Gangland Hit Takes Down Ill-Fated Senator Joyce

September 3, 1930, Chicago – In a shocking verdict, a coroner’s jury revealed today that State Senator John P. Joyce’s untimely death on August 15, 1930, was a calculated act of murder. The sinister plot, allegedly orchestrated by gangsters, was hinted at during the investigation, with the possibility that Joyce was driven to suicide by underworld threats. The jury’s findings pointed to prussic acid poisoning, with large quantities of the quick-acting poison sufficient to kill five men found in Joyce’s viscera.