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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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arma enced abet rel ne ety TO yea inspired by affection as ir the Case of his son. Reward of one sort or another, promise of re= ward, or mora) and spiritual tn- In the Atlanta penitentiary apone has. mustered a following Shot iellow-prisoners, a sort of thew Mob, who Becompany him upon occasions of recreation when. all ‘prisoners single together, . He may need help. sometime, because he hus enemies here und it-b sense ix “on the spat," envious of his reputed wealth, several prisoners are known to have made # S7rogant. demands upoy ‘him tor and whom fate has sent to the Atlanta prison. a And then there are men whose [dislike he has fneurred for ohe e500 oF another —— for grieve “in which Capone -or members of his bodyguard have figured— fights the details of Which have been carefully veiled by the tight. Fe “4 was star shortstop of th . “Commodore Feds.” 3 of pone inte Capone's. conduct record, : Tn the bodyguard of the big shot ure to be found “Barber" “ Daze": Marks, Carl Bol- known as “Pegleg." Arniand a Marauts, “Suwarce,’ 9 laundry worker: x prisoner from Wash- meton known genually as “Ult- er “atother named McGinnis, . {ated a few others, 4 This bodyguard 4 vigitant and loyal, “Capone, accustomed to vigilancs: outside, figures be maay stited help bere. ‘The old menace ‘a, Of Machine guns ‘and - shotgun _olgs is. gone, but knives and a this halt-world, ' mand intelliger Slat tae REE - . “ts im rs. fop money order theft in New. Yorks, 2g PARTNER—Edward WO" usual tennis partner in the Atlanta Joeph McCann, sentences. of twenty-five years each. They wera front Leavenworth, Carter Capone's year stretch. He was sentenced in Atlanta, also, for mall robbery. Armand Marquis ts the eixth man Of the group, Marquis 4s the un. pervs ne cellmates in for a “25.| usual type, @ dark, intense, nore fe: vous an. He has the naine of bes ing a “pyromaniac," and he is doing 22 years for arson, The slx are huddled together in Bent to Atlanta?’ & “fire-bug ¢ the large cage nearly 12 hours. of} every day, for the most part with- Gut much conversation but. ‘with & great deal of understanding. Capone's dominence of the group. seems inevitable, but his leader- ship outwardly hag amounted te nothing more than ta establish a1 Slandard: of quiet deportment.. Others. whe have dwelled in ser Gon “A'’say there has never been & quarrel among these Prisoners, (here has hever been 9 ference; for exampie, ‘about the Lay meat e ie) poccupaney of the bunks, two. off- which are upper berths, four lower“ Cepone sleeps below, Nuntber 40886 watches asflentty!’ Erien, whe js At Capone Federal prison, O'Brien @ prison bell teani known as the ; with & contatned interest: white his cellmates play ai dominoss Iw the lefsure hour after the radio is turned. off, Cards and dice being forbiddeti—atthaugh the latter are pontrived occasionally in sceret— prisoners have Poker to be played with dominoes, Tt ean, atid does at times, be- come a furlous gambling game. devised a sort atl: - but Capone rarely takes part. Hel is the backer of gamblera rather than himself e participant, ‘With no great amount of money ward services, you a T, ¥OU bet on ball, Sy |Saines. They sre legal tencer in Neither: at ing garibiers, whether the pawn is aclzarette or a million dollars, is Al Capone likely to be stirred or discomfited. He-is described as a “déep one,” polsed and rational. His. habits and tastes are normal i lly caloulated be. be of service to bi fathbling nor back-| ~
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