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THE KANSAS CITY STAR, MONDAY, | nr ISLAND WAITS FOR CAPONE, f i The Convict Population of Aloauiax is Only Forty-Seven, (By the Asseclated Press} . _ Gan Pranetseo, Aug, 30.—Every-~ thing ls ready for Al Capone—on a i vook in: San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island, the new federa] penttentlary for incorrigibles, - te which Capone end forty-twe other j convicts are being brought, hes been | ready Jor several days. tO The convict peputation: of the island —a tWelve-ncre rock ag mile and aj hell from the San Francisco shore—! | WES AtMounced at forty-seven of prior to the attorney general's visit, tis equipped: to hold several hundred, Once a Spanish fortress, the island served for many years as a United States army disciplinary “barracks until its transformation inte » regular prison, Equipped with the Jstest ! devices of stecl and weapon: afainst,! altempted escape, it was described ay | | &tiermey General Cummings: as “ey | vital part of our work of segregating [the most dangerous criminals,” j Fhe swirling currents from the p Golden Gate form @ natural barrier vagainst éscape and also tsolate the lisland against wnautherlzed communi. . ‘catlons from the ottslde, . Mr. Netnan Mr, Pelgon co saa Mr. Bavehman. oo... ahiet Clarke oo. Mr. Coffey. . eee Mr. Cowley Nr. Etiwrres. Bn, Beare @ir Behiloer het, Tanirr,