CHICAGO MAYORALTY
OPEN WARFARE FEARED. EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS TAKEN. (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) New York, April 4. Threats of violence between contending factions at the Chicago mayoralty election have resulted in extraordinary efforts to minimise the danger of an outbreak of open warfare to-morrow. Several squads of police, each composed of thirty constables, have been ordered out to arrest all known gangsters and underworld characters, following upon reports that these had “threatened to shoot up the polls.” Rumours have furthermore been circulated that gunmen have been brought in from neighbouring cities, particularly St. Louis, to augment the forces of certain ward leaders who planned to coerce voters.
An altercation between a detective and a gunman resulted in the shooting of the former dead. The attorneys for the arrested men in every case immediately obtained writs of habeas corpus to secure their re' lease.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20147, 6 April 1927, Page 5
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143CHICAGO MAYORALTY Southland Times, Issue 20147, 6 April 1927, Page 5
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