CHICAGO MURDER

Southland Times, Issue 21118, 25 June 1930, Page 5

CHICAGO MURDER

VICTIM KNEW TOO MUCH.

HOBBY WHICH COST HIS LIFE.

Chicago, June 12

The Police Commissioners have created six new squads of detectives, headed by men who at different times have killed from 5 to 11 gangsters each, for the purpose of hunting down the murderer of Arthur Lengle, the reporter who was shot dead in the street. The murder is the first notable shooting by gangsters outside their own class, and a great drive against hoodlums is in progress. Squads of police have combed the city, capturing hundreds of gangsters and racketeers, on many' occasions with pistols

drawn. Lawyers have flocked to the police headquarters demanding the release of their clients, but every hoodlum has been held “incommunicado.” The Chicago Press Club has added £2OOO to the reward for the capture of the killers of Lengle, who was regarded as the greatest expert on gangs and gang leaders in the city. His friends say he knew more policemen and detectives than any city official. To-day the city is being combed as never before. Chicago business leaders expect that the murder will give an impetus to the movement to sweep gangs from power. Independently wealthy, Lengle had continued in his work as a reporter on the Tribune because he loved to solve crime mysteries.

His murder appears to have been carefully planned. At Michigan Avenue Corner, three men in a parked roadster, called to him. “Do not forget to play Doc Schneider,” shouted one, referring to a horse popular with punters, for Lengle was on his way to the races. This is believed to have been the signal for the assassin, for a passer-by noticed two strangers step behind Lengle and follow him into a traffic tunnel. A moment later one shot him and as quicklydisappeared. ■ The pistol which was thrown to the ground had the maker’s number filed away, while the assassin had worn a glove, so that he would not leave fingerprints on the weapon. A dozen arrests were made last night, but little real progress was made toward the solution of the crime which has startled the entire city.

The rewards offered now total £19,000.