Fall of Chicago racketeer Big Tim Murphy shocks city
Chicago reels from a night of gang warfare as Big Tim Murphy is shot dead at his home. Five more shootings follow, including the slayings of Nicholas Manos and a rival gang leader, while police battle in West Side gun duels and poolroom blasts. The era of Capone linked violence intensifies as warrants are issued for several figures tied to the cleaners and dyers racket.
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James K. Martindale
United Press
Chicago
Big Tim” Murphy
Big Tim
Vice Control
Nicholas Manos
Metropolitan
Scarface
al” Capone
Manos
Monkey Face” Genke
Mike de Pike
Heitler
Cleaners
Dyers
Capone
Manso
Broadview
Timothy Fahey
West Side
Albert Allen
South Side
Dion O’bannion
Hymie Weiss
Murphy
Rogers Park
Alfred Borris
Cleaners’ and Dyers’ Union
Ben Abrams
Sam Rubens
George Goldstine
William Carrie
Mike Greco
Yards
Enright
Indictments Return Charges In Abduction Cases
County grand jury returns indictments charging Albert Kennedy and Harold Van Walters with attacks on multiple young girls. Robert Turner and Clifford Wicks face related assault and battery counts. The jurors postponed final report to Thursday. New grand jury to convene July 1.
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Albert Kennedy
N. Olney St
Harold van Walters
Shelby St
Robert Turner
Clifford Wicks
Murder Den Revealed as Police Probe Gaillard Villa
Paris reports an alleged series of woman murders linked to Camille Gaillard also known as Jerome Drat. Detectives hunt Gaillard after Mlle Elise Foce’s strangling in a Marseilles villa, where a sealed cellar contained a woman’s corpse and signs of further killings. Police seek more victims. In a separate note, Kenneth H. Edwards confessed to robbing a grocery store and two lunch rooms on his block.
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United Press
Paris
France
Landru
Camille Gaillard
Morocco
Jerome Drat
Mlle
Elise Foce
Mile
Foce
Marseilles
Gaillard
Drat
Ceece
Gaillard's
Kenneth H. Edwards
Seventy-First St
College Ave
Englebright and
Hubbard
Police loan to curb bootleggers near fort during training period
City Police Chief Worley announced that officers would be loaned to Ft. Benjamin Harrison during the C M T C period to crack down on bootlegging outside the military reservation. He cited Sheriff Hawkins for refusing deputies and noted the sheriff’s salary and staff limits while describing broader law enforcement gaps and a federal prohibition office presence.
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Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Claude M Worley
Worley
Omer Hawkins
Earl Moss
Fort
Indianapolis
Middle West
Broadmoor Country Club
Sawmill firesters arrested in $2700 loss in Nashville
Earl Pittman and Emmett Lester are under arrest in Nashville Indiana after confessing to theft of gasoline at a sawmill that ignited from a lantern, burning the mill and causing about 2700 dollars in damage, according to Brown County Sheriff D S Wilkerson.
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Times Special
Nashville
Ind
Earl Pittman
Emmett Lester
D. S. Wilkerson
Brown County
Noses Show Marathon Near End as Dancers Hold Out
New York June 27 promoter Milton Crandall halted profit counts to tally noses on the floor in the international dance marathon. Eighteen noses remained, nine feminine, signaling the home stretch. Dancers demand $100 a day per couple. Crandall promises prizes for second to fourth place and $5,000 to the winner.
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United Press
New York
Milton Crandall
Crandall
Plumber Crook Arrested After Chasing Through City
Albert Arnolds, 43, without a known address, was charged by police after a pursuit involving Patrolmen Morris Corbin and Charles O'Donnell. They said Arnolds, with a pushcart and plumbing tools, was removing fixtures from an empty house owned by Leo K. Fesler on Central Avenue. A gang book was found in his tool bag, described as his burglar kit.
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Albert Arnolds
Herbert Asbury
New York
Morris Corbin
Charles O'Donnell
Arnolds
Leo K. Fesler
Central Ave
Fire in Vacant House Blamed on Incendiary Fire
A fire believed incendiary in a vacant house at 220 W Vermont St was stopped by the fire department Tuesday night with minimal loss. Police Sergeant John Sheehan happened to pass by as flames started. The fire began in a closet. Also reported is the death by self-inflicted chloroform poisoning of Albert W Ridgeway, 53, a farmer near Plymouth, blamed on ill health and worry.
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Vermont St
John Sheehan
Times
Plymouth
Ind
Albert W. Ridgeway
Here
GOOLIDGE LIKES TO FISH WHERE SKILL COUNTS
President Coolidge enjoys fishing in the Brule River over Cedar Island Lodge lakes while on vacation in Superior Wisconsin. He and Mrs. Coolidge report improved health and he shows no campaign plans, with possible actions hinging on Secretary Work’s resignation next week. His son John heads to Cedar Island lodge this weekend.
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Superior
Wis
Coolidge
Brule
Cedar Island Lodge
Henry Clay Pierce
John
Local Ad Men To Attend Detroit Advertising Congress
Albert O. Evans leads Indianapolis Advertising Club delegation to the International Advertising Congress in Detroit July 8 to 12. The trip and plans will be discussed at the Spink-Arms luncheon with a special committee led by Russell Etter Roscoe Clark and Floyd Hassler. The event marks a world fair of advertising with 50 000 square feet and 350 booths featuring global advertisers.
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Albert O. Evans
Indianapolis Advertising Club
International Advertising Congress
Detroit
Lester
C. Negley
Spink-Arms
Russell Etter
Roscoe Clark
Floyd Hassler
International Advertising Association
Tornado Rips Salt Creek Oil Field in Wyoming
A tornado struck the Salt Creek oil field near Casper Wyoming causing about 500000 dollars in damage. It wrecked more than 125 oil derricks two gas plants and one pumping station were demolished. At least one person was injured. The storm cut a four mile long path quarter to half a mile wide. heavy rain and hail followed making roads impassable.
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United Press
Casper
Wyo
Salt Creek
Here
Police hold Lincoln Chelf on assault charges
Police identify Lincoln Chelf a 62 year old resident of 1312 E Twenty Fifth St as the man who has allegedly tried to attack more than twenty young Negro girls in eighteen months. He was arrested by Patrolman Lee Oliver after a chase from Othon and Colton Streets Tuesday night. Chelf allegedly tried to entice a small girl into a vacant house.
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Lincoln Chelf
Twenty-Fifth St
Chelf
Lee Oliver
Othon and
Colton Sts
Oliver
New Blast At Rozelle In Probe Demand
A new attack on Rozelle’s La Grange Indiana home work mail order firm prompts a post office investigation demand. Robert E Hicks of Specialty Salesman magazines cites Rozelle methods to sell pillow tops and painting materials to women with a buy back promise. Hicks insists Rozelle’s U S marshal role could influence juries and investigations.
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Omaha Tapestry Paint Company
la Grange
Ind
United States
Frank E. Rozelle
Post Office Department
Horace J. Donnelly
Washington
Robert E. Hicks
South Whitley
Specialty Salesman Magazine
Rozelle
Donnelly
Hicks
Nunamaker Rites Held For Mary Jane Nunamaker
Mary Jane Nunamaker 42 of 4030 Byram Ave died after six weeks illness. Funeral at 10 a m Thursday at SS Peter and Paul Cathedral. Father O Connor officiating. Burial Crown Hill Cemetery. Born Grand Rapids Mich she came to Indianapolis in 1909 and married Everett F Nunamaker in 1907. Survived by son Curren Nunamaker.
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Mary Jane Nunamaker
Byram Ave
SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
Father O'Connor
Crown Hill Cemetery
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