
With Pact Only Few Hours Old, Body of Unidentified Man Is Found
Gang chiefs and their families in Chicago were reported celebrating an armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs, said to have been signed after five days of parley between emissaries of the more powerful cliques in the city and its suburbs. Within a few hours of the pact the body of an unidentified man of about 25 was found on the West Side, and police continued their search for the machine gunners who killed Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang.
A reported truce between rival bootleg gangs in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 21. - (AP) - Peace has been declared in gangland. Gangster chiefs and their families were reported celebrating today the armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs which they hope will confirm the recent tender of the olive branch, in the words of one who deplored the bootleg feuds and their machine gun slaying "because there is plenty of business for all of us." But before the peace pact was more than a few hours old, the body of an unidentified man, about 25 years old, was found on the West Side. He probably had been thrown from an automobile, but police were uncertain whether he had been "taken for a ride," meaning murdered in gangster parlance, or met death otherwise.
Hunt Weiss Killers The police, too, plodded ahead in their search for the men involved in the machine gun assassination of Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang. A man reputed to have quit the illicit liquor traffic a year ago to tour the world with his family, was credited with negotiating the peace pact which was signed, the police were told, after five days of formal parley between emissaries from each of the more powerful cliques with headquarters in Chicago and its suburbs. Maxie Eisen, who left the city when shotguns were the favored gang weapon and returned to find machine guns in general use, was given credit for initiating the move. He was reported to have had the cooperation of the Unione Siciliano, nationalist organization.
Capone a Delegate One of the reported delegates was Al "Scarface" Capone, questioned in numerous gang slayings and recently quoted as deploring the bloodshed "because there is plenty of business for all of us." Word of the armistice did not deter detectives trailing a clue to the machine gunners whose fire killed Weiss and a less prominent figure in bootleg circles and wounded three men, one a prominent attorney, a week ago.
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With Pact Only Few Hours Old, Body of Unidentified Man Is Found
Gang chiefs and their families in Chicago were reported celebrating an armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs, said to have been signed after five days of parley between emissaries of the more powerful cliques in the city and its suburbs. Within a few hours of the pact the body of an unidentified man of about 25 was found on the West Side, and police continued their search for the machine gunners who killed Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang.
A reported truce between rival bootleg gangs in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 21. - (AP) - Peace has been declared in gangland. Gangster chiefs and their families were reported celebrating today the armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs which they hope will confirm the recent tender of the olive branch, in the words of one who deplored the bootleg feuds and their machine gun slaying "because there is plenty of business for all of us." But before the peace pact was more than a few hours old, the body of an unidentified man, about 25 years old, was found on the West Side. He probably had been thrown from an automobile, but police were uncertain whether he had been "taken for a ride," meaning murdered in gangster parlance, or met death otherwise.
Hunt Weiss Killers The police, too, plodded ahead in their search for the men involved in the machine gun assassination of Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang. A man reputed to have quit the illicit liquor traffic a year ago to tour the world with his family, was credited with negotiating the peace pact which was signed, the police were told, after five days of formal parley between emissaries from each of the more powerful cliques with headquarters in Chicago and its suburbs. Maxie Eisen, who left the city when shotguns were the favored gang weapon and returned to find machine guns in general use, was given credit for initiating the move. He was reported to have had the cooperation of the Unione Siciliano, nationalist organization.
Capone a Delegate One of the reported delegates was Al "Scarface" Capone, questioned in numerous gang slayings and recently quoted as deploring the bloodshed "because there is plenty of business for all of us." Word of the armistice did not deter detectives trailing a clue to the machine gunners whose fire killed Weiss and a less prominent figure in bootleg circles and wounded three men, one a prominent attorney, a week ago.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 21, 1926, page 8.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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With Pact Only Few Hours Old, Body of Unidentified Man Is Found
Gang chiefs and their families in Chicago were reported celebrating an armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs, said to have been signed after five days of parley between emissaries of the more powerful cliques in the city and its suburbs. Within a few hours of the pact the body of an unidentified man of about 25 was found on the West Side, and police continued their search for the machine gunners who killed Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang.
A reported truce between rival bootleg gangs in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 21. - (AP) - Peace has been declared in gangland. Gangster chiefs and their families were reported celebrating today the armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs which they hope will confirm the recent tender of the olive branch, in the words of one who deplored the bootleg feuds and their machine gun slaying "because there is plenty of business for all of us." But before the peace pact was more than a few hours old, the body of an unidentified man, about 25 years old, was found on the West Side. He probably had been thrown from an automobile, but police were uncertain whether he had been "taken for a ride," meaning murdered in gangster parlance, or met death otherwise.
Hunt Weiss Killers The police, too, plodded ahead in their search for the men involved in the machine gun assassination of Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang. A man reputed to have quit the illicit liquor traffic a year ago to tour the world with his family, was credited with negotiating the peace pact which was signed, the police were told, after five days of formal parley between emissaries from each of the more powerful cliques with headquarters in Chicago and its suburbs. Maxie Eisen, who left the city when shotguns were the favored gang weapon and returned to find machine guns in general use, was given credit for initiating the move. He was reported to have had the cooperation of the Unione Siciliano, nationalist organization.
Capone a Delegate One of the reported delegates was Al "Scarface" Capone, questioned in numerous gang slayings and recently quoted as deploring the bloodshed "because there is plenty of business for all of us." Word of the armistice did not deter detectives trailing a clue to the machine gunners whose fire killed Weiss and a less prominent figure in bootleg circles and wounded three men, one a prominent attorney, a week ago.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 21, 1926, page 8.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 21, 1926, page 8.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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With Pact Only Few Hours Old, Body of Unidentified Man Is Found
Gang chiefs and their families in Chicago were reported celebrating an armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs, said to have been signed after five days of parley between emissaries of the more powerful cliques in the city and its suburbs. Within a few hours of the pact the body of an unidentified man of about 25 was found on the West Side, and police continued their search for the machine gunners who killed Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang.
A reported truce between rival bootleg gangs in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 21. - (AP) - Peace has been declared in gangland. Gangster chiefs and their families were reported celebrating today the armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs which they hope will confirm the recent tender of the olive branch, in the words of one who deplored the bootleg feuds and their machine gun slaying "because there is plenty of business for all of us." But before the peace pact was more than a few hours old, the body of an unidentified man, about 25 years old, was found on the West Side. He probably had been thrown from an automobile, but police were uncertain whether he had been "taken for a ride," meaning murdered in gangster parlance, or met death otherwise.
Hunt Weiss Killers The police, too, plodded ahead in their search for the men involved in the machine gun assassination of Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang. A man reputed to have quit the illicit liquor traffic a year ago to tour the world with his family, was credited with negotiating the peace pact which was signed, the police were told, after five days of formal parley between emissaries from each of the more powerful cliques with headquarters in Chicago and its suburbs. Maxie Eisen, who left the city when shotguns were the favored gang weapon and returned to find machine guns in general use, was given credit for initiating the move. He was reported to have had the cooperation of the Unione Siciliano, nationalist organization.
Capone a Delegate One of the reported delegates was Al "Scarface" Capone, questioned in numerous gang slayings and recently quoted as deploring the bloodshed "because there is plenty of business for all of us." Word of the armistice did not deter detectives trailing a clue to the machine gunners whose fire killed Weiss and a less prominent figure in bootleg circles and wounded three men, one a prominent attorney, a week ago.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 21, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 21, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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With Pact Only Few Hours Old, Body of Unidentified Man Is Found
Gang chiefs and their families in Chicago were reported celebrating an armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs, said to have been signed after five days of parley between emissaries of the more powerful cliques in the city and its suburbs. Within a few hours of the pact the body of an unidentified man of about 25 was found on the West Side, and police continued their search for the machine gunners who killed Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang.
A reported truce between rival bootleg gangs in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 21. - (AP) - Peace has been declared in gangland. Gangster chiefs and their families were reported celebrating today the armistice between the Cicero and North Side gangs which they hope will confirm the recent tender of the olive branch, in the words of one who deplored the bootleg feuds and their machine gun slaying "because there is plenty of business for all of us." But before the peace pact was more than a few hours old, the body of an unidentified man, about 25 years old, was found on the West Side. He probably had been thrown from an automobile, but police were uncertain whether he had been "taken for a ride," meaning murdered in gangster parlance, or met death otherwise.
Hunt Weiss Killers The police, too, plodded ahead in their search for the men involved in the machine gun assassination of Hymie Weiss, head of the North Side gang. A man reputed to have quit the illicit liquor traffic a year ago to tour the world with his family, was credited with negotiating the peace pact which was signed, the police were told, after five days of formal parley between emissaries from each of the more powerful cliques with headquarters in Chicago and its suburbs. Maxie Eisen, who left the city when shotguns were the favored gang weapon and returned to find machine guns in general use, was given credit for initiating the move. He was reported to have had the cooperation of the Unione Siciliano, nationalist organization.
Capone a Delegate One of the reported delegates was Al "Scarface" Capone, questioned in numerous gang slayings and recently quoted as deploring the bloodshed "because there is plenty of business for all of us." Word of the armistice did not deter detectives trailing a clue to the machine gunners whose fire killed Weiss and a less prominent figure in bootleg circles and wounded three men, one a prominent attorney, a week ago.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 21, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 21, 1926, page 8.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.