New Britain herald., 1926-04-30
Chicago District Attor-
 ney's Request For Order To Impanel Special Grand Jury Is Granted By Judge.
Discloses Well Organized System Which Gangsters Use in Staying Those Marked for Death.

Chicago, April 30 Rl-An order for the impaneling of a special grand jury to investigate the staying of William H. McSwiggin, young assist ant states attorney. and all other gang killings and crime conditions in Chicago and surrounding suburbs was granted Robert l.. Grove. states attorney, today by William V. Brothers, acting chief justice of ths criminal court.
 . Grove presented a petition reveal. ing that threats had been made against his life, to kidnap his chil. dren, and to bomb his home.
 Recent months have recorded in Chlcago and Cook county an in. creasing number of gang murders" the prosecutor said in his petition The combination of high-speed au. tomobiles, sawed-off shotguns and hlgh-powered rifles operated 10 quickly murder and immediately es- cape has produced in this commun. ity reign of terror.
 More recently these yicia.z gangsters have brought conditions to such point that they have re- peatedly made threats upon the Iife Of the states attorney and, mueh more terrible 10 contemplate. they have threatened to kidnap and lsfli the children of the states attorney and bomb his home.
 Further the more active assia ant states attorneys have bsea threatened in the same manner.F
 Gambling Dens Raided
 Gambling dives of Cicero, turba4 lent suburb of Chicago and t.s scene of many gang and beer war. fare slayings, has been visited tly official wrath from sledge welding policemen, searching for clews to tt3p Killing of William H, McSwiggin, ace or the states attorneys office ar4 two companions, The three fell b6, fore a whitening hail of machine gun bullets in the suburb Tuesday night.
 In an hour last night raiders from the states attorneys office, the de tective bureau and the county police. armed with 16 pound sledges, splin- tere into kindling wood the equip ment of three resorts in Cicero, an over-grown west side village of 5O,- 900. Similar fate hefell a Chicago dive, where 65 men were arrested and sent to the bureau of identifi- cation.
 Faro layouts, roulettewheels, race blaCkboards, dice tahles-every pro. duct of the gambling world of Cicero were smashed or chopped to bits.
 Identities Disclosed
 While the raids were in progress the police and states attorney's of- flee in two separate findings obtain. cd information which virtually es- tablished the identity of two other men believed 10 have been in the McSwiggin party automobile when 1t was fired upon, and who have been missing since, One of the men ap- P"'NIIlS NdN NOu0ueI.
 The two were believed to be Mvles anI William (Klondike) O'Neill. re- puted beer gang leaders and friends Of Thomas Duffy and James J. Do- h"rty, who were slain with McSwig- gin. Orders were issued for their arrest. Al Brown, alias Scarface Caponi. rval of the O'Donnell booze clique, is sought as q principal in the slayings, but he is believed to have fled the city
 Auto Also Identified Tho automobile in which McSwir- gin and his companions were riding had been identified through a garage owner, who said the two O'Donnells We're in tho ear when it started on its fatal trip, This declaration. coupled with the fact that five hats later were found in the deserted bull let-rddled machine. indicated that two members of the McSwiggin party still are unaccounted for.
 Most of the investigators have ac- orptrd the theory that the main cause of the shooting was the am hilton of a band 10 strangle the O'Donnel c'que's control of boot logging and gambling m Cicero.
 The arrest yesterday of Ralph Caponi, brother of "Scarface," re- vealed sub-headquarters believed to have been maintained by the lat- ] fer. In the apartment were found a pamphlet giving directions for op- eration of machine gun, clean ing rod for such a weapon, and a number of pistols and shotguns,
 Important Information Important information was oh- tained at the home of one of the l O'Donon brothers. Evidence Of much bloodshed was found in the alley and the deserted house B blood-stained shirt was discovered. The amount of blood in the alley suggested that a survivor of the machine gun fire might have taken i McSwiggen and Doherty there in i the belief that they still lived. Their bodies were found several miles away, possibly taken away when il was apparent the men were dead. Duffy died al the scene of the shooting.
 The coroner's jury. composed uf prominent Chicagoans, view the physical evidence of the crime yes terday and will start hearings to- morrow, Meantime Coroner Wolfe