HOMES BOMBED.
GANG TERRORISM IN CHICAGO. MAYOR'S RESIDENCE GUARDED. (BT CABLX—r-HESS ASSOCIATION— coptbigut.) (AI7STB.ALIAK AND X.X. CABLI ASSOCIATION) WASHINGTON, January 26. A Chicago message says that following the city administration's attempts to curb crime and the Mayor's (Mr William Thompson) declaration that gang terrorism must end, the gangsters retaliated with dynamite, and bombed the homes of Mr Thompson's closest associates.
The first intended victim was Mr Charles Jb'itzmorris, City Controller, and the second in office to the Mayor'. The front of his home was torn away by a dynamite bomb thrown from ■■an automobile.
Mr Fitzmorris, with his wife, son, and maid, were in the house, but were uninjured.
A second bomb was aimed either tir 'lli 1 ™ Reicl, a Powerful member oi Mr Thompson's political oraanisation, or at Mr John Allen, recently a candidate for the office of alderman. It exploded between their homes, but did little damage. The police immediately started an investigation, but are reticent about the details. Mr Thompson's home is constantly under guard.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19220, 28 January 1928, Page 15
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