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war yeteran publicly executed by gangsters. NEW YORK, Thursday. An astoun'din'g publi'c "execution" of a man who had incurred its disfavour has been carried out by gangland. Garig assassinationS in the racketeer warfare reached a clim^x in dramatic. maririer to'-day in the heart of Brooklyn with the execution of a war veteran in the street. F'o'ur gunmen marched John McEvilley, a world war vetei'an, up against a brick w'all at dawn. They made him stand with his back to them and the executibnists then pumped bullets from four revolvers into him, killing him. The slaying is linked by the police to the waterfront gapg warfare, which has harnessed Brooklyn for a decade, claiming a scofe of victims. No members of the firing squad were fohnd by the authorities.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 134, 29 January 1932, Page 2
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