TARGETS FOR GANG

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1004, 21 June 1930, Page 11

TARGETS FOR GANG

KIDNAPPERS PRACTISE ON VICTIMS FIVE LEADERS CAUGHT Reed. 9.5 a.m. VANCOUVER, Friday. The Detroit police arrested five leaders of a gang of kidnappers who occupied a fine suburban residence. One man made a confession involving a high Detroit police official and leading attorney. He alleges the gang collected approximately £200,000 in three years. Stories are told of amazing torture. The victims, when kidnapped, were subjected to horrible cruelty. Their eyelashes were pulled out, hot irons were held close to their eyes and in several cases the victims were trussed uj> and made targets for fancy shooting, with bullets grazing their bodies. After this treatment, most of them were willing to sign letters Imploring their relatives to pay up and not tell.

MURDERED REPORTER

HAD BANKED BIG SUMS SOURCE OF WEALTH QUESTIONED Reed. 9.5 p.m. CHICAGO, Friday. Further developments In the crime situation today consisted of the killing of Lorenzo Juliano, chief of a South-side alcohol gang. The disclosure is also made that Albert Lingle, the “Chicago Tribune” reporter who was killed, had been depositing large sums of money at his bank monthly and was a very w-ealthy man. He lost £40,000 on. the stock market recently. One. pastor at a meeting of ministers today charged that some Chicago reporters were “no better than crooks themselves.” The “Tribune” is investigating the sources of Lingle’s wealth. >