CRIME: Generalissimo for Chicago

In Chicago last week the trades unions on which levies were laid by racketeers numbered 33. Draftsman Edward Ceslik of the Board of Education was beaten because he refused to pay union "dues." Druggist William Fiddelke was shot dead by gangsters because he could give them only $40. Six racketeers, identified as henchmen of Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone were seized by police far out of Caponeland in the North (Aiello-Moran gang) Side, and observers deduced that Capone was carrying out a rumored plan to rule bloodily the underworld of the entire city....

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