Jake Lingle

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Alfred "Jake" Lingle, Jr. (July 2, 1891 - June 9, 1930) was a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. He was shot dead gangland-style at the Illinois Central train station underpass, during rush hour on June 9, 1930 as dozens of people watched. The hit man was never found and the crime remains unsolved[1] [2]

Lingle was initially lionized as a journalistic martyr, but it was eventually revealed that he was involved in racketeering and that his death had more to do with his criminal activities than his journalism.

In 1959, the Jake Lingle murder was dramatized on an episode of The Untouchables, on TV.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kenneth Allsop (1961) The Bootleggers. Hutchinson: London
  2. ^ Roger Wilkes (ed) (1999) The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes: 10-23. Robinson: London