The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
TRIO SLAIN AS
GANGS VIE FOR
CAPONE THRONE
With Al Tied Up in Court,
HoodIum'S Warfare
BIazeS Anew.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-The guns of
gangdom blazed anew and Chicago
assumed again today the appear
ance it had back in those sensa-
tional times before the government
stepped in and dragged Scarfsce Al
Capone to the bar of justice.
One gangster was riddled by ma
chine gun fire. Another was fished
from the river, his skull crushed
and sprinkled with lead. A grape
merchant was murdered in a mys-
ferrous manner.
This was Chicago's record for the
twenty-four hours before Scarface
Al, stripped of his friends and per-
haps of his power, sneaked back to-
day into the federal court where he
was on trial.
Mailman Is Suspected
In the background of the news
of the day stalked a sinister figure,
that of Frank (Madman) McErlane,
the fugitive gunman whom the po-
lice call crazy and whom they &C
cuse, among other things, of
Strengthening his wife and her two
pet dogs while on a drinking spree
more prolonged even than the one
which reached its climax when he
stood on street corner and blazed
away with shotguns at imaginary
enemies who popped out of gin
bottles
To police veterans who have sur
vived the bloody street and alley
wars which began years ago with
the murder of Dion O'Banion in
his flower shop, today's murders
and today's trial seemed, somehow,
to be related.
Capone, who was credited with
all the gangs into one
band, has been on trial week.
spending all his time in court, I'M
able personally to prevent the ever
present underworld civil skirmishes
from becoming wars.
The possibility of his being sent
away has been emblazoned every
day in every local paper. The gangs
are fighting again.
Wilson Bullet RiddIed
1t sounded just like one of the
reports back in the Torrio-
0'Banion Capone Genna -Aiello-
lombardo days when police rec
'rded officially Sunday night the
hiding of George Wilson's body in
he heart of what once was known
Us THE Valley" a near west-side
ection noted as an old time train
ng ground" for gunner.
Wilson, who was SO, formerly was
! policeman. He had been arrested
frequently since his dismissal from
he force in 1923. Three girls found
lis body in the street.
He had been shot eight times.
'nce in the head, once in the neck.
md six times in the body. The
ocular spacing of the wounds
marked the Staying as an oId-tim
machine gun shooting.
Police theorized that Wilson was
.aught in a war of the gangs for
he power which the papers indi-
.ated Capone might be losing.
'Madman's' Enemy Slain
The Staying of James L. Quigley
vas perhaps even more sensational.
Quigley was better known than
Wilson. He had been accused of
everal murders. He was known as
N enemy of Mailman" McErlane.
Quigley's body was f1shed from
he river. He had been shot in the
lead and body. Detectives figured
lie had been in the water since Just
bout the time the Mailman" dis
They advanced a theory
hat McErlane got drunk, killed
auigley, then shot down his wife
nd her dogs and left their bodies
n his limousine.
The third Staying was that of
anthony Ialongo, 40, a grape mer-
hant who was lured from his home
nd shot down across the state line
n Indiana. Ialongo was in business
N the south side-the end of town
AcErlane claimed.
Mystery surrounded the shaving
if Ialongo. Police were not sure it
vas a gang killing.