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Frank Nitti (Al Capone hitman) shot...
Frank Nitti (Al Capone hitman) shot...
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March 22, 1943
THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, Illinois, March 22, 1943
* re. Frank Nitti suicide death
* Al Capone henchman - gangsters
This 26 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 3: "Six Gangsters Indicted In N.Y. Still At Large" (See photos for text here). Nice to have in a Chicago paper.
Other news of the day throughout including sports and various advertisements with much on World War II. A little margin and fold wear, otherwise nice.
wikipedia notes: Francesco Raffaele Nitto (January 27, 1886 – March 19, 1943), also known as Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, was an Italian American gangster. One of Al Capone's top henchmen, Nitti was in charge of all strong-arm and 'muscle' operations. Nitti was later the front-man for the Chicago Outfit, the organized crime syndicate headed by Capone.
1 N. LaSalle Boulevard in Chicago. Lang shot Nitti three times in the back and neck. He then shot himself (a minor flesh wound) to make the shooting look like self-defense, claiming that Nitti had shot him first. Court testimony later insisted that the murder attempt was personally ordered by newly-elected Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, who supposedly wanted to eliminate the Chicago Outfit in favor of gangsters who answered to him. Nitti survived the shooting and, in February 1933, was acquitted of attempted murder. During that same trial, Miller testified that Lang received $15,000 to kill Nitti. Another uniformed officer who was present at the shooting testified that Nitti was shot while unarmed. Harry Lang and Harry Miller were both fired from the police force and each fined US$100 for simple assault.
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