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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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a ar Me, Nat hart Mr, Tolson Mr. Clare: Mr. Baaghman. Cbfket Clerk [OTHERS SPEEDING TO SLAND PRISON rd Movement. from Atlanta to _ Alcatraz Veiled in Deep ve Mystery. , Rae. Gsoschaye. oo, Mr. Edwards... Mr. Egan... cece. Mor Harbor. op... cee Mir. Keithy. ooo eee iar, Lester. . Mir. Quinn. ” New Orleans, La, Aug. 20, AP Al Capone, ‘Armerica’s public enemy. No. 1 long before the world had. ever heard of John, Dillinger, is. ox his way to's new prison home. |] He is belng transferred, with '|great secrecy, from the Atlanta ben- itentlary to the new Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay—the prison “jfederal authorities call “impreg- ‘mable.” -| With forty- two other prisoners.f ‘jCapone was whisked out of the pen-§ itentiary in Atlante early yesterday. Guarded by a dicked aquad of fed- jp eral agents carrying automate shot- guns, the prisoners were placed inj}. two specially built screened and barred ralirsad care and siarted on F prison fortress designed for convicts! ‘considered too dangerous ta be kept |’ “in ordinary penitentiaries. 4 tt. Wentified by Reporters. |! y Although federal authorities!“ Maintained silence about reports; ibe former Chicage gang leader was/.- being .sent to the Pacific coast; jprison, his presence in the group,- ‘was established by newspaper meni when the convict cars arrived here, _ Files. and other utensils for a jail). break found in the cells-of some off! the forty-three prisoners speeded] the plans of the government te send]. the men to Alcatraz. . The only other known prisoners reported in the group with Capone were “Frisco” Eddie O'Brien, Eddte . Colson and Alvida Crip. O'Brien Jjand Colson were train robhers and ; Crip was a Chicago. gunman, at.onel | ‘time an-enemy of Capone. ; Warden Accompantes Prizeners, Warden A.C. Aderholt of the At-| - lanta, penitentiary eccompanied the ‘prisoners, : Extreme measures were taken by guards to-prevent news of the trans- fer from becoming known, Noth- ing was done untill midnight: Satur day. Then, in the datkened cell ‘Stocks, guards awakened each man separately end escorted him silently q Oi} ca to the prison door. There four thesege Lldy Peicdipteten guards took him to the railroad carz, where he was assigned quarters for the. transcon Hnental urn ri gE pone tgserving eleven years for . - 24 income tax evasion, He wag} z o BY in the. Atlanta peniten on, eeya ke GsT- REET AG hcg Mitra ere erage oye: aoe emenegas
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