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, Leo Vincent Brothers, was caught four months later after an intensive manhunt, and later convicted.
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.
[edit] References
- "Martyr Into Racketeer", Time, July 7, 1930.
- "Leo Brothers Convicted of Lingle Death", The Washington Post, April 4, 1931, p. 1.
