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Al Capone — Part 28
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Conviction in Chicagu of Alphonse »
Capone of sielation of the Fedcral in- tre
-oome tax low may perhaps be viewrd as
- @ “trlumph of justice.” oo thet it isa! : .
step toward the Imprisonment of & man '
who hag defied the laws brazenly and |
brutally, and has bred by erime and}
grown rich by murderous Sanditry, Bur!
it Ls none the iets a aad reflection ypon ;
the Siate and die aty in which he bes. .
Practiced his thieving. murderous pro- |
fession. It is m travesty upon the lax |
fat apparently; the only way in whic
this mareude:, gang leader, assassin by
proxy, Facketecr and blackmatler cau :
be reached for punishment ts throuzh
the tethtucalcy of trifing wih the |
Statule Which requires & statement of). .
bceeme fer purposes of taxation. 1 J ; ji .
Capone's mullt of the charse Brouzht- presumasiy wi! ve. wns wil sae o _
- " - Aes epocsl and so encéraver ts promos
q Sealine. Rim in this case was viriuwiy ine davies the bideous creatare at: ;
ecnfessed in his Unsuccessful efforts to Meer te a3 ed ne od, = ing -
adjusi" be taacs, The fact that be ry for an indefclie p27 deering . L
eptoved an eaormnms revenue from his” and grinhing at the Jaw in eomterptu- >.
A erected thd ¢riminal enter-! [Out Oefence. . } ’
Briss Wes pacens and there was ny dee | The raems we that oer m opel
pute az to his failure to make Teturn | a ‘eng eines arnt he to a it
- & oe im to -
1 te the Government, Yet even in thi cerved panicierent, The rheme ts thet
trie), which seemed fo be mercy & pu sis i nensied
formatity, effort was impudenily made the Etats of Ulinois lies mie The
to deny that the revenue +as “ett | "he rare of & we ha fe ~
hrete,” on the geound fist it was from nome ie tPat the Jaw chas fected ut- .
gambling eod furthermore that @ great terlt to Cope with the creature whose , ; ent
part of it was squandered in losing bets | fhirnlings hove s'aln and robbe§ and, at Li Piper
“gn the horses. Now Capone's icrrsa| mutlisted offenders ereins hie osn! te
jae band’! rule. No maticr hew satis’. ctor
are making @ molion to set asife the eit be the eventual reeratim of]
werdict on the ground of inconsistency— Covere in Feder tet an the |
based a el prison .
‘ quitied of some of the chorre put con! tebure to mikr an inerme tex return.
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tos wien thw motion be dealed ee ry ting him fy ie}, there wi reemate the /
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