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Della Broderick is the sister-in-law of Jack Lawrence who shot and killed a guard while Lawrence was serving time in the county jail on June 22, 1932. Lawrence failed to find a way out of the jail and shot and killed himself as guards surrounded him. Lawrences' wife Olive was brought in for questioning along with her sister, Della Broderick, on June 24, 1932, on charges that one of the two women had smuggled the pistol into the jail. Olive Lawrence visited Jack on the day of the shootings and Della Broderick visited several days prior to Olive and brought with her a fruit basket for Jack. Lawrence was in jail for robbery and was about to go on trial for killing policeman John Nerad of Cicero. (Photo by Chicago Tribune Historical Photo)
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