On April 30, 1930, Colorado Springs bootleg boss Andrew Lombardi was "taken for a ride" and killed in an ambush on a lonely road southeast of the city.
It was one of Colorado's more than 30 mob murders during the Prohibition years, including the death of a federal agent.
The Associated Press said: "Lombardi had fired nine shots from the pistol found by his side. A new clip of cartridges had been placed in the gun when he fell with ‘shotgun slugs in his back and chest.
"Five shotgun shells were found nearby. The ground was torn up. Automobile tire marks indicated that the assassins drove westward with a flat tire, presumably punctured by one of Lombard’s bullets."
The police twice raided Lombardi's properties between 1924 and 1930. He hid whiskey in dugouts at his homes and shop in Roswell, a section of Colorado Springs. He was also arrested in connection with a distillery in Black Forest.
The murder occurred near Kelker.
Reporting from Colorado Springs, the AP said: "Lombari had a pretentious home here and was reputed to be wealthy. Authorities believe he had been involved in Pueblo gang warfare and was 'taken for a ride.'"
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