Little Augie out

The body of Denver gangster Little Augie Marino was found five and a half miles out of town on this date back in 1933. The twenty-three year old gunman was last seen about week earlier when he left his home. His mother stated however that he frequently left home for days at a time so she wasn't concerned that he hadn't been back.

Marino, said to have been involved, at different times with both the Roma gang and the Smaldone gang, had been on the spot for a while. It was reported that, at the time of his death, he was still on crutches from wounds he received in a gunfight the previous December. Another attempt at his life was made earlier to that. Police guessed that the murder may have been in retaliation for the February killing of Joseph Roma.

Marino had been shot twice in the head and then, after his body had been pulled from the car, another shot was pumped into his chest.