The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-11
Here's 7he Real Story of
 THE TERRIBLE TOUHYS"
Rise Of Another oodm Dynasty Revealed As Federal Government
 Chicago Chief And Hncmen Trial On Knp Charges
Hv EuIZABETH WALKER
 NEA Stan Writer

Chicago, scene of the .s-s ana fall of Al Capone' ls WI
 - inc downfall of anotner nSsr4gorld ssempire"-the crL uno sas. of the "Terrible Touhys. kins anobition of the notorloua
 ,.d hv the brothers Iouny o gang csnone and his bano o' sucaoes as overlords or eans eesp ended abruptly the otner oay lano small-town ponIr or WIFI gun arrested hos ,sl..,s,, its leader, with tnree oA ,.os,.anants. in Wsconsin. - ba,f a result, Roger ana ms s,d in
 z,a associates are now ne oon- TwT;,waukee on $50,o0O oonos os.snatch- rn Ml.With at;an with the recent the neIf nf William Hamm, Jl, and nea1tl1y , St Paul, Minn' Dre% +he kid s,,Snecfed of a part III Porher) aaninr of John (Jake lhe oL;nq to % %TactoT. Proceedings loonI fr trial thsir removal to St. Paui lo under :r the Hamm case are nom ant is way. m The federal goverm; govaa,,1;nn
 co-operating in the prose
 Cut of the TenemenIs. ,,v,s ambi-
 Although Roger IouS op crime lion to snatch the erImn nsnd of Ca x.I1 run n,s successor, Murray Hump n- Pone ;s an open secret to the po res res Poger himself is Vlrtuai stranger. ,s one of the
 ;o,,s Touhy brothers Wio' Senied membership in the U u;1ed oe.f,,1 Valley Gang, organLeu ps. own hoodlum band, ana now ts e rscoenized as the vice resei'' of the Northwest sloe. horr and rr,a Touhy boys were porn o
 t,t ,,n on De Kalb street, d .hort thoroughfare or olnsS T,,11 nts almost directly benlno nuil tal IIe,,se America's first and most Ia n,ous social settlement. oauced r,,;s same neighborhood proouce'u otorious Genna brothers, a lno aII of whom have been taken nna V one-way rides; "Terrlpie !1nr n,, ,.,, on n.Connor, the Irish altar poS
 sbot his way out or the oe naI, of the Cook County 1aii aau Fee never been found; Ear Deo of 1rho was hanged, and a ;.tao sGo in others whose names are "ii''e
 hiood in Chicago. hro+bers
 There were five Touhy pro.i n,,id .+o begin with: Jimmy & Wno 10 now be in his early lor.ie ,,ose Tommy, Eddie and Koger, g+ I daatb age is estimated at S4. . bu' While overlook Jimmy, the eaoeso' .sa Toiiet he was doing time m aio safe nenitentiary for blowing a sare 5a pna Io next in line, died not long . z afterwards as he had lived-py the gun. So only Iomiiiy'
 noser ,,,a Eather's Heart.
 r,, .;,. Father. the late James r,,,hv was policeman. Blue coats who knew him when ne ne ra1ied beat, speak of him as "a grand old man, whose heart ""' broken by his boys od +o
 Their mother was burned 10 death in a gasoline stove explosioitt when the boys were still ln shor'
 Folowing her death, the senior ro,,hy tried to be both father ana r,other to his flock of boys. But u,;thout success. The five Tounys sIwavs ganged together, playing trnant. stealing apples and break ;ro windows of nearby shopkeep- ,ars even taking pot shots with ! stolen guns at their youth1ul enemies. o+ro1-
 For years the distraugnt patroi. man tried to help his boys. But though he was able to keep them out of reform schools, he was un. able to prevent them from lives or crime. And when one of them shot a neighbor lad through the stoHl- ach, the father gave up.
 With that shooting, the boys oec gan associating with band oi professional f breakers, ana astarted going around with ham mers knocking the combinations from-safes" so their new pals could "blow them
 For years their native Irish in telligence enabled them to outwlt the police. But about 10 years ago, Tommy Touhy was caught blowing a safe in an Indiana store, and given 25 years in the state prison at Michigan City.
 Safe- Blowers, Inc.
 There he made the acquaintance of skinner" CT a w ord and willie Heeney, brother safe blowers, and together in prison they matched the plan for the now notorious Touhy gang.
 For a long time the Touhy