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on hart Charie. Free on $5000 Bond « eg eeeop Taken as He Leaves Jury | After tnquiry on Massacre ’ By United Press today arrested “Scarface” Al Ca- | pone, notorious Chicago gang leader, on a charge of contempt of Federal Court growing out of his attempt to dodge a federal! grand jury sum- mons. - The warrant was served on Ca- pone as he emerged from the grand jury reom in the Federal Building where he was being questioned con- cerning the activities of beer run- ners in the suburb of Chicago Heights. He gave bond of §5000 and returned immediately to his suite in the Lexington Hotel. , Capone is alleged to have pre- sented a false affidavit from a Miami physician early this month ag = part of his campaign to postpone his appearance. . Affidavit of [liness The affidavit taid Capone wast so ill at his Florida estate that a trip to Chicago in carly March would en- danger his bealth. On the strength of it his appearance before the fed- eral grend jurors was postponed from March 12 to March 26. Capone Was locked in an ante- Toom of the grand jury quarters in the federal building when it became known that the warrant had been issued. Asst. Dist. Atty. Daniel Anderson revealed that Mabel Walker Wilie- brandt, assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforce- ment, had advised government apu- thorities here to place Capone an- der arrest, Anderson said the war- - rant probably would be served as Boon as the gang chieftian emerged from the grand jury room. Fixes $5000 Bail ; Asistant district attorneys teok their warrant before Federal Jadge Charlies E. Woodward, who said that Capone's bond would be set at $5000, The attorneys said that an investi- gation of Capone's physical eondi-- tion, ordered by Mra. Willebrandt from Washington, had shown that “Scarface” was in good health at the time the affidavit was made, The petition presented betore Judge Woodward rupli, knowing that Ca S CHICAGO—The U. S. government me | gh. Spacheng len A aches wy, 1 r Fit WA_ 5-27-29, Reputed Chicago Boer Baron i ‘ 4 SF 4 ed Best b)