Armstrong and the Mob

[Randy Twizzle]

From 1932

[jazzbo]

I may be off base but isn't John Collins talking about the mob a bit like the pot calling the kettle black? My memory isn't as sharp as it used to be though. . . . I'll have to look something up.

[Christiern]

April 19, 1931. One wonders if there is a link between the two stories.

[Christiern]

Here's a April 22, 1931 follow-up. Both clippings are from the Chicago Daily Tribune.