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Word: rugendorf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hohimer was first fingered early last year by Leo Rugendorf, 58, a Mafia operative who oversaw the gang's activities. He reached Chicago Sun-Times Reporter Art Petacque and reported that Hohimer, shortly after the murder, had said to him: "They'll get me for the Valerie Percy murder. The girl woke up, and I hit her on the top of the head with a pistol." After Petacque interviewed Rugendorf, he arranged for him to be questioned by state police investigators. Early this year, Rugendorf, near death from heart disease and diabetes, again fingered Hohimer, this time from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Percy Lead No. 273 | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

Nervous and Uptight. Hohimer's brother Harold, 38, corroborated Rugendorf s claim when he got in touch with Petacque four weeks ago to describe a meeting with a "real nervous and uptight" Hohimer the day after the murder. "He said he had to 'off a girl," Harold told the reporter. "I asked him why he had to do someone in, and he said it was because the girl made a lot of noise and they got in a fight. I asked him, 'What score are you talking about?' and he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Percy Lead No. 273 | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

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