PARTNER IN CRIME
REPORTER IN U.S.A. SHOT BY GANGSTER HAD FORTUNE FROM GRAFT United P.A. — By Telegraph —Copyright 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 disclosures. 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 a pounds a week in graft from disorderly resorts.
His finger was in many queer pies and, at the same time, he was a partner of Police Commissioner Russell in Stock Exchange speculations. Together they made £42,009 last year, but lost all in the October market 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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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1021, 11 July 1930, Page 11
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