Evening star. [volume], June 17, 1932, Page B-4, Image 20

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“Barker the Immune” Meets
Gang Death—Frank Nitti
Sought as Killer.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 17.—Frank Nitti,
whose firing squad enforced harmony
in the old Capone liquor syndicate, was
sought today for the machine gun
assassination of George "Red'’ Barker,
who aspired to succeed the imprisoned
"Scarfaee" Al.
It was Nitti. poice said, who originated
tlie "second floor front" ambush which
erased Hymie Weiss, Joe Aiello and oth
er enemies of Capone from tlie Chicago
gang wars.
Barker's killers used the same sys
tem. sending machine gun slugs from
the second floor of a West Side apart
| ment building into Banker's body as he
I strolled toward the Norford Hotel.
After the killing of Barker police
found a machine gun and an automatic
rifle in a vacant lot across an alley
from the hotel. The w'ord went out by
radio and telegraph printers to "bring
Nitti in.”
Served Term in Prison.
Nitti, one of Capone's earliest body
! guards, was released several months
ago from Leavenworth Penitentiary
after serving an 18-month sentence for
income tax fraud. His former chief is
now in the Atlanta Penitentiary for the
same reason.
Police and underworld speculation
named Joe Fusco, Murray Humphries
and Frankie Rio as Capone's lieutenants
from whom his successor would be
chosen to keep the beer business In
hand.
It became apparent, however, that
Barker planned to extend his activities
; from the union labor field to the liquor
business. It, was whispered that Wil
liam White, another labor racketeer,
and Edeard O'Donnell, a powerful
South Sider not allied with Capone,
were planning with Barker to muscle
into the syndicate's affairs.
Barker, one of the 28 "public ene
mies" on the original list of the Chicago
Crime Commission, was the third to
die. Aiello and Jack Zuta were also
j killed by gang guns. Ralph and A1
] Capone and five others are in peni
) tentiaries. Jack McGum is appealing
a Mann act conviction to the United
I States Supreme Court, three others
j are involved in deportation proceedings,
four are fugitives and the remaining
ten walk Chicago's streets more or less
freely.
"Barker the Immune.”
Tlie gunmen pumped 18 rifle and pis
! to! bullets into tlie body of "Barkm' the !
j immune." whom- until last night—
I neither the foes cf gangland nor the
I arm of Cook County law had been able
j to cheek In the career of crime which
t he began in 1916.
I Two men were held today for in
! vestigation in the slaying—Larry Evans.
I a waiter, and George Birklord. hotel
| clerk, who helped three ethers pick the
I gangster's lifeless body off the street!
1 and rush it to Keystone Hospital.
Three physicians said no man could 1
• have survived the leaden torrer.t for j
j more than a few seconds. Death, they :
decided, was almost instantaneous.
Barker had never been convicted in \
Cook County through years of per- j
sistent harassment by police of a charge j
1 more serious than larceny —though i
| murders and all forms of labor war1
i violence had been laid at his door.
He “muscled In” on one union after !
another till at tlie height of his check- )
ered career he was reputed to have 1
had an income of $200,000 a year.
I onvicU'd in ancingan.
j Michigan brought him his only major
! conviction and put him behind the bars ’
of the Marquette State Penitentiary j
j from 1920 to 1928 from Detroit for as- j
j sault to rob. He escaped in 1922, but j
was at liberty only six days.
It was on his return to Chicago from ;
Marquette that the hoodlum began lay- I
j ing the groundwork for his vast1
racketeering structure.
Officials of the Pontiaq. 111., Reforma- |
tory considered Barker even too "bad’’
to permit him to remain there when j
he was relumed for violation of parole. |
He was paroled in 1919 after serving a ;
year for his last Cook County convic- >
tion. for larceny, the year before.
• Barker.” complained Pontiac, "is a 1
bad influence on the younger prisoners,” I
and the State transferred him to Joliet
State Prison.
Extortionists Slain.
A gang of extortionists walked into 1
a police trap laid in a loop gambling i
establishment yesterday and three of
I i s members were shot to death with j
; shotgun and pistol fire. A fourth!
; escaped.
Todav the police revealed the three
men killed had been warned of their
fate by a police lieutenant at a show-up
just a week ago.
"Some dav the police are going to
get tired of bringing you fellows in here
and they’ll send you to the morgue.”
Lieut. Edward Birmingham told them.
The warning was prophetic.
‘Tipped off” through gangland
sources, extortionists were to call at
the gambling place on North Wells
street yesterday and demand payment
| of $25,000 under threat of death. Po
I lice, under Pat Roche, chief investi
I gator for the State's attorney, lay in
| waiting.
Four men appeared on schedule.
I Harold Partner, 29; Samuel Katz. 27,
1 and Frank Rogers, 31, all minor gang
| sters and police characters, were mowed
I down upon opening fire on the officers.
The fourth, who escaped, was not ’
j identified.
DOG, 12 YEARS IN ARMY,
! IS BURIED WITH HONORS
! _ i
i Mascot Is Interred at Base of
Statue of Liberty—Military
Salute Is Given.
| By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 17.—Trooper, a
pilsner-colored hound dog with a record
of 12 years’ srrvice as an Army mascot
was buried today with military honors
at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
A bugler sounded taps as soldiers of
the 1st Military Police Company of the
Army garrison on Bedloe's island stood
at attention. A final military salute
flashed, and as the little dusty body
I was lowered to a grave at the foot of
| the post flagstaff, the troops marched
! briskly away.
I Born at Camp Dix, N. J., Trooper
\ served with Company G of the 16th
Infantry.
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HOLD CLASS NIGHT
Plays and Music Feature Exercises
at Hyattsville High.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE. Md„ June 17.—Plays,
| music and other features marked class
night exercises of Hyattsville High
School's graduating class. Among those
contributing to the program were Wil
liam Stanton. Edith Brechbill, Peggy
i Starr. Ja.ii Miller, Winifred Kerstetter,
Valerie Kincheloe. Ashby Ritchie. An
drew Beveridge and Esther Pyles.
Dancing followed the program.
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RANCH EMPLOYE HELD
IN SLAYING OF WOMAN
Man Charged With Killing Is
Found Wounded on Floor
Near Her Body.
By the Associated Press.
SUISUN, Calif.. June 17.—A. J. Pick
rell. 38. was in custody today, charged
with slaying Mrs. Lois Sutherland, 41.
member of the pioneer Baldwin family
of California and Nevada.
Police expressed belief unrequited
love caused the slaying and Pickrell's
apparent attempted suicide. Physicians
said Pickrell would recover.
Pickrell, who had been employed on
Mrs. Sutherland's ranch since March
1, was discovered lying on the floor
of the ranch house last night, with
what police said were two self-inflicted
gun wounds. Mrs. Sutherland’s body
was found on the floor of another room.
Only a few hours before she was
killed Mrs. Sutherland told a friend,
Ed Uhl, she was afraid of Pickrell and
was going to discharge him.
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Fire recently destroyed the beautiful
500-year-old castle of Bernweller, near
Ulm, one of the greatest landmarks of
South Bavaria.
BRADBURY HEIGHTS MAN
IS JAILED FOR ASSAULT
Wife Charges Husband Hit Her
With Bottle—D. C. Man Pleads
Guilty to Drunken Driving.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., June 17 —
Convicted of assault and battery on his
wife, George E. Ford of Bradbury
Heights was sentenced to 30 days in
jail by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in Police
Court yesterday. The wife, Mrs. Roberta
Ford, said her husband hit her with a
bottle.
Edward Charles Cook, 800 block of
Gale street, Washington, pleaded guilty
to driving while drunk and was fined
$100. He pleaded not guilty to reckless
driving, but was convicted and fined $1.
He was arrested by Constable Earle
Blackwell.
James Adams of Fairmont Heights
drew a three-month jail sentence for
assault on Mansfield Mayo.
Betty and Peggy Whitfield, twins of
Ipswich, have entered, for the first
time, the girls' open golf tournament
1 of England.
OFFUTT BACKS BEER PLAN
Says Tydinga’ Bill Would. Aid
Economic Conditions.
The Federation of Business Men's
Associations last night voted not to
take any stand on the prohibition ques
tion in its relation to business, pend
ing action by constituent associations.
George W. Offutt. immediate past
president of the Washington Board of
Trade, was the principal speaker. He
said that the Tydtngs plan to legalize
beer would bring in sufficient revenue
to cure many of the country's economic
ilLs. He added that it is imperative
that the Government raise more money
and give aid to the millions of unem
ployed.
The federation commended the man
ner In which Brig. Gen. Pelham D.
Glassford, superintendent of police, has
handled the bonus marchers during
their stay here.
Commendation also wss given the
efforts of Representative Joseph B
Shannon of Missouri to keep the Gov
ernment out of business.
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Because of desultory partisan fight
ing, planting of crops in North Man
churia has been greatly retarded and
not more than a 60 per cent yield la
expected this year.
Moses endeavors to sell its mer
chandise at least 6% less than it
could if it did not sell for cash.
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Easy-Folding
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on Regular $8.50 and $10
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Clearing Our Shelves
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Former
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Tomorrow is the last day of this great selling of books.
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The New "Formal"
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With ingenious adjustable
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Jantzen copied this Formal
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