Chicago police to look into 1939 slaying of father of World War II hero Edward ‘Butch’ O’Hare
By Don Babwin, APTuesday, January 12, 2010
Chicago police to look into gangland-era slaying
CHICAGO — Chicago police have agreed to look into the 1939 gangland-style slaying of the father of the city’s most famous war hero.
Deputy Chief Al Wysinger said Tuesday his cold case unit would investigate the slaying of businessman Edward J. O’Hare at the request of Alderman Edward Burke. O’Hare was the father of World War II hero Edward “Butch” O’Hare, after whom the city’s busiest airport is named.
Edward J. O’Hare had ties to the notorious mobster Al Capone.
Burke and some historians contend that Edward J. O’Hare was a police informant who helped put Capone in prison for income tax evasion.
No one was arrested in Edward J. O’Hare’s killing.
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