GANGSTER KILLED
PIERCED- BY 12 BULLETS
RIVALS WAIT IN AMBUSH CHICAGO ASSASSINATION WIFE HEARS THE VOLLEY eBy Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Chicago, July 18. Louis (“Two Gun”) Alterie, one of the few surviving of the prominent gangsters of the prohibition decade, was assassinated to-day by gunmen hiding in a buildlfig across the street from his home. Since the repeal of the dry laws Alterie had 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 is the daily custom of Mrs. Alterie to drive her husband- to his office, but to-day she was delayed a few minutes in the foyer of the apartment building, from 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 that a room across the street had been occupied by two men for a fortnight. They were apparently keeping a watch for an opportune time to kill their victim. A , high-powered rifle and a score of discharged' shells were found. Both men escaped.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1935, Page 7
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