The 1926 Chicago machine-gun gang war · the day after the machine-gun attack outside the Holy Name Cathedral
As printed: DEADLY GANG WAR FLARES IN CHICAGO
ContextUnder national prohibition, in force since 1920, the manufacture and sale of liquor is illegal and the trade has fallen to criminal gangs; Cicero is a town just west of Chicago and a State's attorney is the county prosecutor. Dean O'Banion, the florist and bootlegger named in the dispatch, was shot dead in his shop in 1924.
Evening Star · Washington, District Of Columbia · page 1 · View the page at the Library of Congress
Ran in 12 of 29 papers that day.