| Show LOUD MOUTH IS BY GANG hoodlum tallied talked too much and pays penalty with his hia life milburn Ml lburn N 1 J joseph 11 hamley amley amiable pound slot machine racketeer whose tendency toward garrulity was a fatal violation of the etiquette of crime was slain near here recently the police believe because he knew who shot jack lews leos diamond at the monticello hotel la in new york on october 12 according to information police have obtained as the result of the slaying of hamley amley II whose booming laugh and ready handshake carried him from the obscurity of it a repairer of slot machines to a part ownership of of them diamond was shot as the result of trying to muscle in on the jersey slot machine territory of a former henchman irving better known as faxio gordon result of slot machine war police have learned definitely it Is said that not only did the loquacious hamley know who shot diamond but he also knew who took abe figura former roommate of diamond for it a ride on october 11 the day before the chief was shot in the new york hotel they say that both shootings were the result of the jersey slot machine war and that hamley was killed by the same men who were fearful that he would indulge his penchant for talking to police or to anyone else who would listen to him Ham hamlers leys story police say Is the S tory story of an ambitious tat fat man who talked himself into something good and t then hen talked himself to death it was his somewhat ponderous it good natured wit which made him a favorite of resort keepers in hudson bergen and passaic counties as he traveled through that territory repairing machines ills his art consisted of turning nickel machines which were legal since they requite their players with a roll of mints into two bit machines which are illegal since their players obtain nothing if they lose hamley meets figura it was on one of his trips a year ago through his territory that he met figura diamonds Diamond 8 right hand man who was surveying the country with a view to turning a profitable deal for diamond he felt that the slot machino machine racket being properly developed v ve according to police and that hamley with his knowledge of the trade might be valuable he arranged a meeting between diamond and hamley it to Is definitely known in fact hamley himself was wa tha authority for it there the ambitious fat man convinced diamond that he knew the trade knew where slot machines should be placed ile he invested a small bit of money police say and was declared one of diamonds partners a distinction of which he was inordinately proud for a time hamley was happy in t the 10 I 1 c consciousness that he be had arrived had made good the first thing to disturb his serenity was a conversation with a representative of wex lers what do you mean by trying to chisel in on our racket trl lie he was asked according to pollee police the good natured fat man was pan lc ic stricken pin im just a hired man he stammered see figura or diamond they are my bosses and I 1 take orders tor for them soon after this conversation figura was taken for a ride and his bullet riddled body was found near harrison the morning of the day diamond was shot two days later hamley received a cryptic message through the malls mails which added to his unhappiness it had bad been mailed in paterson and said aid you are on the spot windy A few days later ills his bullet ridden body was found by a new jersey policeman li 11 diceman ceman |
