I took this photo from a grassy knoll on the east side of the Woodlawn Cemetery in suburban Forest Park Illinois. I am not normally anywhere in this area when the switching local on this dead end spur branch is present.We are looking south toward 22nd Street wich is also known as Cermak Road. This is a border road, as the south side of 22nd Street is in the town of North Riverside Illinois, and the north side is in the town of Forest Park.
Just south of the train along this branchline track, is the spot where "Frank Nitti", one of gangster "Al Capone's" men, took a gun to his head and committed Suicide in the year 1940. Even though He had turned "Informent", He was facing Prison time. Word has it that He walked along this track, and shot himself at the location where the Toys R' Us store is along the track, rather than face a 2nd Prison Sentance. I had found out about this through a local "Richard Crow Chicago Ghost Tour." Local scandal history.
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So you were the other shooter from the "grassy knoll!"
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