanwhile, a park police squad with Lt. Owen Duffy and patrolman Charles Lynn was westbound in Washington. The bandit car sped west in West End.! ' We heard the squeal of tires behind us,” Lt. Duffy said, Lynn looked in the rear view mirror and saw the Studebaker. They slowed down when they spotted t’s and as they went by I saw the bullet shattered rear window. At the same time, we got the radio call about the robbery and the bandit car. We immediately gave chase.”Rimiko turned north in Karlov to West End, west to Kostner, I and then south to WashingtonWe were doing about 80 miles | pir hour on the boulevard,” Lt. i Duffy said.Loses ControlAt Keeler Rimiko turned south and in his attempt to head west at Congress, lost control of the | car and stalled his engine. Close bihind, the park police squad pulled up.We ordered them to climblilout with their hands over their v heads.” Lt. Duffy said. The 'woman came out first and then ‘Rimiko. but he held his hands ^at his waist. tiI ordered him to raise his hands, but he ignored it and suddenly lunged at me. he said. ’Run, run.’ he told the girl, and started to run away himself Both Lynn and I fired at him | One of our bullets hit him and he fell,” the lieutenant said. The girl was captured a few doors away hiding in an areaway.Left HusbandShe admitted at the inquest that she had known he had planned to rob the tavern at 3310 Madison and that Rimiko had knocked over” two drug stores earlier that night while she waited in the car.She told Deputy Cofoner Ralph Ingle that she and Rimiko had stolen the auto in Elmwood Park to use on the stickup jobs. The had gone on other such jobs previously, she added.
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Chicago Garfieldian
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Jan 19, 1949
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