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poperennan) dh ine na Seat te Seppe ooogue eae at _ fer with a group of other convicts caerareuebn — CAPONE LOSES OUTSIDE LINKS AT ALCATRAZ| Isolation From Old Pals in Crime Complete: VEIL OF SILENCE Orders to Break Contacts]. With Underworld To |; Be Carried Out. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23-05 —Conrplete isolation. of Al. Capone, former Clilcago gang chieftain, and. other newly atrived convicts 95 Alvatraz Island, was announced to- day by Warden James A. Johnston. |: The move is to break any possible contact of the prisoners with their former underworld confederates. “They are not even going to have. an opportunity to know what goes on wutside,” Warden Jahua- ton. declared. “Those men were) sent here because the Government wanta te break thelr contacts with the: underworld.. That is going te be dome." Cut OF From World. There isn’t even a radio on the jslaad, Johnston added, and. the prisoners will not be permitted to read. the newspapers, “The prison is running along in a poutine way today,” the warden stated. “The néw prisoners are be- ing assigned to their duties, but wa are not oven going to. let the outside world know {to which duties they have been aasignsd” May Be: Shoemaker, Attorney General Homer & Cum- mings, who recently inspected: the | new Federal penitentiary, located on a if-acre rocky island in. San. Francisco bay, ecipbesized the prison would be a meane of seg- aFegating the more dangerous prisoners, and Johnston, declared ihis idea would be carried out. Tt: was intimated that Capone would be put to work at-a shoe maker's bench, the task to which he: was sasigned hefora bis trane- Saek from. tha Atlanta Federal peniten- diary. . \ ir Bethea * Mes oredr. Mr. Clegg ice: Mt. Baughman Thlef Clerk Wedd e rene, Mr. Cottey... Mr, Cowley... Ble. Pobwaras... oo... Mr Exan Ter, Harboe. Boe. Beitr. hit, Cation Mr Beblder ww Str. Tarim Adaya cones Pann fee ede dae eins POST GAZETTE PITTSBURGH PA AUGUST 24 1954 “ ey ae re G%- 2O4 25 booty A