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Chicago hood slain in parts racket fighti 111( \( A h \I *) Polk v sa\ 11 pu!v P mob toi Jitnniii I lu Bombm ( .itihn i. J alt;i -r ,1 mooted I rid t\. —•SL^C* ... ’A.** *-•/ ‘ J' 5V » 'r ■ A.' * **’yV • rr' ' _ V^-V.y**: v\~*v . ' V OSm a continuing ehop-sliop stolen auto parts vendetta.( atuara Ivecame the sev enth v ictnn in Mi 'land -hr, mg m the I hicago aiva m the Jast i\ months, officersaid I lie outbreak ol killings appa I of I\ in connected vv 1111 the luci ativetok n auto r.a Ket, reminiscent ol the InukIimn warfare in A1 lt;apone’s Pro hibition days.-• ’»■ «;A/ v-T A 2 ■. * Q' tv . • . ft-/)* *7- •- ■ -Y/'yfc’c*('atuara, dressed in orange pants,mange shirt and white shoes, was I iiiild early la idav outside 111 ( addlac (larked in an industrial section onthe Near Northwest SideHomicide ( omtnander Joseph l)ileonardi aid Catuara “apparentlywas waiting in his car for someonewhen slain b\ two men.oneapproacli-mg each side ot the car.lie aid (. atuara was shot twice intla head near the left ear as lie satbe! md tin drivet wheel As he -didovei in an attempt to get out ol the cur it;i tin passenger siuc, he was shotonce m the right ado of the face While he wa sprawled on the round next to the ear. lie was shot mice m the center ol the back,’ said I lt;leonaidi II volt live by that code, ta re going to die by that code This • i m a a sination I hey wanted tom.it e ill e lie was oil! ol commission,Authorities speculated that ('atuara, also known as “The Owl, was slam as a result ot a struggle beto- -to «•tween rival groups ot the crime svn dieate attempting to gam control ot the chop .nop operation 1 )ileonardi said ( atuara had been a mobster lor 50 y ears and that one fai tionol the crime syndicate “is trvingto w ipe out tlk le.uk i s ’ ol the otherfaction.He said jewelry, including a diamond ring and a diamond bracelet,and everal hundreddollat ,in cash were found on ( atuaraOther recent slayings believ ed to beconnected to ei line syndicate vendet tas include:John McDonald, IT hot in the head in a gangway ot a building in April; Steven (iurcia (5, fatally stabbed and stuffed in tl e trunk ol Ins cat in February Vinci nt Morctti, 52, and Donald Ki'imii U, stabbed andbeaten, found in the back seat of a ('adillac m a Slickiiey tavei n parkinglot in February.Bernard Ky an 51, lotind imirdv-i edm Stone Park in Januarv John Men dal 1, 5, an expert on eiu univenting, burglai alarms, stablvd and put in the trunk ol Ins ear on the SouthwestSi le in February.I lie feuding for ehoji shop control broke into the open on July 25 D ' in Oak Fawn with the shotgun slav mg ot• ..... J m • O ~Sam Annerino.
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Jacksonville Daily Journal
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Sat, Jul 29, 1978
Page 28
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