GANGSTER’S END

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12610, 20 July 1935, Page 5

GANGSTER’S END

."•■f t V * f lULLISD BY BIVAL GUNMEN. MURDERERS WATCHED FOR FORTNIGHT, . •U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright.) (Rec. jiily, 19, 5.5 p.m.) u ■ CHICAGO, July 18. Louis “Two Gun” Altericj one ot the few surviving "profninent gangsters of »t-he prohibition decade, was assassinated today by ..gunmen hiding in .a. building across the street from}iis home., , . - • ?; Since ■ the repeal of the dry laws, Altorie has been, active in the affairs of the powerful Union. of Theatre Janitors and it is assumed that rival gangsters killed him in an (effort to gain, control of the organisation. It w'os the daily custom °f Mrs. Al.terie. to drive her husband to his office, but today sh e tdelayod: a* few minutes in the foyer of the apartment building, when slid heard a burst of gunfire, and hurrying to the street-, found hoi- hfcslinhd’s eriimplod body. lie died lefbrfe bo reached tho hospital, 12 bullets having pierced’ l.ys irocly.

’ Th c . police found that a room across the street had been occupied by two men for a fortnight. They were apparently keeping watch for rn opportune time to kill their victim. A high-powered fide and a score of discharged' shell s were* found. Loth men escaped.