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Al Capone — Part 15
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and Cavore, 09 stunned to unierstand, is ureathiess. ee
helpless?
It was.in this cell-house, eishtee: morths ago, that he
lived the ost dreaife] night of Ms lifel The first time that he
Kaew anpuisi:. » . Eysteria. . « Fricku! at that tine it wus not set
apart for te digencrates.
Vaturclly, such an cecasion demanded an aprropriete re~
ception, by 'C' cell house i:mates. and in such startling contrast to
his first rocepticn, Capone was the Guest of hozor in the "daisy chain",
Keedless to sey he found this presting such warner than
his former ome. ‘This alcne was valm for his insylted dignity. and,
before mary days had passed he contended he wouldn't give it up for ‘all
the cell houses in the institution!
an think for himself. Themch he
low, he hink for himself. Though h
apparently seens to enjoy celling alone he determines te cast off a1]
his leeches and parasites and make the best of it with his new eel)
house friends. After all, ten yoars is a righty ‘Long time we eae
And a man in the penitentiary. . . tell, it could be worse,
he consoles himself.
Forthwith he stocks his #1] with good things to eat, ciger-
ettes, beads, balis of silk cotton for making scarfs, handbag frames and
other things that may be desired -- al] procurable at the Comissary. If
he can get by with indiscretions in ths hospital, why not here? After
all, again, the guard is Inoen and « few hundred would cause any guard to
"forpet" to mae his rounds occasionally. Surely! In this analyzation
of Capone's cunning we have a most intimate glimpse of a1 Capone's love
life in the Atlants Penitentiary. . « « love life that astounding in
its roeiprocity, was‘nonetheless a macrifice.t gesture of a man's solitude
being broken in respons? to the miffled cry of a quelled and subdued
passion,
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