GANGSTER’S DEATH

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22628, 20 July 1935, Page 14

GANGSTER’S DEATH

ASSASSINATED BY GUNMEN CHICAGO, July 18. (Received July 19, at 7 p.m.) Louis (“Two Gun”) Alterie, one of the few survivors of prominent gangsters of the prohibition decade, was assassinated to-day by gunmen hiding in a building across the street from his home. Since the repeal of the “ dry ” laws Alterie had been active in the affairs of a powerful union of theatre janitors, and it is assumed that rival gangsters killed him in an effort to gain control of the organisation. It was the daily custom of Mrs Alterie to drive her husband to jus office, but to-day she delayed a few minutes in the foyer of an apartment building, where she heard a burst of gunfire. Hurrying to the street she found her husband’s crumpled body. He died before he reached hospital, 12 bullets having pierced his body. The police found a room across the street had been occupied by two men for a fortnight. They -were apparently keeping watch for an opportune time to kill the victim. A high powered rifle and a score of discharged shells were found, but both men escaped.