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JUDGE McGOORTYHOME BOMBINGLAID TO GANGBoy'a Eyes Torn Out by Blast;Woman Injured; ftesildence ShakenCHICAGO, Sept. 21.—(UP)Gangstef foes, vengeful of the mililt;ant campaign for their exterminatlon waged by Judge John P. Me-Goorty, were hunted today as themen who bombed the jurist’s Home,blinding a youth and injuring aroutig mother.Gang cases In which MeGoorty.former chief justice of the Crim*nal Court, was trial judge, were studied for a clue to the attackerswhose bomb seriously injured. LeeWilbur Koeppeil. 1H, and Mrs AdaMiller Moyer, 16-year-oUl mother.The blast shattered windows ofhe judge's home and of other houses in the neighborhood.Though MeGoorty was hesitant«•lio believe the explosive vva* inUended as a threat to him, policeinvestigators were convinced theattack was intended to terrorizethe judge who two years ago led atigh; from the bench for tlm de-*1 ruction of organized criminalTwnhands.A hunt for James (Fur) Sammons. notorious gangster recentlyreleased from Joliet penitentiary,was undertakeu. Sammons wentto prison under a ruling by MeGoorty in 1931.The condition of the two victimsIof the bomb who were among a *group of young people passing the MeGoorty home at the time of theexplosion, was serious.The explosion tore out both ofiKoeppen's eyes, nearly blew oft onefoot and burned him severely .Mrs.Moyer may also lose her sight.She was badly burned on the face.tarms and legs. 1The victims were aided to the 1hospital by members of the Me- *Goorty household who rusIn d tothe street when the house wasshaken by the bombing.
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Murphysboro Daily Independent
Murphysboro, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 21, 1932
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