CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 30, 1926

• Chicago gangland wars - bootlegging
• Francesco "Frank" Cappello assassination
• A one-way Chicago execution automobile ride

The front page has a nice banner headline: "KILL GUNMAN OF 'CAVALIER'" with subhead: "Sixth Death Marked Man Taken on Ride. (see images) Nice for display. 
When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities born out of the Prohibition and Great Depression eras, no city is more in the forefront of our minds than Chicago - and what better newspaper can be found than the Chicago Tribune, self-proclaimed to be "The World's Greatest Newspaper" - attributed in part to its dramatic, banner headlines! Whether hanging on your wall or part of an ongoing collection, these events are sure to capture the flavor of this infamous period in American history.
Complete with 34 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally in good condition.

Background: This August 30, 1926 edition of the Chicago Tribune is an exceptionally scarce and historically charged artifact centering on the ruthless assassination of Chicago Heights gangster Francesco "Frank" Cappello—a vital partner to the late Antonio Spano—whose murder marked the sixth bloody chapter in the violent "Cavalier" bootlegging feud. Anchored by the dramatic front-page banner headline "KILL GUNMAN OF 'CAVALIER'" and complete with all 34 fragile pages of original newsprint, this issue captures the raw, unvarnished reporting of the publication's self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Newspaper" moniker during the height of Al Capone's criminal empire. Because daily newspapers from the 1920s rarely survived in complete, display-worthy condition due to highly acidic wood-pulp paper, surviving intact front-page centerpieces detailing specific historical underworld executions like Cappello's are fiercely coveted collector's items that visually immortalize the cinematic brutality of America's Prohibition era.