    
Title: Alfred "Jake" Lingle, Jr. Description: Alfred "Jake" Lingle, Jr. (July 2, 1891-June 9, 1930) a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, shot dead gangland-style at the Illinois Central Railroad train station underpass in Chicago during rush hour on June 9, 1930 as dozens of people watched; Leo Vincent Brothers, a St. Louis killer-for-hire, was later convicted of this murder and sent to prison; at first called a journalistic martyr, it was later revealed that Lingle had been involved in racketeering and that his death had more to do with his criminal activities than his journalism; in 1959, Lingle's murder, most likely ordered by crime czar Al Capone (with whom Lingle was associated and then later betrayed), was dramatized on an episode of The Untouchables, on television; Lingle was used as role model in a profile by Martin Balsam in the 1959 film Al Capone; Location: Chicago, Illinois, 1930 Keywords: Chicago, Chicago crime, homicides, journalists, murders, newspaper reporters, racketeering, 1930s, Great Depression. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1200 x 2120 (2.54 MPixels) (9:16) Print Size: 10.2 x 17.9 cm; 4.0 x 7.1 inches File Size: 7.29 MB (7,640,706 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000096258 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
