Chicago, Mar. 24. a crowded courtroom here today the State began a trial which Sis designed to avenge the. death of Jake Lingle, "Chicago Tribune® veporter. Leo Brother, gangster who 4s alleged to have murdered Lingle, was placed on tial az all of the wensalions* of the ease were re+ called.
'Several months ago Lingle, who was exposed after his death' as ketoer, was shot in a crowded vay tunnel, For weeks all efforts apprehened his slayers were futile finally Brother was tracked down in Los Angeles and charged with the crime, As the trial began to-day the Coroner revealed that at the time Of his death Lingle wore a diamond Delt buckle which is presumed to have been the gift of Scarface Al Capone, the premier American england leader, beer runner. and Tacketcer. Lingle also. carried a cheque for G.S23,000 when he was shot to death, the Coroner said.
The first ' reaction. to Lingle's murder was a wave of indignation. twas believed that Lingle had been Jailed because as a, police reporter Chicago he had" incurred the enmity of gangland by telling the truth concerning crime conditions and the doings of the underworld, Subsequently it was revealed that Lingle himself was a racketeer, that he was on intimate terms "with many of (Chicago's most feared criminals, Other instances of new paper racketeering were discovered. Chicago exogks were rounded up by the score, There was a police de. partment shake-up and the chief Of the city's detective force was Forced to resign:
Newspaper publishers took the Bead in cleaning out the gangland representatives on their staffs, They Gemanded a thorough investigation of the manifold activitter of the gangsters and their efforts to obtain Protection, even to the extent of paying handsome sums to. news Daper reporters other insists that he is. not guilty of the Lingle murder, "It ts expected that in the course' of the trial which opened to-day there will be revenleg farther evidence of the gangland influence—United Press.
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