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After the city campaign, Judge Vitale was guest of honor at a dinner attended by policemen and known criminals. The diners were held up by a gang of masked bandits who later returned loot to the judge's friends (TIME, Jan. 6). The New York Bar Association investigated Vitale's conduct and found, as LaGuardia had charged, that he had negotiated a $20,000 unsecured loan from Rothstein to bolster up a sagging margin account. The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court last week heard the charge against Vitale, listened to his defense that the Rothstein...
...route. He deviated from his route to circle twice over Auburn prison on a clear night last week. Below him, 'tremendous excitement . prevailed. The whole town, citizens, State Police, prison guards, still tense from a frightful, abortive prison rebellion last year (TIME, Aug. 5), believed that some powerful gang was attempting to drop firearms within the prison yard to incite another riot. Machine guns and rifles were turned on the plane to no effect. Curiosity satisfied, Bittner flew away...
Mike and his gang played in vacant lots when they could, but mostly in the street. Once one of them was attacked by a pervert. Mike's little sister was killed by a truck...
...iron when the returns are in gold or silver. He tells, among many stories of adventure for profit. of how he spent a morning in a cage of twenty tigers just to win a small bet. According to him these beasts had a manslaughter record which would send a gang of Chicago handiest to Sing for life. Among other things, having killed many into whose charge they had been put including one very beautiful and famous lady-trainer...
...meanwhile, five bombs explode in Chicago; the Windy City is bankrupt because of inefficient management and the high cost of protection of life and limb, and the gang wars continue their campaign of terrorization. Ten years of prohibition has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives, the introduction of machine guns, armored cars and well-trained killers. Bullet-proof vests are still very much the vogue among all experienced racketeers. Every worthwhile gangster carries his revolver and the necessary accessories...