Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1920 — JUNE ROPES WILL SWING FOR 12 IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

JUNE ROPES WILL SWING FOR 12 IN CHICAGO

June, “murder month,” in Chicago, will see the ropes swinging for twelve gunmen. Four of the men will be hanged on June 18, and the remainder will walk to the gallows in rapid succession. Four, others are slated for an indeterminate sentence of year to life. Sixty-two others are now confined in the Cook county jail awaiting trials on murder charges, and it is expected that the majority of them will be convicted, which will make the summer rope toll extremely high. Many other murders in the great lake city remain unsolved, the most notable among them being the Colosimo affair.