CHICAGO'S WORST.
COLD-BLOODED CRIME. Orgy Of Murder Believed Beer War Episode. SHAMBLES IN GARAGE. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Recelvefl 10.30 a.m.) CHICAGO, February 14. One of the most cold-blooded crimes in the city's history occurred when two automobile loads of gangsters raided a garage where a cartage company had its headquarters and murdered seven employees -with sawed-off shotguns. The police have construed the assassinations as an outgrowth of the socalled beer war and said it is likely that some of the employees of the cartage company had been engaged in running beer. The roar of the shots was so great that persons in the neighbourhood thought an explosion had occurred. The victims were treated in the customary gang manner, namely, shot down without a chance to defend themselves. All the murderers escaped.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 39, 15 February 1929, Page 7
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133CHICAGO'S WORST. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 39, 15 February 1929, Page 7
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