UNPRECEDENTED RIOTS
CHICAGO MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
BOMBS AND MACHINE-GUNS USED
(Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, April 5. Mr Thompson was elected Mayor of Chicago by a plurality oi 50,000 votes, amid unprecedented rioting in which machine-guns and bombs were used freely by the police on the rival factions. Soon after the polls were opened' two buildings were bombed in the precincts of the headquarters of one of the factions. The State Senator's home was fired upon and raked with machine-gun bullets." Two election officials were kidnapped and 100 gangsters were arrested. All the votes in the twenty-first ward were burned, lighted matches being dropped into the ballot boxes. A bomb wrecked a brick barn in which were situated the Democratic ward headquarters. The effective organisation of • the police prevented more serious riots. Mr Thompson's supporters have begun a wild celebration which the police fear will result in additional outbreaks.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10888, 7 April 1927, Page 5
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