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Al Capone — Part 10

66 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 66 pages OCR'd
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» whee . rorz0f nier ar fr RISE OF F t Carrozzo Builds Estate in fShower of $1,000 Bills. a {Reprinted from yesterday's late editions. 1 Tt was last May when the residents in crime. * pf Hobart, Ind., [pop. 5,787) came to Fealize that there a re a were Biangs uC ings in the coun- Ce | tryside, Some one of great impor- MICHIG. tance — certainly ae ene of great wealth—had zome among them. Large farms were g swift- ly ght up for h—cash in $1,000 bills. A otal of $300,000 had been paid for land and $100,000 was being spent im modernizing five beautiful farm residences, and in barn and ocutbuild- ing renovation and reconstruction. Track Laid Out. Farm . New barns the size of Zeppelin 145 $1,000 bills. It was a deal. A halt} ¢/Then he bought four Wille dirt track had been laid out and | farms, bringing to 800 acres his total there were special stables for blooded; holdings. The empire is on Uv. 8. hengers were being built. horses and cattle. Six foot cyclone fences topped withi east of Chicago, Driving toward Su- barbed wire inclosed the tract. A! perior Farms you roll along nearly & been created in! mile between the high fences-—fences fortified empire had been createc the heart of Lake county-—John Dil Hinger's favorite stamping ground. The owner, the people learned Was . Mr, Carrazzo; & Mr, Michae}’ you please. lt Sas something of a shock, how- ever, when they “found thet their country gentleman was and {5 NONn€/ Sith green glate. About 200 yarda to other than the Carrozzo who ‘eapone the south stands one of the largest PONE) barns in the central west--ita length r of the street '0-! 5, shout 300 feet. There are three been known as\Dago Mikey, henchman and borers’ council in Chicago. His name h been on many police bictiers ‘gince Twice he was indicted for murder and often arrested for carry- ing concesied weapons, hut Qe never. was convicted on these rharget.~«, a= 7594] = 26 CASTLE KES INDIANA FARMERS Cress locates Baperior | lish. aN [ was unheralded. He dropped in one Subject of Discussion. | tmhy the king af the street NZ se the c ter: sweepers sweepers chose the old Titory for his fortified estate--and It js fortified in the most modern man- ner—~Is & subject of much discussion eon 2 Chicago and the Hobart coun- | Syysite jg wealthy, but those who know him doubt that he could have laid out t nearly hatf « million inj y one time in recent years. | one report hes it that the Carrozzo empire will be graced by no less a’ personage than Al Capone himeeit when he finishes @ one year term in | tne e county jail after his release from, traz penitentiary next year. ait ja said that Capone's friends, re calling the good fortune Dillinger en- joyed tn Lake county, have long considered that district to be the saf- ext possible haven for their leader Dillinger made his fabu- pew tert from the unty fTrirterevn Point in 1934 to resume - _———__-——| a lite of outlawry.\“ (Meanwhile, crews of workmen ae ‘| renovating and fortifying Mr. Car- rozzo’s country place, which Mike named Superior farms. Wherever Mike goes on his preserves he fs with- in sight of a number of hard faced, chunky Httle men. Some of them are [Sans him, others behind him and atill others peer out from the shrub- bery. + My Secretaries,” He a “My secretaries,” Mr. Carrodfo ex- singing to his neighbors, But fren plains to his nefghbors. But froin the many workmen on the farm} the neighbors have learned that eath of the secretaries carries a large bore pistol on his hip. None speaks Eng- | ,_ Carroore's gppearance in the area day at the home of a farmer who was offering for $170,000 a 320 acre tract that had three residences on it and a number of barns, Mike laid down gt token dan oe eojoining highway No. 6 about fifty miles south- ordinarily seen only | around penal in- atitutions—before reaching the first group of bulldings. \ Barriers Block Gateway. Weane gateway is blocked by heavy fron barriers, Behind th tharn is = ‘nratty S00H Det aaha ae, ars-sares! & prety white piliared farmhouse, roofed enormous silos and many amall build- aheds, ali ted a oy pain fe \~ den are the fen at nye Late a warning . “But they haven't had any trouble about trespassers since’ the foiks heard about the secretaries") one native remarked. CO ar j= anus Tis tence. That's the Gat Forms residence, you know,” —o ae Song with mesh made of heavy, unyielding wire, Down the road a little farther is a fine mew stable of ten tie with 2 alate roof. Beyond the stable is the | half mile dirt track. There are two other gro at buildings, around which carpenters and tilesetters are still nters “Mike has a lot of guece™ = as td hed the guide. “In Tn ee are ing el] ar oe men and women ts ts Bot wo hot. He fell oe ey ES | ‘the other dav" ° “ ~Y ~s & \ \ om Ns)
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