Chicago Police Take Another Stab At Capone-era O'Hare Murder
Capone A more appropriate term for the newly resurgent investigation might be frozen case, but that isn't stopping Chicago police from trying to solve the gang-style murder of Edward J. O'Hare in 1939. O'Hare--father to "Butch" O'Hare, the WWII hero for whom our lovely airport is named--had ties to the infamous Al Capone and was later an informant that eventually led to Capone's arrest for tax evasion. The case has been brought to the forefront of the cold case division at the request of Alderman Edward Burke of the 14th Ward, who felt that O'Hare never quite got the credit he deserved for helping put Capone behind bars. According to the Sun-Times, "They'll investigate until it's solved or until they determine there's nowhere to take the 70-year-old case." Good luck.