New Britain herald., 1928-09-08
L0MbARD0 SHOT IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT
Chicago Glnsstss Avaet
Death Of Frank Ulle

Chicago. Sept. 3 R1Tony Lom-
bardo's dead, q dum-dum bullet tn
his brain. The vengeance OF Frank
Yale, slain New York Eangster. has
spoken. ...
Never was murder done more
boldly. Thousands of persons were
pushing along In the late Friday aft
ernoon crush when the loop canyons
echoed to the roar of assassins's
guns and Lombardo, pal of Al
Capone. pitched forward on his face.
The slayers could not have gotten
half block from the vicinity of 81
West Madison street, in front of
which Lombardo fell. before bedlam
broke. Scores had seen the shots
fired. hundreds had seen the three
Igunnen drop their still smoking
weapons to the pavement and then
lose themselves in the crowd; thou
sands had heard the shots, while
ether thousands poured to the MUIR
der scene from adjacent streets and
office buildings. adding to the con-
fusion.
Many Guns
Not In long time has the sun
cleaned on the barrels of SO many
revolvers. unsheathed for action, as
1t saw in the hands of police yester-
day afternoon. Detectives In plain
clothes, squad men and traffic Off
GERS, pistols ready. dotted the crowds
as the blood of Lombardo oozed onto
the sidewalk from the ugly bullet
hole behind his ear.
The downtown. daylight murder
of the one time head of the unione
siciliano meant more to police than
the passing of another gang chief.
In the blood of Lombardo they saw
the handwriting of Frank TALES
avengers They saw the outbreak OF
new gang cunning. this time on an
inter-city scale, with the bad men
of New York and Chicago aligned
against each other.
Marked Man
Capone, they said. is marked
man. His close alliance with Lom-
bardo was well known. The Aitello
brothers, down In the police cata-
logue as bitter foes of Capone and
Lombardo, also were mentioned
frequently as the best sleuths of the
newly recognized police force
studied the long and involved rami-
f1cations of gang murders, seeking
lead that would take them to
Lombardo's murderers.
The Tale connection was explain
ed this way: Tale was shot down
presumably by Chicago gunner.
Capone's name was brought into
that case by reason of the belief
that he had been instrumental in
obtaining the weapons with which
Uale was killed. New York gang
sters, therefore. might have picked
Lombardo. Capone's close associate,
as the victim by whose assassina-
ton they meant to answer the guns
that got Yale.
Powerful Men
Both Lombardo and Uale were
Sicilians. each powerful in his ter
ritory Each dominated large
groups, collecting tribute, police
said, in many forms. Lombardo, os-
tensibly a commission broker, was
reputed to have had monopoly on
the sale OF sugar to hundreds OF
persons engaged in the manufacture
of bootleg alcohol. king of the
Malta" was a title police often
placed in opposition to his name.
Lombardo was in his early forties
The gangster rarely lives to be
much older. When he was killed he
had a revolver, but it was still in
his pocket when police reached his
body. '''
Two bodyguards were with Lom-
bardo when the shooting took place.
One OF them, Joseph Ferraro, was
shot in the back and may die. Jo-
seph Lolordo escaped the gunfire
and was pursuing the killers when
police stopped him
Police speculated on the possi-
biIity that Lombardos death might
mean the transfer OF the control o.
thousands of votes which Lombardo
is believed to have possessed. Not
since five men shot down Dion
o. Banion in his flower shop has
there been Staying as portentous
OF future warfare as this one, po-
lice said.
Marked for Death
II has been no secret for months
that Lombardo was marked for
death, and even before the Tale
killing in New York attempts were
made against his life. Once police
uncovered small arsenal in 4
home. The muzzle of machine gun
was aimed at the LON bardo front
door. Later officers raided a room
in a downtown hotel and found
several machine guns in position to
be fired across the street into u
cigar store which Lombardo and
Scarface Al" frequented.
Investigators OF yesterdays kill
ing got little help from either Of
Lombardo's bodyguards They told
Ferraro he was dying, but he only
shrugged his shoulders and would
not talk. Lolordo was more laxative
but pleaded ignorance of any con-
| nection with Lombardo.
Long Conference
At Lombardo's office in a build
ing near the place he was slain, DO
lice found several chairs arranged in
a semi-circle, as though a confer
ence had been held. The floor was
covered with cigar and cigarette