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MORNING EDITION
of The
PAMPA DAIL\ NEWS
VOL. 1, No. 133.
PAMPA MORNING POST
Serving Pampa and Northeastern Panhandle
TBB NEW JftAMPA
Fastest Growing City III Tw >
Panhandle Oil and Wheat
Center.
(AP) Features and Comics
PAMPA, GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1931.
(Full AP Leased Wire)
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BROTHERS CONVICTED OF MURDER
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SENATE VOTES TO REPEAL SUNDAY MOVIE MEASURE
STATE PRORATION ORDER ISSUED BY* RAILROAD
EAST TINS
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"iShcroTOifcnY
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MOODY WILL FILE CASE
ACALN'ST STATE CUItB ,
ORDER SOON
MDLElEN 37,1100
PAT NEFF WON'T SIGN
PRORATION WRIT
AT PRESENT
AUSTIN, April 3. i t'—The rail-
road commission today issued its
Ion*- awaited oil proration order, :
and East Texan* aiuiounced tlie.v
would not accept the figure pro- '
vidid for their new field without j
a court battle.
The commission allowed East
Texas 90,000 barrels starting April !
10, with graduated' increases to i
130,060 June 15. The order expires i
July 1. I
The exact figure for the north and ,
west central Texas areas had not;
been decided, but R. D. Parker, su- i
pervisor ot the oil and gas division
of the commission, said the total
would be around 690,000 barrels at.
Tlie start, increasing to 740.000 bv
July 1. The old figure was 643.000
but East Texas had not been pro-
rated. A few minutes after the or-
der was issued. Dan Moody, former
governor and chief counsel for tho
East Texas anti-proratlonists, start-
Mi preparing a petition for a court
injunction to restrain enforcement
of the order. The injunction suit
wus expected to be filed here.
Will ftle Suit
Moody said lie talked with his cli-
ents, and they said the figures were
unsatisfactory and told him to go
ahead with the suit.
Carl F^tes of Tyler, secretary of
the Eo< t Texas Lease, Royalty and
Producers association, said he com-
municated with some 30 members
of that association after the order
was issued. Estes gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
"We started fighting for a prin-
ciple two days after Christmas. It's
now Easter and so far as I am con-
cerned, we'll be fighting for that
same principle in tho courthouse, on
July 4. at which time I hope we
can celebrate Independence day in
a manner befitting the occasion."
Will Increase
Under the order of the commis-
sion, the East Texas production
would be increased as follows:
May 1. 95,000; May 15, 106,500;
June 1, 118,000; June 15. 130,000.
The production in the Yates pool
in Pecos county was reduced from
89,500 barrels dally to 70,000 as the
central proration committee recom-
mended, but the Big Lake field in
Reagan county, where gas waste
had been alleged, was allowed to re-
main at 20,000 barrels notwithstand-
ing the committee's ri'eomimnda-
tion for a reduction.
Strippers Free
The commission stated that no
proration would be made on wells
of six barrels daily production or
less in the west central or north
Texas districts. These districts ara
in the vicinity of Eastland and
Wichita Palls respectively. ThLs no-
tion was taken in an attempt to
forestall abandonment of the strip-
per wells, which were in serious
shape as a result of the low prlcp
of crude oil.
Pat M. Neff, former governor and
member of the commission, said he
would not sign the order. Neff has
had certain differences with the
other two members of the commis-
sion.
Tho figures for the fields other
than East Texas were as follows:
Set Panhandle
Panhandle 37,000, West Texas
213,431, East Central Texas 52.050
(to be Increased 5,000 barrels at
Van May 1 and June 1), 8outhwe.«t
63,000. Gulf coast 140,000.
That left about 9,000 barrels for
the West Central and North Texas
areas. Purchase nominations for
those fields were 9,630 for north
Texas and 23,447 for West Central,
but the proration committee recom-
mended readjustments to allow
more production.
Moody did not say when lie would
file his injunction petition. Estes
said he would remain in Austin lor
the present. It was reported that
the petition would contain more
than 100 pages, detailing the argu-
ments that proration was unconsti-
tutional.
Case Pending
C. A. Wheeler, Judge of one of the
district courts here, had sustained
the right of the railroad conwils-
(See HAST TEXAS. Page 8)
T. II. Anderson of the Atlas
Supply company is the latent to
bring freak eggs to The Painpan.
The largest was 7* Inches in
circumference the lotifc way and t
7'i inches the short way, and it I
weighed 4 outlet*,. The factory of
the egg' was an English Baron
white leghvrii, less than a year
old. On the same day this egg
was found iVlr. Anderson gather-
ed a tiny pullet egg >imilar to
the one illustrated in lhe NEWS-
POST last Sunday.
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Speaking c'f returning prc:"|.'r-
ity, as one will, here Is what H. I.
Phillips pays in thr New York Sun:
1. Some of the golf clubs are
reporting a waiting' list again.
2. People may not be saying, "Pill
her up," at the pumping stations
Just yet, but they have ceased say-
ing, "Oil, a gallon wiU be enough."
3. Re.-taurants report a renewal
of spirited battles over the check,
and some of them look sincere.
4. The wemen report a gradual
improvement in the quality of
bridge prizes. Nobody has won a
Five and Ten Cent store lampshade
in weeks.
5. Penny ante j poker games have
declined 7.02 per cent in the last
three months.
0. Many pedestrians now stop to
look at the models in the automo-
bile shov.room windows.
7. Venders are able to sell apples
without a high polish.
8. Street cleaners report that cigar
butts aren't nearly so short as dur-
ing 1930.
9. Occasionally you se? an auto-
mobile t-pare tire rack with & spare
tire attached
10. Hosts are beginning to offer
a third coLktuil and in some circles
a fourth.
11. Butchers have ceased swoon-
ing when a customer asks for a
porter-house steak.
12. There has beer./ a noticeable
decline in the number of people
shopping around before they buy
razor blades.
13. More man are getting' their
hair cut regularly.
14. The study of chock;, after the
restaurant dinner is becoming much
lets intensive and arguments with
waiters over the chaise for bread
and butter and that fewer suitcases
ore held together with rope.
1C. You may have noticed that
the hostess with the elc-itric piano
has a new roll at last.
17. Mere people are saying "Yes"
unhcsitatlngiy when the waitress
ask.*, "Any desert?"
18. Sables are not drawing indig-
nant looks.
19. They are beginr.'ng to sell
fruit in fruit stores again.
20. Yen can drop n penny in a
crowded street without causing a
FIRS BILL
TO LIFT
PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH
AD VALOREM TAX
VOTED DOWN
SLAYER OF 6?
(See COLUMN, Page 8)
STATE DISMISSES ITS1,
CHARGE AGAINST
GANG LEADER
CHICAGO, April 3. ( h—A1 "Scar-
26 "public enemies" was treed 111
court today of charge: that he was
a vagrant. I
The boss of Chicago's bootleg
beer, whose nanus led the Chicago
crime commission's list of gangsters
most Inimical to the city's welfare,
defeated the vagrancy charge issued
by Judge John H. Lyle in his short
lived crusade against crime.
His hearing required only five
minutes.
Judge Frank Pivdon, asked if tho
state had found a iiohceman who
could testify of his own knowledge
to Capone's luck of visible and legal
means of support.
"I move tho case agulrist Capone
be dismissed," Assistant. State's At-
torney Harry S. Dltchburne said.
"We have no more witnesses we
can call.'
The gang lender grinned and de-
parted without a void, from him
or his attorneys. Police escorted
him to his haunt In a southern
"twenty hundred" block.
Capone was served with the war-
rant during jhia recent trial tor
contempt of federal court. He has
appealed from: a six month Jail
sentence there.
TRUCK MEASURE PASSED
LOAD IS LIMITED TO
7,000 POUNDS ON
HIGHWAYS
AUSTIN, April 3. W1)—This was
a bad day for proposed constitu-
tional amendments in the senate.
Tlti* DeBerry resolution to abol-
ish the ad valorem tax failed «f
final passage by four votes and
the Hornsby resolution to hold a
constitutional convention wan
beaten at the engrossment stage.
Meanwhile, the house worked
without lunch and passed the sec-
ond of the three truck regulation
bills. The vote came about 2:15 this
afternoon, and immediately there-
after the house adjourned until
Monday.
Movies Legal
The senate was back on the job
this afternoon, voting 15-8 to legal-
ize Sunday movies and theater per-
formances in cities which desired
theni. The bill was introduced by
Senator Woodul of Houston. Sena-
tor Pairish of Lubbock said he
would seek to have the vote recon-
sidered.
The bill was passed with little
argument. A similar bill, was passed
by the last legislature but Xhin
Moody, former governor, vetoed it.
Proponents pointed to the open vio-
lation of the present law in many
cities.
Favor Bill
The bill had not yet run the
gauntlet of the house but the crim-
inal Jurisprudence committee of
that body liad re|>orted favorably
a bill legalizing Sunday picture
shows everywhere, eliminating the
local optioh feature contained In the
senate proposal.
DeBerry believed he really needed
to swing only two votes to pass his
ad valorem tax abolition proposal,
as Senator Pollard of Tyler, who
was absent, would have voted for
It and Senator Woodul of Houston,
who was against it, said he would
not stand In the way if the resolu-
tion came within one vote of ths
number needed.
Bill Passed
The truck bill was passed 104 to
24 after hours of debate, in which
charges were made the bill wao
written by railroad attorneys and
aimed at eliminating railroad com-
petition. The final vote on the bill
saw Representative Stevenson, gen-
erally regarded as the floor leader,
for the bill, voting against It.
Stevefison parted from ihe pro-
ponents of the bill when they refus-
ed to accede to his demands that
the limit Jje raised to 12.000 pounds
to care for livestock transportation.
Stevenson made other efforts to
liave the limit set at 10,000 pounds,
9,000 l^und-s and 8,000 pounds.
Only to Load:
The bill originally provided for n
load limit of 6,000 pounds. It was
raised to 7,000 ixmnds on an amend-
ment by Representative Van Zandt
of Tioga. The 7,000 pound limit
would apply only to the load and
not to the gross weight of the ve-
hicle. i
Charge Julian
For Kidnaping,
Intent To Rob
LAREDO. April 3. (/P)—Charges^.
of kidnapping and assault with in-,
ten to rob filed hero against C. C. >■
Julian, Oklahoma, and iCalifornia I
oil operator, were expected to be!
investigated tomorrow by.the Webb,
county grand jury.
Court officers late today declin- J
ed either to confirm or deny that i i
such action .would be taken but it
was believed the grand jury of the
40th district court, adjourned two
weeks ago, would be reconvened to-
morrow morning to consider lihe
cases against Julian and C. C. Bo-
ren, charged jointly with him.
A. B. Johnson, foreman of the
grand jury, was out of the city to-
day and could not lie reached.
Sheriff Joe Condron would neither
affirm nor deny the report but said
he would explain tomorrow) why
no examining trial was held today.
Julian was charged jointly toduy
with C. C. Bcren in a complaint
filed before Justice of the Peace
Leop-ldo VHIegas. The dhwgPi
alleges specifically that Julian, alias George Meyers, above, U being held
Herbert Murphy, and Boren un- j in jail at Detroit pending investlip-
lawfully detained L. S. Boling, Sun ; tion of his confession that in 1913
Antonio business man against his he killed Joseph' Moore, his wife and'
consent by assaulting him with 1 four Vhildrtn, with an ax at Villlsc;i,
firearms and tlu-eatenlng his life, la. He said he received $2000 of
with intent to hold Soiling lor ran- ! $5000 promised for the deed by a
LINGLE CASK
AMERICAN WOMEN ARE
TRANSPORTED RY
AIRPLANE
PLUNDERERS ARE SHOT
MILK IS NEEDED FOR
BABIES IN CITY
DEVASTED
som and extort money from him.
Homer T. Sealey of Laredo, state i
highway patrolman v ho yesterday
intervened in Boiling's behalf In a
hotel lobby here, Hrrestjef Julian
and Boi-cn and allegedly wrested n
sawed-off revolver from Julian's
hand.
Boiling told officers two men en-
tered his hotel room and after de-
manding $50,000,/packed his clothes
and were attempting to check out
at the hotel clerk's desk when Boil-
ing kicked patrolman Sealey on the
ankle to apprise hint that something
was ainiss.
An examining. trial set for this
morning was postponed until 2 p.
m„ but at that hour, again was
delayed by Justice Vlllegas because
District Attorney John A. Vails and
M. J. Raymond! .defense >counsel
retained by Julian, .still were en-
gaged in trial of a cattle theft cast-
In district court. The Julian and
Boren cases were expected to be set
again for tomorrow morning.
Although Sheriff Joe Condron of-
fered Julian liberty on $10,000 ap-
pearance bpnd, If he c-ould give
"gilt edge" sureties, the oil operator
late today still was in the Webb
county jail.
man lie met in Kansas City.
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Body .of Ratcliff
S^ent for Burial
Burned almost beyond recognition,
the body or F. C. Ratcliff, 32 years
old, farm boss at the Cockrell-Mc-
Ilroy refinery west of Pampa. was
sent of Brook Haven, Miss., yester-
day afternoon by the Malone Funer-
al home. The body will be received
by Ratcliff's mother, and burial will
be In the family plot at Brook Ha-
ven.
Ratcliff: was burned to death
when hi* car crashed Into the rear
of a parked kerosene trailer four
miles weBt of here. The gasoline
tank on his car vis believed to have
exploded, setting the car on fire.
The body was still behind the steer-
ing wheel when found.
Identification was made by fel-
low employes when they recognised
two gold teeth in the front of his
mout|i. A watch carried by the dead
man stopped at 7.46 o'clock, funeral
home attendants said yesterday, af-
.ter the face had been removed from
the wajch. >. ^
'sheriff Lon L. Bttknscet transact-
ed business in Amarillo yesterday.
NISBET IS INDICTED AS
ACCESSORY IN
MURDER
Included in Indictments returned
yesterday afternoon by the grand
jury was one charging- Bert Burk.'
with assault ,wlth Intent to rape in
connection'with an alleged assault
made upon a 6-ycar-oId girl in a-
South Pampa tourist camp Tuesday
afternoon. Burke was arrested the
following morning in Amarillo by
Potter county officers.
Indictments charging burglary
were returned against Lawrence
Kissinger and Andy Lyons In con-
nection with the robbery of the
Cox Brothers grocery store Thurs-
day morning. The two youths were
cauglit by the Cox brothers who
held them for city officers who later
turned the boys over to the county.
Paul Nlsbet of LeFors was also
indicted as an accessory In the fatal
shooting of C. H. Taylor near Le-
Fors for which Chuck Wilson re-
ceived a 20-year sentence. Nlsbet
wa.s tried last week on three counts
but the accessory count wasthrown
out of court. The trial reflated in
a hung Jury.
BRING CONSPIRATORS
MEXICO CITY. April 3. </P -
Dl;Hatches from Saltlllo today said
eight minor and two to Idlers have
been brought there frqm Conception
del Oro, in the State of Zaeategav
cn charges of plotting to assassi-
nate the governor of Zacategas
and the mayor of the city of Zaca-
tegas, as tli& beginning of a move-
ment to overthrow the state gov-
ernment. They will be subjected
to a summary courtmartial.
THREE ARE ACQUITED
OF CHARGE IN
OKLAHOMA
VINITA, Okla., April 3. (4>)—Two
persons were convicted and three
acquitted by a federal court jury
here late today In the trial of eight
defendants on conspiracy and mall
fraud charges growing out of the
sale of stock In the Anglo-Ameri-
can Royalties corporation, now de-
funct.
Those convicted were Ben F.
Fields, Tulsa Investment broker, and
Duric C, Mclntyre, TuLsa, who was
the corporation's president. They
will be sentenced tomorrow by
Judge Franklin E. Kennajuw.
Samuel A. Boorstin, Tulsa lawyer,
and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Belcher of
Tulsa were acquitted. Boor.stin was
accused by the government of fals-
ifying the Anglo-American minute
book records and the Belchers were
alleged to have been stock salesmen
for the concern.
The Jury continued deliberations
in the case of the remaining de-
fendants. O. J. Fleming. Enid
banker, W. H. Hills. Enid lawyer,
and J. A. Patterson, accused as a
stock salesman. Flaming und Hills
Were alleged to haw- Influenced
Enid Investors In fuvor of the An-
glo-American stack.
The Belchers admitted they had
sold the Anglo-Amorican stock but
asserted they acted in good faith,
believing the company sound.
Fields and Mclntyre were placed
In the Craig county jail here tfl
await their sentences.
The government charged nearly
100 Okiahomans were defrauded of
$600,000 through investment in the
royalties shares.
Easter Egg Hunt
Is Scheduled Today
Every child In Gray county is In-
vited to be at Harvester pork this
afternoon at 1 o'clock when the big
IQwaiils club Easter egg hunt will
get under way. The hunt will be di-
vided into two classes, the one for
children under 6 years old and the
other for children between the ages
of 6 and 12 years.
Members of the Kiwanls club and
Boy Scout troops will be In charge
of the hunt and parents are assured
that their children will be taken
care of.
Merchants of Pampa whose names
appear on the hidden eggs will give
the finder prizes. Included in the
hundreds of eggs that will be hid-
den will be four of golden hue. The
finders of these eggs will be given
a $2X0 deposit In a local bank.
The State, La Nora and Rex thu-
aters said yesterday that 75 show
tickets would be hidden In as many
eggs and that finders would be ad-
mitted to see shows at the varlotis
theaters called for on the tickets.
By WILLIAM 11. EWING
Aswti'lated Jfrwn Staff Write#-
I Copyright, 19.11, by the A.IM
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Apt 11 3.
(/Pi—The tasty of directing feeding
and rehabilitation of Managua's
40.000 residents, made homeless by
Tuesday's disastrous earthquake,
wus taken over today by Ernest J.
Swift, Red Cross official, after his
arrival by airplane irom Miami.
The Red Cross official's first step
after reaching Camp de Marteina-
rlne and American .headquarters
was to confer with Mutthcw E.
Hanna, United States minister, and
then make an Inspection trip
through the devastated city.
Talk With Dorter*
Later, Mr. Swift, conferred with
marine ahd medical corps officers
and others to decide what immediate
steps Miould be taken.
Meanwhile, other naval relief
groups congregated at Coriiito, to
which city a number of wives and
children of the United States ma-
rines were taken by airplane to-
day. From there they will be re-
turned to their homes in the Unit-
ed States.
Bring Food
Kaval ships brought food and
medical supplies to Corinto from
Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. These
will be brought to stricken Mana-
gua by airplanes, truclts and trains.
The medical corps, which sorely
needed aid for a while, Is tarrying
oi> llts work efficiently although
doctors and their assistants are ex-
hausted from long hours of nerve-
wracking work.
The iron hand of martial law to
prevent looting In the destroyed
city resulted lust night in the shoot-
ing of four plunderer., by the Na-
tional guard. This is unofficially
reported to huve made a. total of
approximately 20 looters shot to
date, altnough marine officers liuve
not confirmed this.
Milk is Needed
One of the commodities of food
mcst needed is milk for the babies.
Although marines had a large store,
of condc used milk on hand it was
Insufficient for the wants of thous-
ands.
Now that the flrse> tenseness of
the disaster Is over, the Americans
are discussing seme of the lighter
phases ot the quaK\ One woman
complained she had been unable to
get resources to remove a cooking
stove from her home.
Many families succeeded In rescu-
ing their parrots, old-time resi-
dents suy these gird;; are dearest
to the hearts of Nlcaraguans. Baths
are luxuries, the only place where
running water baths are available
(Sei OFFICIAL, Pug* H)
Above Is Jake Llngle, Tribune re
porter who wus shot to ti'cath In a
tunnel. Below is Leo Brothers who
was eonvleU'd yesterday for the
murder. He was given a sentence
of 14 years. Llngle was said to have
been the unofficial "chief of po-
lice" among the gangsters.
SCHOOL TODAY
THREE ARE FILED FOR
BOARD POSITION
IN PAMPA
Voters of the Pampa Independent
school district will go to the polls
today to elect two members to the
school board for the .next three
years. Three names will appear on
the ballot. C. T. Hunkaptllar, pres-
ent chairman of the board, J. M.
Dougherty of Hoover, present mem-
ber, and J. O. Christy of the Talley
addition, are the three men seeking
office.
Voting will take place in the
board of city development commit-
tee room with A. A. Tleman as Judge
and Charles I. Hughes and B. W.
Rose, clerks. The poll will open at
8 o'clock and will close at 6 o'clock.
With only two names appearing
on the ballot last year a light vote
was registered. Voting at today's
election Is expected to be heavy.
OLD PAMPA RESIDENT
DIES YESTERDAY
AT HOME
Funoral services for Isaac Edward
Noel, £4 years old, will be conducted
this afternoon at 3 o'clock In the
First Methodist church. In the ab-
sence of Rev. Tom W, Brabham,
pastor, who was called to Atlanta
where his father Is critically ill, Rev.
F. W. O'Malley, pastor of the First
Christian church, will be In charge.
Arrangements arc in charge of the
Stephenson mortuary.
Mr. Noel died at the family home,
628 N. Russell street, yesterday at
12:30 o'clock. He had been confined
to his bed with paralysis since last
December. He was bom In Omaha,
Ark., In 1870 and moved to Gray
county 27 years ago, taking up his
residence near LeFors. A few years
ago he moved to Pampa.
Late last night pallbearers had
not been named.
Mr. Noel Is survived by his wid-
ow, nine children, Guy Noel of Col-
orado, John and Clarence Noel of
LeFors, and Pearl, Ed, Robert, Beu-
lah and Bruce Noel of Pampa, and
Mrs. Crystal Graham, Miami; three
brothers, 3. G., and Lon Noel of
Pampa, and C. A. Noel of White
Deer; one half-brother. Herbert Noel
of Amarillo; three half-sisters, Mrs.
J. A. McNaulty, of Spearman, Mrs.
Flossiq Grady of Amorlllo, and Mrs.
A. J. Seltz of White Deer, and six
grandchildren.
Pastor's Father
Has Sudden Stroke
Rev. Tom W. Brabham, pastor of
tho First Methodist church who Is
attending a conference In Fort
Worth, received word yesterday
that his father had suffered a par-
alytic stroke and that his condition
was serious. Rev. Brabham left Im-
mediately for Atlanta, a message
received by Mrs. Brabham stated.
Rey. Brabham was to have been
here to preach funeral service# for
Isaac Noel who died here yesterday.
It is not known whether he will be
able to leave his father to be here
for church services Sunday, •
LINGLE DEATH
MAKE MOTION FOR NEW
TRIAL AFTER VERDICT
IS ANNOUNCED
MOTIVE ISTOT PROVED
WHY TRIBUNE MAN WAS
SLAIN UNANSWERED
DURING TRIAL
CHICAGO, April 3. (/P>—Uo
V. Brothers of St. Louis wan con-
victed today of asslssinatlng Al-
fred (Jake) Llngle and the Jury
fixed his punishment at 14 yean.
in prison.
After 27 hours of stormy debate,
the sleepless 12 men cama in to
give Brothers, young St. Louis
hoodlum, the lightest penalty under
Illinois law for murder.
In this manner, half of the ques-
tion: "Who killed -lake Mngto—
and why?" was answered to calm,
for the time being, months of
widespread conjecture since the
Chicago Tribune gangland reporter
was assassinated.
Ask New Trial
A motion for a new trial «u
made at once by disappointed at-
torneys for the defense, who called
the verdict a compromise. Itoiy
will argue the point April IT against
• prosecute•! "satisfied that the
verdict was J list".
Tlie end came with dramatic sud-
denness. Since 2:24 p.m. Thurs-
day, tho Jury had been locked up,
there had been no definite word
of what was going on inside.
Judge Joseph Sabath, beginning
to despair of a verdict, had ctecided
to call in the jurors and see what;
prospects were.
Reach Verdict
Suddenly, at 5:20 p.m., the sounds
of argument ceascd, the jury sent
out word It had come to an agree-
ment, the lawyers were summoned,
Brothers brought In and tire verdict
read.
There were a few gasps In the
courtroom. Brothers, leaning on th6
witness stand, palod a trifle and
then said to a bailiff, "let's duck".
Tlie first big gang murder case to
reach a Chicago Jury was over.
The killing of Llngle, as he stroll-
ed through the pedestrian tunnel
under busy Michigan boulevard last
June 9, was one of the most spec-
tacular the city ever had known,
and it aroused a public clamor that
still is heard in1 the drive against
Chicago's "public enemies".
By VICTOR T. HACKLER
CHICAGO, April 3. ((JW—Alfred
"Jake'* Llngle, a 38-year old report-
er for the Chicago Tribune—who
dug up police and underworld news,
but never wrote it—was killed by a
single bullet fired Into the back of
Ills head as he walked through the
Randolph street pedestrian subway
under Michigan boulevard last June
9. He was headed for a train to
the Washington pork race track.
The slaying was at first taken as
a gangland warning that the news-
papers should "lay off" and the
metropolitan press, with one voice,
proclaimed a "war to the finish".
As the pnngster's first serious as-
sault on common citizenry, the
crime received an unprecedented
amount of publicity.
Was Mixed Up
It soon was discovered, however,
that Llngle was more than a $65-
a-week reporter—'Just what, has
never been proved. It was estab-
lished that he had an income of
at least $60,000 a year and hail
maintained a Joint fctock account
with his intimate friend, then Mice
Commissioner \ William RumhQl.
Further, he was a close friend to
Alphoase "Scarface" Capone, and
other "Big Shots" of gangland.
Instead of the reporter who |w*a
killed because he found out too
much, Llngle, termed the "unoltl-
(See HOODLUM, Page S)
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fair, warmer in north portion.
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southeast portion) Saturday; Sunday
fair, warmer in west portion.
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colder In south and east portions
Saturday; Sunday, partly cloudy.
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Hinkle, Olin E. Pampa Morning Post (Pampa, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 133, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 4, 1931, newspaper, April 4, 1931; Pampa, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292947/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.