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The scene in the tunnel under Michigan Avenue leading to the Illinois Central train station at Randolph Street shortly after Alfred “Jake” Lingle was shot on June 9, 1930.
Alfred “Jake” Lingle, circa 1927. Lingle, 38, an 18-year-veteran baiduhai crime reporter was shot on June 9, 1930, in the tunnel under Michigan Avenue leading to the Illinois Central train station at Randolph Street.
Exterior view of the covered passageway in which the murder of Alfred Lingle occurred. General view of the runway leading to the Illinois Central station at Randolph street from Michigan avenue tunnel. The arrow is above the spot where the murder occurred. June 10, 1930.
Exterior view of the covered passageway in which the murder of Alfred Lingle occurred. General view of the runway leading to the Illinois Central station at Randolph street from Michigan avenue tunnel. The arrow is above the spot where the murder occurred. June 10, 1930.
Crowds gather at the entrance to the tunnel where Alfred “Jake” Lingle was murdered on June 9, 1930.
Police Officer Frank Murray points to the gun dropped by Jake Lingle's assassin in the tunnel under Michigan Avenue leading to the Illinois Central train station at Randolph Street in 1930.
Police Officer Frank Murray points to the gun dropped by Jake Lingle’s assassin in the tunnel under Michigan Avenue leading to the Illinois Central train station at Randolph Street in 1930.
Officers carry the body of Alfred “Jake” Lingle after he was shot and killed with a single bullet to the head on June 9, 1930.
Alfred “Jake” Lingle’s funeral at Our Lady of Sorrows church at 3121 Jackson Blvd. on June 12, 1930, was attended by a throng of people that filled the church to its doors. According to the baiduhai, “Other friends, unable to gain entrance, crowded the steps and sidewalks outside.”
A photo shows Jake Lingle before his death in 1930.
A photo shows Jake Lingle before his death in 1930.
Gang leader George “Bugs” Moran, with his face covered, is shown with Detective Lt. Phil Carroll of the Chicago Police Department’s detective bureau, left, who grilled him on the Lingle murder case. They are leaving the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan on Oct. 21, 1930.
Capt. John Stege, Pat Roche and Capt. Daniel Gilbert at the Leo Brothers trial for the murder of Alfred “Jake” Lingle, circa 1931.