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Murray The Camel collapses at Marina City
It was a sad day for the Chicago crime syndicate when 66-year-old Murray “The Camel” Humphreys was found dead of a heart attack in his 51st floor apartment at Marina City. It could have been from the stress of being arrested, just hours earlier, on charges of lying to a federal grand jury.
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Following the indictment on November 23, 1965, FBI agents arrived at Marina City and broke into Humphreys’ apartment after he would not let them in. They took from Humphreys a loaded revolver.
Humphreys had been released from custody around 5:00 p.m. after posting ten percent of a $4,500 bond. His brother called the fire department at 8:59 p.m. Fire fighters arrived and tried to revive Humphreys, but he was pronounced dead at 9:31 p.m. by Dr. R. B. Robbins, who lived in the building.
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