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Show POLICE PROBE SHOTS AT Kill OF ALCAPOIIE Reported Attack on Sister of Former Gang Ciar la Investigated IB. AaMalelra rreas) CHICAGO. Jan. A report that Mrs. Mafslda MaritoU. sister of Al Capone, former "cxar" of Chicago's gangland, barely escaped death when four bullets were fired In her direction, direc-tion, was under Investigation by Chicago Chi-cago police today. The report, published In I Chicago newspaper, said the shots were fired yesterdsv by gunmen from an automobile auto-mobile while Mrs. MaritoU was walking walk-ing from a residence with her -. month-old daughter. Delia Rosa, to gel into a motor car, following a visit with the parents of her husband, John J. Maritote. A woman at the MaritoU home, who declined to give her name, however, how-ever, denied that anyone had shot at her. and aaid that the noise of the shots came from two cars half block away. She thought the sound waa due - to the cars "backfiring." paid no attention at-tention to the matur and did not make any report of the inciaeni u the police. The newspaper reports said Mre. MaritoU was accompanied by her husband and the latUr'a brother. Frsnk Dlsmond. reputed lieutenant In the Capone organization, and that all of them threw themselves to the sidewslk as the shoU were fired from a passing car. Thia waa also denied by the women, who waa reported to have fainted. No one waa hurl Followint circulation of the report. Police Lieutenant Albert Mikea of the Marquette police sUtion said he would assign detectives to InvestigaU the affair. Capone ia now In the government priaon at AtlanU, Ga., aerving a ten-year ten-year penlUntlary sentence on a charge ot having violated the federal income tax law. Chicago has had many shootings In which gsngland members have been the victims, but rarely. If ever, have there been any reports of atUmpta to do violence to the women relatives of any gangster. |