Thirty-eight year old Bill Kirkillis was a former Chicago hoodlum who
had moved to Massillon, Ohio, and had become known as the "King of
Columbia Heights," a section of that city. On this date back in 1931,
Kirkillis was exiting an apartment and heading for his car when a gunman
opened fire on him. One of the four shots plowed into his right side
and made it to his hear, killing him.
Kirkillis had
been recently released from the workhouse where he did a stint for
stabbing a man. He had also been picked up on suspicion of killing
another. However, police believe that Kirkillis was bumped off for
tipping off Federal Prohibition agents about speakeasies belonging to
his rivals.
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