The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-19
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SPOTLIGHT IN |
Jingle DEATH
Interest in Murder Probe at
Fever Heat as Key Wit
ness Is Found.
GUNMAN BROUGHT BACK
Frank Foster Under Heavy
Guard as Suspect in
Reporters Staying.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, July ia mysterious
woman witness, an indicted gang
ster, high officials, a police lieuten-
ant. newspaper men, and gangland'a
most notorious ruler were named to-
day in developments in the Alfred
Lingle murder investigation.
Tt was the eve of the Cook county
grand jury's active investigation Of
the murder, with its maze Of attend
ing rumors. charges, and counter
charges, and developments followed
each other in more rapid succession
than any time since the Tribune re-
porter was killed on June 8.
The expected arrival from Los
Angeles of Frank Foster. indicted
gunman being brought in under
heavy guard, did not draw the CEN
ter of attention from the "myss
FERROUS" woman whom states At
torney John A. Swanson announced
positively could identify the slayer
of Lingle
Saw Jingle Slain
"She saw the killer shoot Lingle
in the subway under Michigan
boulevard" said Swanson. I'VE re-
gard her as the key witness. 1t is
the first tangible progress we have
made toward solving the mystery"
Victim of a series of shocks suff1~
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woman was said to be on the verge
of breakdown and her name was
withheld, in fear that gangland
might use its customary ride"
method to remove her before she
could testify or have opportunity
to identify the slayer.
On the day of the murder, this
woman, according to Swanson,s an.
nouncement, was injured in an auto
accident. While going to a doc
tors Office, she saw a child's hand
caught and crushed in an elevator
door
Still frightened from her own
mishap and hearing the screams Of
the tortured child. She was walk
ing through the subway when with
in a few feet of her man drew
snub-nosed pistol, placed it
against the back of Lingle's head,
pulled the trigger and fled, leaving
the slain reporter at her feet.
Brundidge Hurls Bomb
Another sensational development
Yves publication Of an article by
Harry T. Brundidge, reporter for the
st. Louis Star, who is to appear be-
fore the grand jury next Tuesday to
explain his charges that other Chi
cago newspaper men were engaged
in the same racketeering practices
that are believed to have led to
Lingle's death
Brundidge quoted Alfonso Scar
face Al" Capone, notorious gang
leader, as telling him the Chicago
police knew who killed Lingle, his
friend. Brundidge, sent here after
the murder to cover the story for
his paper, also said Capone advised
him to clay off the money-hungry
4SpOI JEIo.
Continuing what has become a
series, the Tribune today named
Matt Faley, assistant circulation
manager for the Herald Examiner.
as another of the unnamed news
paper men Brundidge would accuse.
The Herald Examiner continued
its demand that high officials who
were friends Of Lingle be called by
the jury.
A side development to the case
was the filing of neglect of duty
charges against Police Lieutenant
George w. Barker, who took part
in a loop gun battle with gangsters
who tried to kill Jack Zuta, one Of
the many suspects in the Lingle
case. He will be tried July %.