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Drifters trail ends with Speck murder capture
Police closed in on Dick Speck after a manhunt through Chicago skid row bars and flophouses. He was found at a West Madison Starr Hotel birth tattoo identified him, rushed to Cook County Hospital, and a hospital staffer confirmed the tattoo reading born to Taise Kell.
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Skid Row
Spéck
Taise Kell
Chicago
Bridewell House of Correction
Speck
Office of State
Atty
Waipu
Ward
Speckerr
Maritime ‘Union
New Orleans
Eck
Cok County
Corazon Amarao
Monmouth
Ill
Dallas
Sydney
Australia
Francis Flanagan
Brian
Flanagan
Iland
Starr Hotel
Tis
Dick Speck
Chile
West Madigan
Leroy “Smith
Cook County
Smith
LeRoy Smith
Cook County Hospital
Richard Speck