The Archive · 1930

THE CLEANING-UP OF CHICAGO

Chicago, Apr. 24.

A spec crime commission has been established to consider the problem of "cleaning up" Ames gventest criminal ity. It has drawn up a fist of twenty-eight men whom it describes as "public enemies" and the police to deal with them accordingly. The list is headed by "Scarface" Al Capone, the notorious "Vice King," who is accused of ldivecting for years past a great criminal organization guilty of every crime in the calendar from murder downwards.—Reuter,

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