Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-20
POLICEMAN HUNTED
IN GANG MURDERS
informant Declares Victims
Stole $4,000 Worth of
Officers Liquor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 20,-The en-
forcement agencies Of the United States
Government, the County Of Cook and
the City of Chicago expressed united
belief today that last Thursdays mass
murder of gangsters was approaching
solution.
A secret informant gave definite and
significant information to Federal in
vestigators last night. 1t gave cor
roborative color to the theory, first ex-
pressed by Federal official, that Chi
cago police officers may have had a
part in the sevenfold Staying.
Declared to Have Stolen Liquor.
"Moran's gang (the seven who were
killed were members of the George
Moran crowd stole $4,000 worth of
Chicago policeman's liquor" said the
informant. land that's what the shoot
ing's all about"
He went into detail.
1.-The policeman WHO owned the liquor
has a partner and a sweetheart. The
girl runs a beauty shop, and the part
ner runs roadhouse northwest of Chi
cago. The officer has half interest in
the roadhouse.
Find the policeman who fits this
picture and you've got something"
Tells Of Overhearing Conversation.
That was the way the story came to
the investigators. 1t was explained that
the informant had overheard 8 CONVEX
sation between the policeman and the
girl through thin partition OF the
beauty shop. The policeman, the story
went on, told the girl that $4,000
load of his liquor had been hijacked
and that Bugs Moran did it"
Whether the authorities had more
definite information than this as to the
officer's identity was carefully concealed.
1t was pointed out, however, that the
dying statement of Frank GuSenberg.
the only gangster not killed outright in
the massacre. was That "a couple OF
coppers did it." There was also the
testimony of several persons who saw
the killers car and described 1t as a
police machine.
Coroner Says He Has Glue"
Coroner Herman d. Bundesen. twice
threatened with death because of his
activity in the investigation, said he
was at work on "a real clue" but did
not say what Is was. In addition, a
new witness was found who declared
positively that the car used by the mur-
derers was actually police squad car
and not one that "just looked like
police car"
1T was q squad car to the last de-
TAIL" the States attorney was told by
this witness. whose identity was not
disclosed. 1T even had the usual gun
rack fastened to the back of the front
seat" The reference was to the rack
used for riot guns and rifles which is
regular equipment on police squad cars.
The witness was understood to have
said that there were two policemen in
the car when he saw 1t. land two other
men who looked very tough" The car
was moving north slowly, sounding its
siren. about the time of the murder
II the story told Federal agents about
the hijacking of "a policeman's whisky"
is true, investigators pointed out that
they had definite and plausible mo-
tive for the gang murders. The victims
of the hijackerS would seek to settle
with the Moran mob, 1t was pointed out.
and settlement" between gangsters
means death.
Moran Declared Headed for Florida.
Moran himself. who has not been seen
by police since the Staying of his men,
was reported by the Herald and Ex-
aminer today to have fed the city. If
the newspapers information is correct
that Moran Is headed for Miami Beach,
Fla, that city may have the distinction
soon of being host to the three men to
whom virtually Chicago's entire supply
of beer and whisky had been attributed
Moran, AL (Scarface) Capone and Joe
Salts. the latter Just out OF jail follow
ing a sentence for gun toting.