CHICAGO MURDER
REPORTER’S WEALTH. UNDERWORLD WEALTH. ‘‘ CHICAGO, July 2. Grover Dullard, arrested by detectives who raided two gatherings of Moran gangsters, .Has been formally charged with the murder of Alfred Lingle, the Chicago “Tribune” reporter, whose death stirred the city as no crime had ever done before. The . District Attorney has information that Dullard joined Lingle in the Sherman Hotel, a short time before the shooting on June 9. Dullard trailed him along Michigan Avenue, and is believed to have passed the revolver to an accomplice for the actual shooting According to the latest Dullard, Lingle and several admitted, gangsters were partners in. the Sheridan Wave, a gambling resort. The “Tribune” has published a statement of its profound surprise and humiliation to- learn that Lingle, who covered the gangster beat, was really a partner in underworld crimes. Receiving a salary -of £l3 a week, Lingle apparently handled hundreds °f pounds a week in graft from disorderly resorts. His finger was in. many queer pics, and, at the same time, he was a partner of. Police Commissioner Russell in Stock Exchange speculations. Together they made £42,000 last year, but lost all in the October crash. In accounting for his wealth, Lingle told the “Tribune” people he had inherited a fortune from an uncle, who turns out to be a myth.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1930, Page 8
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219CHICAGO MURDER Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1930, Page 8
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