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Al 'Scarface' Capone connection ?....
Al 'Scarface' Capone connection ?....
Item # 721145
January 18, 1930
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 18, 1930
* Chicago gangland machine gun connection ?
* re. Frankie Yale & St. Valentine's Day massacre
* Al "Scarface" Capone vs. George "Bugs" Moran
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "MURDER OF YALE LINKED TO MORAN GANG MASSACRE" with subheads. (see images)
Twenty pages, light toning, a little margin wear, more so at the bottom right (see image), generally good.
AI notes: In July 1928, Brooklyn gangster Frankie Yale was ambushed and killed in a brazen attack that involved multiple firearms, including a Thompson submachine gun, marking one of the earliest known uses of the weapon in New York gangland killings. Following the notorious St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago on February 14, 1929, New York City investigators, including forensic ballistics expert Calvin Goddard, examined bullets and casings from Yale’s murder and the massacre, concluding that the same Thompson gun had been used in both incidents. This finding highlighted the deadly mobility of organized crime weapons, demonstrating how gangsters shared or transported firearms across cities, and it underscored the rising prominence of the Thompson in accelerating the lethality of gang violence. The investigation not only linked two high-profile murders but also reinforced the growing role of ballistics in criminal investigations during the Prohibition era.
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