"Everybody remembers Al Capone. . . But who remembers a good man?"

- Bessie Zeigler Bussman, Chicago Sun Times, February 14, 1993.

Welcome back to Call Edna, the podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s prohibition era murder.

It's the finale. We'll be speaking with some of the podcast's guests and hearing your listener voicemails before we get into who murdered Bruce . . . and there may be a surprise for you as well.

yours as ever, edna.

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New to the show? This is Call Edna: an indie crime investigation podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s mob murder nearly 100 years later.

Have a tip? This is the story of an unsolved family murder. And the investigation is happening in real time. So if you have a tip or thought about who did it, reach out! DM me on instagram @callednapodcast; email me callednapodcast@gmail.com; or message me on patreon @calledna. Who knows, maybe it's your clue that helps solve the case...

Danny and his harmonica are BACK!

Welcome back to Call Edna, the podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s prohibition era murder. This week we're back chatting with Danny about the investigation so far and Bruce's involvement in the DC suit. So cue the harmonica...

yours, edna

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New to the show? This is Call Edna: an indie crime investigation podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s mob murder nearly 100 years later.

Have a tip? This is the story of an unsolved family murder. And the investigation is happening in real time. So if you have a tip or thought about who did it, reach out! DM me on instagram @callednapodcast; email me callednapodcast@gmail.com; or message me on patreon @calledna. Who knows, maybe it's your clue that helps solve the case...

Little, Green, and Lynch. The final three suspects from our list.

Welcome back to Call Edna, the podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s prohibition era murder. Today we're finishing up our suspect list for Bruce's murder. From Edna's original list we have two union officials from Local 150, Lloyd Little and John Lynch, and from Dodie's list we have the president of the American Federation of Labor, William Green.

And paving contracts again. Because who doesn't love paving contracts. I love paving contracts.

Don't forget to leave a vm at 202-656-7391 before our final episode on April 27th.

yours, edna.

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New to the show? This is Call Edna: an indie crime investigation podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s mob murder nearly 100 years later.

Have a tip? This is the story of an unsolved family murder. And the investigation is happening in real time. So if you have a tip or thought about who did it, reach out! DM me on instagram @callednapodcast; email me callednapodcast@gmail.com; or message me on patreon @calledna. Who knows, maybe it's your clue that helps solve the case...

Welcome to part two of the attic where I ask one simple question: What happened to Bruce on the night of February 24, 1933? Made incredibly more complicated by the lack of police records ... and police work ... and a police coverup?

Leave a voicemail with your theory on who killed Bruce for the finale at 202-656-7391.

yours, edna.

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New to the show? This is Call Edna: an indie crime investigation podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s mob murder nearly 100 years later.

Have a tip? This is the story of an unsolved family murder. And the investigation is happening in real time. So if you have a tip or thought about who did it, reach out! DM me on instagram @callednapodcast; email me callednapodcast@gmail.com; or message me on patreon @calledna. Who knows, maybe it's your clue that helps solve the case...

May 25, 1931

"Dear friend Bruce,

Your letter received and was mighty glad to hear from you. I read in our papers here that the excitement that prevailed in Washington. My only reaction to the reports was, that there should be a law against the likes of Huddell carrying any books in his pocket. One of our men here said that 'he must have had a pocket book full of our money in his pocket.'"

Welcome back to Call Edna, the podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s prohibition era murder.

This week we're finally going through Bruce's materials from the attic, Westbrook Pegler's papers, and a court file from the National Archives. This is part one of a two part episode so stayed tuned...

yours, edna.

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New to the show? This is Call Edna: an indie crime investigation podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s mob murder nearly 100 years later.

Have a tip? This is the story of an unsolved family murder. And the investigation is happening in real time. So if you have a tip or thought about who did it, reach out! DM me on instagram @callednapodcast; email me callednapodcast@gmail.com; or message me on patreon @calledna. Who knows, maybe it's your clue that helps solve the case...

Introducing the Deadly 7: Sammons, O'Donnell, White, Looney, Diamond, Maddox, and Cain. This week we're diving into seven of our suspects to see what their connections are to Bruce, his union, and his murder.

And, because I love you, here's a cheat sheet for today's episode.

1. James Fur Sammons: Capone gunman, known as a "stir crazy machine gun murderer"

2. Klondike O'Donnell: from the West Side O'Donnell gang to Capone's outfit, possibly murdered Jack "Three Finger" White

3. Jack Three Finger White: Capone gunman, former best friend of Red Barker, murdered by his friends in 1934

4. Marcus Studdy Looney: labor racketeer in coal and excavating industries, known murderer

5. Frank Diamond: Al Capone's brother-in-law, murdered in 1954

6. Claude Screwy Maddox: suspected owner of the Paddock Lounge in Cicero, close with Murray Humphries

7. Daniel Cain: labor racketeer in coal and TNT

yours, edna

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New to the show? This is Call Edna: an indie crime investigation podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s mob murder nearly 100 years later.

Have a tip? This is the story of an unsolved family murder. And the investigation is happening in real time. So if you have a tip or thought about who did it, reach out! DM me on instagram @callednapodcast; email me callednapodcast@gmail.com; or message me on patreon @calledna. Who knows, maybe it's your clue that helps solve the case...

Fishchetti & Alex, Alex & Fischetti.

Welcome back to Call Edna: a prohibition era family cold case with ties to America’s most infamous gangster, Al Capone.

This week we're looking at Charles Fischetti and Sam Alex, two members of Al Capone's prohibition era outfit. Fischetti is Capone's cousin and rises through the ranks of the syndicate from a chauffeur and bodyguard to the head of gambling under Frank Nitti. Alex is a known Capone cunning gunman who evades capture, operating as a member of the Outfit until the 1980s.

yours, edna

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New to the show? This is Call Edna: an indie crime investigation podcast where I solve my great-great grandfather’s mob murder nearly 100 years later.

Have a tip? This is the story of an unsolved family murder. And the investigation is happening in real time. So if you have a tip or thought about who did it, reach out! DM me on instagram @callednapodcast; email me callednapodcast@gmail.com; or message me on patreon @calledna. Who knows, maybe it's your clue that helps solve the case...

Join me on February 24th at 8pm eastern to celebrate Bruce's life on the 93rd anniversary of his murder.

I'll share my screen with you so we can review the incredible work Bruce did, through his own papers, in the late 1920s and early 30s on behalf of organized labor in Chicagoland.

YouTube Live @calledna, see you there!!