On the afternoon of June 9,1930, in Chicago, Jake Lingle left the Sherman House Hotel, where he had conversed with some power brokers, to catch the 1:30 pm train to a racetrack in Homewood where he gambled on horses.
Jake Lingle left the Sherman House Hotel. This was on the afternoon of June 9,1930, in Chicago. This was to catch the 1:30 pm train to a racetrack in Homewood where he gambled on horses. He had conversed with some power brokers.