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here, along with 66 other Federal ‘prisoners, Eventually, the number be increased to 200. Gloomy old Alestrag stands mile and one-fourth from the mearest shore. Wetch lowers project from the castlelike betilements of its prison buildings. In. those towets,on ” @esseless vigil, are crack-shot: guards with high-powered rifes, . No boat, Ho swimmer, no airplane may approach within 300 yards of the island, Signs inthe day and lights at night warn visitors. not to come Rear. . The Department of Justice took, over the prison. io house two types of felons—those it. considers inear-{ ngible, whose. sole thaught is of Capone's “home” for the next ahx yeark, confiscated when mewainen “ap proached $60 close. armed. Boata Futret Bay Train guards _ were heavily and ostentatiously Here the train was maneuvered 4 atross Martinez Bridge: to the freight gexmingl at Tiburon. From the bay! j came & clamor of whistles as Coast Guard patrol boats and prison isunches cruised between the island and the mainiand. Small boats, | steamers and even. passenger ferries were diverted from thelr courses: Machine guna and 2 small cannon were trained on the Alcatraz sector, Sub-machins. guns and shotguns were in the patrol boats. Shortly Jater the ‘prison’s: steel doors clanged shut on the nation’s | worst criminals, escape, and those who attemp) to inaintain contact with friends out- elde, Capone, already the No. 1 prisoner of cold Alcatraz, falls inte the latter class. Few Visitors: Allowed Visitors. wil be tew at the new | Ptison, A rigid system. of permits has been. set up and if the visitor is | ted to enter he will be under | y 5s Lhe. supervision of the: guards every | - mintile. during his: presence on the island. Private coiiversaiions with the prisoners are forbidden. Capone sad the &2-other prisoners hrought here by special train. yes- torday were “dressed In” goon, after their arrival, After their light Sumoier outfits: had been exchanged for Tieavier wear—cool: fogs and cooler winds sweep this lonely Island the prisoners were fed in the new mers hall, In the efiling shove them were steel knobs: From. these knobs. can pour suffocating: foods of tear gas, for {€ is the Federal. theary that most prison riots atert in the mess hall and the authorities seck to. pre- vent disturbances at Alcatraz, ~ foside Guards Unarmed . Following this same plen of pre- ‘venting outbreaks, the inside guards cerry BO RIts. But the men on the battlements are sald te be the keen ext sharpshooter: in Federal servig us of Capone will be an a a { a 4 ¢