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Al Capone — Part 6

80 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 80 pages OCR'd
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we eh "’ “wrepden Johnston aald Capone” and the 52-cthess.aho came here , [with him: manacled in pair and : | chained and belted in thelr “chair Py oO one Loses ~ 1 His Identity in Cell at Alcatraz}: Not Even Given Number "| cer” seats, apparently “approved of the surroundings. There are ‘now 100 Federal convicts on the Este de Aleatraces,” OF “Tnland of the Pelicans.” . . LEFE NOT CRUSHING AY were to be assigned today to routine duties Ae ahi fr ‘ shoe shop, some e@ laundry. “| | Borne in the clean-up brigades, ' _ 3, - Worker in. Prison’s bnd some, including “the big fe i ’ { wow,” to bbe tailor shop. } Tailor Shop : a Although, nene but fanweraus " 3 TREE RAL a and virtually incorrigitie p ae 3 ALCATRAZ FEDE PENI ers Will be assigned here, Alca- . | TENTIARY, SAN FRANCISCO, $\ trax prison fe will not be of the “| Aue. 23 (US). Al Capone, whe rigorous, iife-crushing type thet. f once ruled an underworld: -king- fi cigs eee Island’ descrip. “ ;| dom: but whe now hag not even & Each Sunday the men will be a Wy number to distingwish him from permitted: the comparative free |i ° “99 other blue clad Federal felons, com of she prison, yard. to engage : in base garies < | tonight awaited the order which Meereational activities that can «(is expected te send him to the b,| priser tailor shop for eight years. 7 a In the Atlanta penitentiary Sy "| "Scarface Al” worked in. the shoe Pa > ." |shop and become proficient in the ad wy Te hootinaker’s.art,. Now he. will have * » lan opportunity fo turn aut men's @ | sudts-but nob-the $150: variety he coe j wore BS the sartorially perfect “big oo janet” of gangdonm. ~ 3, | N@ OUTSIDE CONTACTS =| Only by secret. Ustings behind t, | the grin: walls of Alcatraz will the ur | prisoners: be known, Keepers cate yj net talk aboul the inmates, War- ae » (den James 8, Johnston said todays “So one will ever know the name or hinnber of a prisoner an Alestraz, Tf the identity of. a prisoner Js reyenied the dls< J glosure must come from Wesh- . ington. Thia is an isiand of ne outside contacts for convicts.” easly be arrafged. Warden Jolin: "tl son was carefulyte point out. the ‘}inmates will no "enddied,” owever- lbp ey Seattle aa eT a a a3 ee = . TP ye he ae a ed leat rege Tf yee bee? sto 1 we “ “2393 3—
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