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Oe ee oe we ie ae (2) The 4th attempt on Capone's life came from within his own ranks, Louis "Mops" Volpi called a4 meeting of 7 other Capone guards & told them Capone was spending their money, The plot was to put Ralph Sheldon‘in the kings chair, but Capone's more loyal friends heard of it & Volpi was tumed out of office & driven out of town, Capone was making $1,250,000 yearly & his aids only recieved $300, to $500. per week. Capone slept in a room with the windows & doors protected by bars & metal sheeting. In front of his room there were 2 other smaller rooms for his body guards, 2 guards to each room. Capone kept 2 pistols under his pillow,’ When he ate, his food was carefully testes & tasted by his faithful brother, Mimi Capone, who was & good chef. Mimi prepared all of Capone's meals & nothing reached AL's: lips w without first being tested by Mimi, Capone was as Capone sat in the front seat of his car, it was a 7 ton, armored bullet proof, Cadillac limosene, It was equipped with gun racks & 2 bodyguards, usually Louis Campagni & Willie Zenie, 2 other cars carrying bodyguards accompanied G@apone, 1 ahead & the other behind, Capone had 200 gangsters in his organization, . Capone's power extended from the Municipal Government in the city. & most of - it's suburbs, to the Mund ¢d pal & state courts. During the horse racing season in 1925 ,. ‘capone lost wm, 000 on the horses. - In 1926, Capone shot & killed Attorney William H. McSwiggin &2 of his companions with a machine gun while on @ raid in Cicero, In 1927, Capone's gang collected $60,000,000 from bootlegging, Capone's biggest competitor was George L. "Bugs" Morang - =, On February 14, 1929, Capone imported gunmen from Detroit & had them kill 6 of Moran's men by the use of machine guns & sawed off shotguns, It was so bloody that they called it the "St, Valentine's Day Massacre", Capone was in Miami, Florida, at the time of the massacre, He recieved a long distance — phone call from Chicago 20 minutes after the massacre. Who made the call is still uniazown,. ; On February 16, 1929, George Moran told police & local news reporters, ‘Quote: "Only Capone's men could have done a job like that Cicero police", . é On May 19, 1929, Frank Costello called & meeting at Atlantic City where he knocked together the Heads of Capone & his rivais & told them to behave or else, On May 21, 1929, returning from this meeting, Capone was arrested & held under $35,000 bail for carrying a concealed weapon in Philadelphia, Edward fs the fia sAeAd eatilét;e 2B ute ~ Po oe A tet varmey was tne judge, vepone pleaded BULaLy & Was Sentenced to i year in prison, This was the lst time Capone had gone to jail. His stay in Pennsylyaniats Eastern Penitentiary was comfortable, He had a tea with 2 easy chairs, a radio, a bookcase, a rug on the floor & other Be . fn i _ ee ee eee - we ee “ ed Lada!