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Acme Cleaning and Dyeing Company, 171, 193
Ahern, Michael, 223–24, 227, 228–29, 241
Ahrens, Joseph, 23–24
Aiello, Joseph, 294–95
Aiello brothers, 287, 294
Allen, Clarence, 248
Allen, Jacob, 319
Amatuna, “Samoots,” 219, 238, 266
American Federation of Labor, 288
American Legion, 26
American Psychological Association, 131
Anderson, Christine, 251
Anderson, Marie, 251
Anderson, Palmer, 273
Anglin, Alexander, 27
Annan, Al, 195, 202–3, 204, 205
Annan, Beulah, 194, 195–98, 202–5, 242, 258, 284, 309
acquittal of, 196, 204
Harry shot by, 195
in jail, 203–4
media interest in, 196
as “Roxie Hart,” 198, 307
trial of, 196, 204, 228
various stories given by, 202–3, 204
Annenberg, Max, 305
Annenberg, Moe, 305
Annenberg, Walter, 320
Annetta Theater, 280, 283
Anselmi, Albert, 206, 212–13, 239, 297
Capone’s murder of, 213
trials of, 223–29, 234, 294
work for Capone of, 230–31
work for Gennas of, 219–23
Arkansas Gazette, 268
Ashland bridge, 95, 96
Atkins, Lester, 24–25
Aubere, Louis, 130, 132, 136, 142
Ausmus, Carl, 53, 60–61, 66
disappearance of, 54
discovery of body of, 55–56
Bacon, June, 113–16, 113, 118
Barrett, John, 22
Bartholomew, Mr., 22–23, 26
Baynes, Sergeant, 173–74, 176
Beaux Arts Café, 170
Belchoff, Sam, 203
Bella Napoli, 294
Benario, Gus, 51
Bennett, James O’Donnell, 266–68
Berry, “Handsome Jack,” 31
Betty (Catherwood’s sister-in-law), 77–78
Bilba, Mr., 280, 283
Birmingham, Ala., 304
Blanchard, William, 138
Bomb War of 1907, 318
bootleggers, 170, 171–72, 173, 207–8
power and wealth of, 188–89
Borelli, Francis, 187
Bow, Clara, 279
Boyd, Thomas, 155
Brandeis, Louis, 23
Brave Little Woman, A (Watkins), see Chicago (play) (Watkins)
“British bulldog” (gun), 60
Brown, Al, see Capone, Al
Brown, “Curly,” 200–201
Brown, Ethel, 154, 155
Bunting, Charles, 257
Burgee, Judge, 161
Burke, Fred “Killer,” 230
Burns, Detective, 298
Burns Agency, 128
Busch family, 36
Byrne, Emmet, 228
Byrne, John, 103, 105
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 12
Capone, Al (Al Brown), 170, 183, 191, 209–11, 213, 287, 293, 303, 307
Anselmi and Scalise defense paid for by, 223, 294
Anselmi and Scalise jobs for, 230–31
Anselmi and Scalise killed by, 213
assassination attempts on, 216–17, 237–38, 287, 294
killing of Joseph Aiello ordered by, 294–95
at Lombardo funeral, 296–98
as Lombardo patron, 294
McSwiggin shooting and, 234–36
in New York, 210–11
positioning of agents ordered by, 238, 239–41
safety precautions taken by, 217
as Torrio’s successor, 218, 306
truce offer to Weiss of, 238
wealth of, 189, 305–6
Weiss attacks ordered by, 233, 237, 242–43
Weiss’s attacks on, 216–17
and Weiss’s attack on Torrio, 218
Yale killing ordered by, 230
Capone, Frank, 209, 317
Cappellanos, 299–300
Carrick, Frances (Fred Thompson), 250, 151–67
acquittal of, 166–67
arrest of, 158
background of, 151–52, 166
in country jail, 162–63
defense strategies of, 162, 165–66
double life of, 151–53, 159, 160, 166
drug habit of, 151
as hermaphrodite, 151
holding cell stay of, 158, 162
interviews given by, 160
legal debate over gender of, 158, 162, 164
marriage to Frank of, 151–53, 160, 165–66
marriage to Marie of, 152–53, 160, 166
murder charge brought against, 161
murder trial of, 164–67
police investigation and questioning of, 159
as prostitute, 151, 152, 153
public and media interest in, 160, 161, 164–65, 166
Tesmer’s identification of, 158, 209
testimony at trial by, 166
Carrick, Frank, 151–53, 159–60, 162, 165–66
Casey, Robert, 304
Catherwood, Thomas, 76, 77–81
applications for parole by, 80–81
arrest of, 79–80
disappearance of, 81
Caverly, John, 71, 164, 165–66, 285
Chambales, Tom, 31, 32
Chamberlain, Henry, 224
Channing, Elizabeth, 265
Chicago, III.:
automobile registrations in, 320
bombing campaign of 1928–29 in, 225, 261, 262, 270–73
Bomb War of 1907 in, 318
circulation wars in, 261, 304–5
corruption in, 207–8, 210, 235, 236–37, 261–62, 306–7, 314
criminal genealogy of, 306
criminal revenge wars in, 214–31, 320
establishment of Homicide Dept. in, 11
homicide rates in, 303–4, 320
juvenile court system of, 71
Levee area of, 306–7
movie theaters in, 319
organized crime in, see Unione Siciliane
political power struggle of, 261–65, 270–77
rate of prosecution of female murderers in, 38, 45, 154–55, 308, 312, 316
reputation in global media of, 266–68
riots in, 313, 318
Vice Commission of, 306–7
Chicago (Broadway musical), 198, 319
Chicago (movie; 1927), 198, 279
Chicago (movie; 2002), 198
Chicago (play) (Watkins), 198, 303, 307, 309
Chicago American, 261, 304
Chicago Bar Association, 277
Chicago Black Sox, 223
Chicago Crime Commission, 224
Chicago Daily News, 34–35, 92, 305, 319
Chicago Examiner, 304
Chicago Fresh Air Sanitorium, 205
Chicago Herald Examiner, 35, 37, 38
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, 92–93, 95–96, 101–2, 101, 105–6
Chicago Theater, 319
Chicago Tribune, 35, 38, 39, 69, 84, 85, 91, 106, 124, 160, 184–85, 199, 201, 266–68, 277, 303, 307, 319
and circulation wars, 261, 304–5
Church, Edwin, 49, 69
Church, Eva, 50, 53–54, 56, 69, 70, 73, 75
Church, Harvey W., 48, 49–75, 65, 72, 75, 135, 258, 261
arraignment of, 72
arrest of, 54–55
background of, 49–50
catatonic state of, 72–74
crime scene at home of, 55–56, 57–59
defense strategies of, 71, 73
demeanor at trial of, 71–72, 72
desire for Packard of, 49, 50, 51
execution date set for, 73
first confession of, 59–62
fourth confession of, 69–70
at inquest, 62–64
interrogation of, 56, 57–61, 69–70, 296
mental state and diagnosis of, 50, 70–71, 72–74, 99, 100, 101, 147
misstatements in first confession of, 61
motives claimed by, 61–62, 69–70
in possession of Packard, 53–54
prosecution of, 71, 72
public and media interest in, 55, 57–58, 71, 72
recanting of confessions by, 63–64
sanity trial of, 73–74
second confession of, 65–67
sentencing of, 73
third confession of, 67–68
trial of, 71–73, 164
visit to Packard showroom of, 51–52
Church, Isabel, 50, 51, 73
Churchill’s, 36
Circolo Acerro, 264
Citro’s, 219
Clarence (Catherwood’s brother-in-law), 77, 79
Clark, Marie, 152–53, 160, 162
Cleaners and Dyers Union, 293
Cohn, Abraham, 156
Cohn, Edna Belle, 156
Collins, Morgan, 156, 176, 177, 179, 185, 210, 222, 243
Colosimo, Big Jim, 189, 211–12, 306, 307
assassination of, 212, 230
Colt Company, 12
Colwell, Annie, 83–84, 86
Comerford, Frank, 284–85, 298–99, 300
Commerce Department, U.S., 320
Conway, Detective, 220–21, 227
Cook, Thomas, 139
Cook County Bar Association, 277
Coolidge, Calvin, 272
Corning Distillery highjacking, 171–72, 216, 219, 317
Correll, Maude, 86
Corrozzo, “Fat Mike,” 290–91
Cosgrave, William, 274
Cosmano, Vincent, 289, 290, 291
Coughlin, “Bathhouse John,” 306
Crowe, Robert E., 223, 261, 299
on bombing campaign, 271, 272
Church case and, 56–57, 60–65 passim, 67–68, 72
corruption in offices of, 210, 235, 236–37, 261–62
Duffy case and, 177–78, 185, 187–89
flapper bandit case and, 154–55
Foster case and, 97, 98, 102, 106
harassment of Esposito ordered by, 263
McSwiggin shooting and, 234–35
Mount case and, 128, 135–38, 140–47
on O’Banion killing, 222–23
Olson-Walsh trials and, 225–27, 228, 234
political power struggle of, 262, 264, 276
Popp case and, 111, 118
war on crime of, 222, 224, 225
Crudelli, Peter, 204
Crudelli, Sabella Nitti, 203, 204, 316
Crutchfield, Mr. (janitor), 214
Cuneo, Lawrence, 261–62
Curtis, Betty, 175, 176, 190
Curtis, Freddy, 175, 176, 181, 186, 190, 191
Cusack, Detective, 158, 159
Custer, George Armstrong, 60
Daugherty, D. J., 52–53, 59, 60, 66, 67, 70
discovery of body of, 54
Daugherty, Jack, see Duffy, John
David, Joseph, 23, 24, 25, 39, 161, 190–91
Dear, Earl, 155
Dear, Margaret, 155–56
DeMille, Cecil B., 198, 319
Democratic Convention of 1928, 287
Deneen, Charles, 262, 264, 272
bombing at home of, 225, 270, 271
Dever, William Emmett, 176, 177, 185, 210, 211, 222, 229, 234, 314
Devine, Robert, 281
Dietzel, William, 59
Dockery, Viola, 30, 40
Doe, John, in Wanderer crime, see Ryan, Eddie
Dove, Rosamond, 40, 41
Downing, Ruby, 174
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 25
Drucci, “Schemer,” 216–20, 236–37, 242, 266, 276
Duffy, John (Jack Daugherty), 178, 209
Crowe’s theory on, 187–89
discovery of body of, 173, 176
Horton’s double-cross of, 181–82
Kaufman’s assistance to, 182–83
Maybelle killed by, 174, 178, 181, 182, 187, 188, 191
motives for killing of, 188, 189–90
temper of, 175, 178, 181
Duffy, Maybelle, see Exley, Maybelle
Durmaj, Stanley, 278, 281–85
confession of, 281–82
Eggleston, Pearl, 279, 280
funeral of, 281
murder of, 280–85
1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, 321
Eisen, Maxie, 216
Eisen, Sergeant, 173–74, 176
Eller, Morris, 236–37, 236, 242, 245, 276
Emmerson, Lou, 276
Engelke, William:
as Duffy case informer, 178, 180–84, 185–86, 189
O’Banion implicated by, 190–92
Epps, Rose, 316
Esposito, Charles, 264
Esposito, “Diamond Joe,” 260, 262–66, 273, 294, 297
drive by shooting of, 265–66, 277
funeral of, 269–70, 269
harassment of, 262–63
media interest in death of, 266
mourners for, 266, 267
Esposito, Joseph, Jr., 264 Evanston police department:
Mount case mishandled by, 133–34, 140–41, 145
Mount search called off by, 128
Persinger complaint and, 122–23, 128, 138
reports falsified by, 123, 128, 138, 145
murder of, 174, 178, 181, 182, 187, 188, 191
Farrell, John, 91–93, 95, 98, 102
Farrell, Lieutenant, 171
Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, 290, 292
Fitch, Roscoe Conkling, 130, 142–44
Fitzgerald, Officer, 198–99, 201
Fitzgerald case, 57
Fitzmorris, Charles, 57, 62–65 passim, 68, 70, 91, 95, 97, 102, 261, 305
Flynn, Lieutenant, 274
Ford, Henry, 275
forensic ballistics, 12
Fosse, Bob, 198
Foster, Arthur, 88, 89–107, 107, 136, 155, 261
case against removed from docket, 107
circumstantial evidence against, 105–7
confession of, 95
confession recanted by, 96–97
coroner’s inquest of, 102–3
Eleanor’s role in questioning of, 93–94, 98, 104
habeas corpus hearing of, 97–98
harassment of Kate by, 90–91
held without charge in police custody, 91–93, 97–98
interviews given by, 92, 96–97, 103–4
Kate’s rejection of, 90
mental evaluation and diagnosis of, 99, 100, 101
motion for new trial filed by, 106
murder charge against, 105
police investigation and interrogation of, 91–92, 93–95, 96–98
Shippie story about, 98–101
verdict in, 106, 144
Foster, Lela, 316
Four Deuces, 183, 191
Fowler, Florence, 25
Franks, Bobby, 196, 303
Fuchs, Doris, 128, 137, 138, 144
Leighton’s relationship with, 125–26, 132, 138, 145
Gaertner, Belva, 195–202, 197, 203–5, 258, 309
coroner’s inquest of, 200–202
defense strategies of, 204, 223
in jail, 202, 203–4
marriages to William of, 199–200
media interest in, 196, 199, 200, 201
murder denied by, 195–96
questioned by police, 198–99
trial of, 204, 228
as “Velma,” 198, 307
Walter shot by, 195
William’s payment for defense of, 200
Gaertner, William, 195, 199
Belva’s defense paid for by, 200
marriage to Belva of, 199–200
Gales College, 249
Geary (investigator), 191–92
Genna, Angelo, 208, 212, 218–19, 230
Genna, Jim, 213
Genna, Joe, 262
Genna, Mike, 208, 219–21, 222, 224–25, 226, 228, 231, 238, 266, 294
Genna, Sam, 208
Genna family, 207–8, 210, 216, 262, 263
Gentry Brothers, 12
Genzel, Robert, 301
Getson, Gertrude, 156
Gingham Café, 199, 200–201
Goldberg, Philip, 180–81
Golfano, Francis, 225
Goodyear Company, 29, 30, 38, 44
Grace Missionary Church, 273
Granada theater, 279
Granady, Octavius, 225, 276
Green Mill, 29, 30–32
Gribaldi, Vincenzo, 230
Guerin, Ed, 290–91
Gusenberg, Frank, 231, 290–91
Gusenberg, Peter, 231, 290–91
Haas, John, 99
Haffa, Titus, 272–73
Hall, James Whitney, 25, 26
Hamilton, Samuel, 105, 106, 155, 316
Harlem, “Boston Red,” 155
Harlib, Edward, 205
Harlib, Peter, 205
Harroun, Roy, 50–51
Harroun car, 50–51, 53, 54, 58
Haver, Phyllis, 198, 279, 319
Hawthorne Inn, 234, 237, 296
Haymarket bomb, 222
Haymarket Riot, 318
Hearst, William Randolph, 304
Hebel, Oscar, 93, 97, 98
Hecht, Ben, 305
Heilman, Clair, 116–19, 111
Helgerson, Andrew, 253
Helgerson, Oliver, 253
Herschfield, William, 25, 284
Heth, Lloyd, 39
Hickson, William:
Church diagnosis by, 73, 99, 101
Foster diagnosis by, 99, 100, 101
Wanderer diagnosis by, 9, 10, 18, 21, 99, 101
Hoffman, Jesse, 43
Hoffman, John, 13
Hoffman, Peter, 30, 85
Church case and, 56, 57, 62–64, 65, 68, 0, 74
Orthwein case and, 36–38
and Wanderer case, 13, 14–17 passim, 30, 59
Hoffman, Sam, 300
Holly, Frank, 248
Hopkins, Jacob, 105, 106–7
Hopkins, Jessie, 308
Horton, Cecil, 175, 176, 178, 190
Horton, “Orlando Jack,” 175–76, 178, 191
Duffy double crossed by, 181–82
jewel robberies and, 186, 187
House of Scandal (movie), 319
Houston, Tex., 287
Hughes, John:
Carrick case and, 159, 161
Foster case and, 91, 93, 94–95, 98, 99, 102, 104
Mount case and, 140–41, 145
Hughes, Lieutenant, 262
Hughes, Michael, 276
Infantino, John, 266
Internal Revenue Service, 118
International Hod Carriers, Building and Construction Laborers’ Union, 264
Inter Ocean newspaper, 320
intoxication, and criminal responsibility, 84–85, 195–96
Issigson, Mr., 222
Italo-American National Union, see Unione Siciliane
Ivey, Dr., 134
Jacobs, Ben, 242–43, 242, 245
Jenner Elementary School, 293
Jennings, Everett, 105, 106
Johnson, George, 225
Johnson, Ruth, see Wanderer, Ruth Johnson
Jones, David, 158
Jones, Edgar A., 102, 135
Carrick case, 154–55, 159
Juranovich, Steve, 239, 239, 245
Kaufman, Julian “Potatoes,” 168, 176–80, 186
arrest warrants issued for, 178
Duffy assisted by, 182–83
Engelke’s story denied by, 183–84
released on bail, 186, 190
stolen property case against, 178–80, 186–87, 191
surrender to police by, 178–80
Kaufman, Marion, 178–89, 186
Kennedy, Coroner, 103
Kennedy, George, 14, 17
Knudson, Ed, 253
Krohen, Dr., 24, 25
Kronstadt, Harry, 195, 202–3
Ladner, William “Chubby,” 155–56
Lake Street pier, 123
evidence on condition of, 138–41
grand jury examination of, 120, 141
Leighton’s bones found at, 132–34
Lanning, William, 143
Lardner, Ring, 305
La Salle Theater, 169, 184
Law, Freda, 200
Law, Walter, 195–96, 198–99, 200–201
Le Bean, Peggy, 156–57
Lee, Hillman, 248
Leggett, Police Chief, 123, 128, 134, 137, 138
Leopold and Loeb, 24, 25, 57, 71, 74, 164, 172, 196, 284, 285, 303, 308
Levin, Charles, 171, 172–73
Levy, Charles, 280
Levy, Harold, 228
Lewinsky, Charlotte, 30–31, 40
Lewis, Emma, 31–32
Lewis, Judge, 180
Lexington Hotel, 296
Liberty Bonds, 52, 53, 289
Lindsey, William, 228
Logan Square Trust and Savings Bank, 108, 109–10
audit of, 110–11
funds embezzled from, 114–15, 118
Wiederman’s management of, 111–12, 118
Lombardo, Tony, 238, 287, 293–98
attack on, 295, 296
funeral of, 296–98, 297
London Evening News, 268
Lower California Fisheries, 112
Lundin, Oscar, 239–40, 243, 245
Mabro Theater, 279
MacArthur, Charles, 305
McCarthy, “Billy,” 69
McCarthy, Dapper Dan, 171–72, 188, 216, 219, 317
McCarthy, Hugh, 154, 157
McClune, Mrs., 78–79
McCormick family, 131, 304–5
McCormick Harvester Company, 318
McDonnell, Frank, 150, 161, 162, 164, 165–66
McDonough, James, 156
McGurn, “Machine Gun” Jack, 231, 290, 297
McKay, Dwight, 36, 201
McKinley, Michael, 136, 141, 148
McLaughlin, William, 155, 165
McSwiggin, William, 234–36
Madsen, Goldie, 155
Madsen, Mars, 155
Mangano (employee of John Savage), 265
manslaughter, defined, 22
Marchese, Carmela, 264, 265
Margaret (Kate Trostell’s sister), 89–92 passim, 102–5 passim
Mas, Albert, 281–82, 283, 284
Mason, Dora, 178
Mason, Jean, 178, 181, 189–90
Medill, Joseph, 131
Meinhausen, Fritz, 84–85
Meinhausen, Mrs. Fritz, 84–85
Memphis, Tenn., 304
Merchants Loan and Trust Bank, 288
Merlo, Mike, 208–9, 210, 212, 213–14, 216
Merrick, George P., 134
Miller, Davey, shot by O’Banion, 169–70, 189, 193, 209
Miller, Hirshie, 169, 170, 177, 188, 189–90
assassination attempts on, 192–93
Miller, Max, 169
Miller, Ross, see Wolzny, Frank
Mills, J. Allan, 128–29, 129, 137, 138
Minerva Athletic Club, 265
Minsch (bank messenger), 289
Mitchell, Fred, 89, 95, 104
Mitchell, John, 89, 102, 104
Mitters, Folley, 317
Moffit, Sergeant, 33
Monroe, Marilyn, 279
Moore, Park, 251
Moran, George “Bugs,” 189, 216–20, 231, 303
Morelock, Jessie Marie, 155
Morton, “Nails,” 170, 177, 216
Mosby, Russell, 83–84, 85, 86–87
Mount, Helen, 123
Mount, J. L., 123, 127–28, 147, 148
background of, 123–24
depression of, 124, 126
disappearance of, 123, 124
Doris’ relationship with, 125–26, 132, 138, 145
mental evaluation of, 144
public and media interest in case of, 124–25, 130
recovered bones of, 132–34
subpoenas issued regarding case of, 136–39, 141, 142
suicide mentioned by, 126, 145
Mount, Mrs., 124, 134, 137–38, 148
search for Leighton started by, 125–26, 140–41
Mueller, Charles, 300
Mullen, Captain, 50, 57–59, 63
Murdoch, Rupert, 320
Murphy, Big Tim, 287, 288–93
arrest and imprisonment of, 291–92
funeral of, 292
murder of, 293
optimism of, 292–93
train robberies of, 288–92
Murphy, William, 269
Murray (bodyguard), 243
Murry, Merle, 251
Nash, Thomas D., 206, 223–24, 226, 228, 241
Nashville, Tenn., 304
Newmark, Ben, 57–61, 63, 64, 65, 68, 296
New Orleans, La., 304
New York, N.Y., Chicago rivalry with, 304
Neymann, Clarence, 144, 145
Nicaragua, 272
Nichols, Minnie, 316
Nineteenth Amendment, 20
Nitti, Frank, 204
Norris, George, 272, 275
Northrup, John E., 286
Northwestern University:
expansion of, 131
financial crisis of, 130–31
media coverage of and interest in, 124–25, 128, 130
police complicity with, 123, 128, 138
protection of reputation as priority of, 128, 130, 134–35, 136, 138, 141–42
rush and hazing at, 121–22, 124, 126, 130
Norton, John:
Church case and, 54–55, 56, 60, 61, 63, 65
Mount case and, 140–41, 145
Wanderer case and, 11–13, 18, 21, 22, 59
Oakley, Officer, 221
O’Banion, Dean, 89, 177, 190, 192, 317
arrests of, 172, 191
assassination of, 214, 222–23, 230, 287
as bootlegger, 170, 171–72, 188
Davey Miller shot by, 169–70, 189, 193, 209
Engelke’s implication of, 190–92
funeral of, 214–16
Genna highjacking by, 207, 208
as hijacker in circulation wars, 261, 305
informer inside police force, 210
interviews given by, 184–85, 193
media interest in, 184–85, 193, 201–2
plan to kill, 212–14
retirement ploy of, 209–10
as trickster, 207, 209, 231
trust in Chicago courts of, 172
O’Banion, Viola, 215, 215, 245
Oberbeck, Mr., 199
O’Brien, W. W., 240, 241–44, 283–84
O’Connor, Jack, 34, 35–36
O’Connor, Lieutenant, 171, 172
O’Donnell, Frank, 244
O’Donnell, Patrick, 206, 223–24, 227, 228
O’Donnell brothers, 234–35
O’Grady, Sergeant, 203
Olson, Adolph, 253
Olson, Albert, 248, 249, 252, 252, 253, 257–58
Olson, Alice, 249, 251, 253, 254, 258, 259
Olson, Bernard, 253
Olson, Christ, 246, 249, 251–54, 256, 258
dreams of Clara had by, 247, 251–52
Erdman questioned by, 253–54, 256
and search for Clara, 247–48, 253–54
Olson, Clara:
autopsy performed on, 257
disappearance of, 247, 252
discovery of body of, 248
Erdman’s relationship with, 248–50
funeral of, 258, 259
letter to Erdman’s parents from, 249–5C
media interest in, 256, 257–58
pregnancy of, 249–50, 253
search for, 247
Olson, Dina, 251, 253
Olson, Erdman:
Christ’s visit to, 253–54, 256
Clara’s relationship with, 248–50
disappearance of, 248, 354–56
letter to Clara from, 250–51, 253–54, 257 258–59
reaction to Clara’s letter of, 250
Olson, Orvid, 256
Olson, Patrolman, 220–21
Anselmi and Scalise on trial for death of, 225–29, 234
Orpit murder case, 256
Orthwein, Cora Isabelle, 28, 29–46, 31, 47, 155, 201, 258
as abused by Ziegler, 29, 32–33, 40–45
background of, 34–36
cross-examination of, 44–45
defense strategies of, 40–45
at inquest, 36–38
mental state of, 39–40
money loaned to Ziegler by, 29, 44
public and media interest in, 33–35, 38–39, 41
relationship with Ziegler of, 29–33, 35, 36–37, 38–39, 40–45
self-defense explanation of, 42–43
spectators at trial of, 39, 41
trial of, 39–47
Ziegler shot by, 33, 34, 36
Orthwein, Ralph, 34, 35, 36
Packard Motor Company, 49
Chicago show room of, 51–52
Packard Twin Six car, 49
Page, Lillian Erickson, 156
Parks, Leon, 51, 64–68, 65, 70
arrest and interrogation of, 64, 66–67
confession of, 64, 66–67, 70
Parsons, Mr., 30
Patten, James, 130–31
Patten Gymnasium, 123
Pearsons, Harry, 123, 125, 128, 134, 138
Pegler, Arthur, 304
Pekin, 170
Pellar, Sam, 242–43, 245
Persinger, Arthur, 122–23, 122, 125, 128, 129, 130, 138
Peters, Anna, 84–85
Petitti, Angelo, 287, 288, 296, 298–300, 299, 301
Petska, George, 132–33, 146
Plante, Gertrude, 279–80, 283, 283, 284
Popp, Fred:
background of, 109–10
California trips of, 112–14
Clair’s affair with, 116–18
financial crisis of, 118
financial extravagance of, 114
June’s affair with, 114–17
suicide of, 109, 115
Popp, Mary, 109
Popp, Paul, 109, 111, 114
Potter, Herbert, 22
Prohibition, 225, 273, 276
Pryor (Wanderer case witness), 12
Psychopathic Laboratory of Chicago, 9, 18, 24, 25, 73
Public Welfare Department, 23
Pullman Trust and Savings Bank, 288–89
Quin, Officer, 198–99, 201
Rainbo Gardens, 29, 30, 40
Ranieri, Bill, 296, 298, 301
Ranieri, Frank, 296, 298, 301
Ranieri, Nick, 298
Red Hair (movie), 279, 319
Reinhart (medical examiner), 56
revenge wars, 209, 214–31
Richardson, Harry, 181–82
Richmeyer, Elsa, 178–79, 180, 187
Rideway, Harry, 134
Ripley Teaming, 92
Ritz Theater, 319
crime re-enacted at, 282–83
Eggleston shooting at, 279–80
Riviera Theater, 319
Roach, Thomas, 82, 83–84, 86–87
Rooney, Judge, 162
Rouw, D. H., 146–48
Roxie Hart (movie), 198
Ruby (Kate Trostell’s sister), 89–92 passim 102–5 passim
Ryan, Eddie:
attempts to identify, 11–12, 22, 23–24
death of, 11, 16
final identification of, 26
selection of, 15–16
Ryan, Nellie, 27
St. Louis Browns, 34, 35–36
St. Philip’s School, 293
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 213, 303, 308
Saltis, Joe, 233, 241, 242, 244
Sandburg, Carl, 305
Sarah K. Hackett Home for Girls, 156
“Saturday night special” (gun), 60
Savage, Henry S., 110, 110, 111, 118
Savage, Joseph, 265, 270
Sbarbaro, John, 214, 237, 245
bombing at home of, 261
Scalise, John, 206, 212–13, 238, 297
killed by Capone, 216
trials of, 223–29, 234, 294
work for Capone of, 230–31
work for Gennas of, 219–23
Schaefer, Otilla, 205
Schillo, Bertha, 156–57
Schmitt, Julia, 18–19, 21, 24, 65
Schofield, Mr. (florist), 213–14
Schulman, Judge, 184, 186, 190
Schultz, Mrs. Thomas, 240, 243
Schwartz, Yankee, 169, 175, 177, 178–79, 184, 186, 188, 189
Scott, Bill, 95
Scott, John, 139
Scott, Walter Dill, 123, 149
as fundraiser, 130–31
meeting with Mounts of, 125–28
as psychologist, 123, 125, 131
school reputation protected by, 123, 130, 131, 134, 136, 138, 141–42
testimony of, 141
Scott, William, 112
Scott Hall, 149
Scully, Ole, 287–88, 298–301, 300
Seego, Rose, 265
Seemen, William, 319
Seippel, Clara, 158
self-defense, as motive and defense strategy, 42–44
Sennett, Mack, 319
Service, Robert W., 34
Shaefer, Edna, 93
Shea, Mary, 37
Shippie, John, 98–101
Shippy, George, 100
Shoemaker, William, 222, 317
Duffy case and, 176–85 passim, 177, 189, 190
Shoma, Mildred, 156
Shoma, Thelma, 156
Sieben, 209–10
Singer, Dr., 23–26 passim
Skid Row, 12, 22
Small, Len, 262, 273, 276
Smith, Al, 287
Smith, Mr. (attorney), 190–91
Speizer, Ernie, 280, 283
“Spell of the Yukon, The” (Service), 34
Springer, Coroner, 102
Star Theater, 123, 128
Steinborn, Herman, 144–45
Stewart, Scott, 154
Stoney Island Trust, 111–12
Sullivan, Elizabeth “Honey,” 139, 139, 154
Supreme Court, Illinois, 106, 227–28
Swanson, John, 262, 273, 276, 277, 301
bombing at home of, 225, 270–71
Sweeney, Detective, 220–21, 227
bombing at home of, 225
Tennes, Mount, 288
Tesmer, Anna, 153–54, 157, 209
suspects identified by, 155–58
testimony of, 162, 163–64, 165
Tesmer, Richard, 153–54, 155
Teter (mail clerk), 289, 290–91
Thomas, Stanley, 281–84 passim
Thompson, Fred, see Carrick, Frances
Thompson, William Hale “Big Bill,” 261–64 passim, 263, 274, 275
opposition to Deneen and Swanson of, 272–76 passim, 305
Tivoli Theater, 319
Torrio, Anna, 217–18
Torrio, John, 170, 183, 188, 189, 208, 209- 10, 216, 230, 233
Anselmi and Scalise defense paid for by, 223, 294
jail time of, 218
retirement of, 218
rise of, 210–12, 306
Weiss’s attack on, 217–18
Trostell, Eleanor, 89, 90, 91, 93–95, 94, 98, 102–5 passim
Foster’s harassment of, 90, 103
inquest testimony of, 103
as key witness against Foster, 104, 105
public and media interest in, 91, 104
and questioning of Foster, 93–94, 98, 104
Trostell, Kate, 89–107
abortion undergone by, 96
body of, recovered, 101–2
depression of, 89, 96, 97, 103–4, 105
disappearance of, 91–92, 136
fainting spells of, 89, 96
Foster’s harassment and abuse of, 90–91, 103, 105
nervous breakdown of, 90, 97
rejection of Foster by, 90
search for body of, 95, 97–98
Trostell, Otto, 89, 90, 93
Trude, Judge, 276–77
Tulacz, John, 281, 284
Unione Siciliane:
in Chicago, 208–9, 218–19, 238, 287
in New York, 210–11
see also revenge wars
Unkafer, Elizabeth, 203
Unkafer, Mrs., 316
Varchetti brothers, 265
Volpe, Mops, 297
Volstead Act, 210, 224–25
Wajciechowski, Earl, 170
Walker, Milton, 67–68
Walsh, Patrolman, 220–21
Anselmi and Scalise on trial for death of, 227
Wanderer, Carl, 8, 9–27, 17, 34, 65, 151, 158, 261, 284
in Army, 9–10, 11, 14, 20, 24–25
confession of, 14–17
courtship and marriage of, 9–11
defense strategies for, 20, 22–23
execution of, 27
first trial of, 19–22
guns used by, 11–15 passim, 140
juries and, 20, 21
killing planned by, 14–16
mental state and diagnosis of, 9, 10, 18, 21, 23–26 passim, 39, 99, 100, 101
motives claimed by, 14, 70
pleas filed by, 19, 20
police investigation and interrogation of, 11–14, 59
prosecution of, 20
public and media interest in, 11, 12, 18, 20–23 passim, 25, 33, 34, 39
recanting of confession by, 19, 20, 26
reputation of, 11
Ryan and Ruth shot by, 11, 16
Ryan selected by, 15–16
sanity hearing of, 26, 39, 74, 161
second trial of, 22–25, 33
spectators at trials of, 20, 21, 23
suicide attempts by, 20
verdict on, 21–22
Wanderer, Fred, 13, 14, 15
Wanderer, Ruth Johnson, 13, 16, 26
courtship and marriage of, 9–11
death of, 11, 16, 33
Ward, Montgomery, 131
War Department, U.S., 131
Warren, Henry, 132, 136, 144, 145
Warren, Mrs., 132
Washington Post, 268
Watkins, Maurine:
Belva and Beulah covered by, 196
as playwright of Chicago, 196, 198, 303, 307, 309
Weinshank, Mr. (bar owner), 231
Weiss, Earl, 188
Weiss, Fred, 244, 245
Weiss, Hymie, 170, 171, 172, 184, 187, 189, 231, 266, 276, 283, 294
attacks on Capone by, 216–17, 237–38
attacks on Gennas by, 218–19
attack on Torrio by, 217–18
Capone attacks on, 237, 242–45
Capone truce rejected by, 238
death of, 231, 233, 242–43, 244, 294
funeral of, 232
Saltis defense paid for by, 233, 241
vengeance war of, 233, 236–45
West, Mae, 279
Westbrook, Wesley, 162–63, 164
Western Electric Company, 77, 78
Western Union, 89, 91
Whallon, Katherine, 102–3, 105
Wharton, Charles, 60–63 passim, 65, 147, 148
Wiederman, David, 111–12, 112
embezzlement by, 114–15, 118
Wilder, Clarence, 64, 65, 66
arrest of, 67, 68
named by Church, 68–69
release of, 68
Williston, Mrs., 130
Winter, Dale, 211
Wolfe, Richard, 155
Wolff, Oscar:
Carrick jury convened by, 163–64
coroner’s jury for Mount case and, 146
Granady inquest and, 276–77
Wolzny, Frank, 115–16
women:
Chicago’s prosecution rate of, 38, 45, 154–55, 308, 312, 316
on juries, 20
and self-defense strategy, 42–44
Working Boys Home, 12
World Court, 274–75
World War I, 111, 131, 272, 275
Yale, Frankie, 189, 210–14
killed on orders from Capone, 230, 287
public reaction to death of, 293
revenge killings after death of, 293–94
Yerkes, Charles Tyson, 320–21
YMCA, 128
Zellweger, Renée, 198
Ziegler, Herbert, 201
death of, 33, 34, 43
funeral of, 38
loans from Cora to, 29, 44
as physically abusive, 29, 32–33, 38–39
relationship with Cora of, 29–33, 35–45 passim
Zollin, Irving, 174, 176