Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
POLICE QUIzzED =.
| IN GANG MASSACRE
Officers Guns Are. to Be
Examined to Trace Fatal :
Bullets.
py .the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 13.-After q Jury
investigating the massacre Of seven
George Moran gangsters here had been
told by United States Army ballistic
expert that every bullet ever fred can
be traced to the gun from which It was
discharged" the chiefs Of police of
Cicero and Melrose Park, suburbs, were
called tonight to describe firearms used
by members Of their departments.
Chief Martin Wojoiechowsky Of
Cicero, the first to testify, denied there
were any machine guns in possession of
Cicero police. 81 II
Guns Ordered Turned In.
He was then asked to describe shot
guns owned by the department. After
describing the various types in use, he
was called upon to identity a number of
such guns. which it was revealed he
had been ordered to turn over to in
vestigating officials.
Chief Wojoiechowsky was then ex-
cused and Rocco Passerella, head of
the Melrose Park department, was
called.
He told the jury his department
owned five shotguns and one machine
gun. The machine gun, he said, was
purchased In 1927. It was tried out at
the time Of the purchase and was used
only once since-during q gun fight
that preceded the capture of Charles
(Limpy) Clever, mail robber.
Chief P&sserella was questioned
closely as to the number of occasions
In which the departments shotguns
were brought into play. He-<recalled
only one occasion, during . race riot in
1925. .~~
The questioning was conducted under
direction Of Mai. Calvin Goddard Of the
United States Army, reputed to be one
Of the world foremost ballistic experts.
MAJ. Goddard, who said both shotguns
and machine guns had been used by
the Moran gang slayers, widened the
inquest TO include the killing Of Thomas
johnson. notorious gambler, here a year
ago, and numbers Of other interlocking
murders.
Pistol l. Identified.
johnson was said by police to have
/ been pal Of Hugh McGovern and VIII
liam McPadden. shot to death In the
Granada Cafe here recently allegedly by
George Maloney, a follower of Michael
| (Bubs) Quinlan, South Side beer barren.
Bullets found In JohnSon's body were
fired from the same gun that was used
in the McPadden-McGovern killings,
Maj. Goddard said.
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dence connecting the Quinlan gangsters
with the other Sayings developed when.
Policeman Timothy Sullivan Of the Chi
cago force was called to the stand, fol-
lowing dismissal of PaSserella. He iden>-
titled the pistol alleged to have been
used by Maloney In staying McPadden
and McGovern. Coroner Bundesen then
| ordered that Maloney be produced to
testify, but was told the man had been
released on bonds.
Jurors See Slain Gangster.
The coroner's jury was sworn In over
the bodies Of two Of the latest victims
Of gang strife-William Clifford and
Michael Reilly. rAv~ ~
The gesture was at the bidding of
Coroner Herman Bundesen, who wished
to impress the jurymen with the seri-
Ouct1Coo VA tAeG gains oAtuab4Ou .tA4Ap Ano
resulted In hundreds of murders here
| within the last few years.
4, Bundesen announced that the inquest
into the deaths Of Clifford and Reilly
would be combined with the massacre
| inquiry. At the same time 1t was re-
| vealed that elimination of the body Of
Thomas johnson, notorious gambler,
slain . year ago, had been ordered.
Ten Deaths May BE Linked.
| Whether evidence had been uncov-
cred linking the 10 deaths was not re-
vealed, but the coroner indicated SEN
sational disclosures would be forthcom-
ing before the inquest Is adjourned.
Johnson's body with 81 bullet
wounds, was found under O railroad
viaduct here on the morning Of March
81, 1928. Apparently he had been taken
for ride" and his body dumped out
Of an automobile.