CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 13, 1930

• Gangster boss Jack 'Legs' Diamond
• Shot 5 times in Manhattan hotel
• Prohibition era underworld figure

The bold banner headline announces: "SHOOT NEW YORK GANG CHIEF" with the subheads: "Gunmen Trap 'Legs' Diamond in Hotel Room" "Show Girl Friend Is Seized in Hiding" with the report carrying over to page 2.
Complete in 32 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on high-quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. Very nice condition.

Background: On October 12, 1930, notorious Prohibition-era gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond survived being shot five times at point-blank range in Manhattan's Hotel Monticello, dramatically cementing his legendary reputation as the "Clay Pigeon of the Underworld." After two gunmen burst into his room, a severely wounded Diamond famously downed two shots of whiskey before staggering into the hallway in his pajamas, surviving the attack against all odds and infuriating rival bootleggers like Dutch Schultz—who famously complained, "Ain't there nobody that can shoot this guy so he don't bounce back?" This miraculous recovery, one of three major assassination attempts he survived before his ultimate murder in 1931, transformed Diamond into a towering media sensation and an enduring symbol of the chaotic violence, resilience, and dark glamor of the American bootlegging era.