The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-01
TEN OF MORAN
GANG Held IN
Jingle DEATH
Grover DuIIard Nabbed as
Man Who Handed Gun to
Reporters Killer.
GIRL IS TAKEN IN RAID
Chicago in Near Frenzy as
Case Assumes Proportions
of Rothstein Mystery.

LOS ANGELES, July FRANK
Foster, Chicago gangster, was
under arrest here today charged
with suspicion of the murder of
Alfred j. Linkle, Chicago Tribune
reporter.
Foster was taken into custody
late Monday, held incummunicado
all night in an outlying jail and
then brought to county Jail
shortly before noon and booked.
The gun With which Lingle was
killed has been traced to Foster. {
BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, July Three weeks
passed today since Alfred (Jake)
Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter,
was shot to death in a subway, but
his murder is more of a mystery
than it was before.
To Chicago, the case has become
what the Arnold RothStein murdeI
was to New York, a seemingly monk
strous thing that in some way or
another seemed to involve every citi-
zen within its boundaries, from the
highest officials down.
That Lingle was a racketeer and
that he was killed by gangsters are
generally accepted beliefs, but why
was he killed and by whom?
Rewards totaling $55,725 have
been offered for answers to the
questions.
The police force has been reor-
ganized as a result of the Staying,
gang resorts have been raided and
many arrests made, the alleged pay
roll of notorious gang has been
seized, all Chicago has worked itself
into near frenzy over gangland's
apparent defiance to law--but the
mystery only grows the deeper.
Ten Are Captured
The latest result of the reorgan-
lied police departments drive
against gangland, drive which re-
suited directly from the Staying
was the arrest late Monday of Gro
yer Dullard and nine other alleged
members of the notorious George
(Bugs) Moran gang.
Dullard has been sought almost
since the hour that Lingle was shot
in the back of the head OH June 9
as he walked through an Illinois
Central subway on his way to board
train to go to a race track.
He has been suspected, the special
board of strategy appointed to
investigate the crime announced, of
being the man who handed the gun
to the actual slayer of the reporter.
The Chicago Herald and Exam
liner today named him as "the man
who watched and trailed Alfred Lin
gle, murdered Tribune reporter, and
then pointed him out to the actual
killer"
Moran Dives Raided
The theory which has been adj
vanced in the Lingle murder was
that the reporter used his influence
with city officials to bring about
raids upon Moran dives and that
the gangsters put him on the spot"
believing it would allow them more
freedom in carrying on their &C
tivities.
Lingle's name also has been linked
frequently since his death with that
of AL Capone, notorious Moran
rival.
Arrested with Dullard and his nine
associates was girl, Henrietta
Smith, who was said to be book
keeper for Moran. A ledger, which
police said contained the Moran
pay roll, was thrown from window
as the officers entered, but it was
recovered.
The men were taken to the detec-
tive bureau and given show up"
before persons who witnessed the
Lingle Staying.
No announcement was made by
police or the board of strategy ss
to whether Dullard was identified
by any of these witnesses.
Had Big Acquaintance
Before his death the reporter was
known in his Office as a conscien-
tious worker who specialized in po-
lice reporting to the extent that he
knew almost all the police heads
and gangsters in the city.
Since his death financial deals
have been disclosed which have put
him in the character of a master
racketeer, secretly using the name
and influence of his employers to
borrow money from both gang
sters ard officials.
In reviewing the case today the
Tribune refers to Lingle "as being
dubbed the unofficial chief of po-
lice" called fxer of gamblers, dog
track promoters and gangsters in
general and a go-between, procuring
for underworld characters special
privileges at the hands Of police Of
ficials and politicians"