Crime: The Gang's Still There

American tourists often have to explain to moviegoing Europeans that Chicago is no longer the free-for-all shooting gallery that it was in Prohibition days. Well, not quite. In the past 17 months there have been 25 unsolved gangland-style killings in Chicago, which is well below the record of 76 in 1926, but still in the classic spirit.

At least one of the 25 may yet be solved, although Chicago cops have scarcely covered themselves with glory in the case. Last October, John A. Kilpatrick, 55, international president of the United Industrial Workers of...

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