Flippancy When Writing About Mass Murder is Generally Inappropriate...

 There are times when the victims are gangsters and some details just scream for it.

Chicago, Ill. (1930)

04/20/1930: Person unknown walked into the Blue Hour speakeasy.  He then shot to death three of Al Capone’s allies.  This being Easter, one of the victims was holding a knife in one hand and a “plaster bust of a saint” in the other.

Category: public

Suicide: no

Cause: gang

Weapon: firearm[1]

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[1] "Three Of Capone's Allies Are Dead," [Washington, D.C.] Evening Star, April 21, 1930, 1.