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DIRECTOR 12/6/39 AL CAPONE bron 1D no: A 0: the opinion that thera would be any sort of action taken 6 either RALPH or Al. CAPONE within the next four or five months, It appears fram their conver~ gations that until such time as AL CAPONE is released from the hos~ pital and attenpts to take some active part in the organisation or in activities that perhaps will ran cower or in opposition to the organisation's activities, there will be no great danger in AL CAPONE'S wuffering at the hands of the underworld. . of the above information wae oblained from [as @ result of casual conversation tine was any interest manifested in AL CAPONE'S future. ertered Into the conversation nerely as a result of hia desire to apeculate as to the effect of the O'HARE killing on the underworld here in Chicago and also a8 to the possibility that the O'HARE killing waa a remult of AL CAPONE'S release, While tnis is probably infornation that has previously been forwarded to the Bureau, informe that the killing of JAKE LINGLE, who was a reporter Tor the Chicago Tribune, was caused by the [fact that LINGLE had 'welched" on an agreement involving a £25,000 ayment to LINGLE by the crowl here in Chicago. The reason for the paynent apparently wae the fact that LINGLE was writing a series of articles attempting to umeover the activities of the GAPONE crow, etc., and it was the desire to open @ new club in Chicago that prompted some of the CAPONE representatives to comtact LINGLE and offer him $25,00041f he would "lay off" of the publicity in so far as the club red. LINGLE agreed and accepted the $25,009 according +o a then turned around and wrote an article revealing the activities of the backers of this so-called gambling clube ~ It might here be etated SD opinion of wert is to the effect that NIT?PI at me time waa of the killer type but after AL CAPONE was sent up by the Government he was more or less Ce ne a ee eos