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Al Capone — Part 29

80 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Dec 3, 1931 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 79 pages OCR'd
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tee eats *: * aaa: * oF s Loe oo am et a . rs 7 : i . hospital’ petiente in the jail ‘whe: “Reep in w Rormi tory “wajofbing é fee oh 7 |, Capone's quarterd, anf that. Capone hes beg Rey ae +o-pominet - ts bimself with reapect to Sasng pele cnard ery mAh, Sw ~ aa an : bee ra aes a ae a re fro4 cree oe Eee a a te a “the » following telegran, en. Deceaber™ 2 "1931, ‘yas ‘poat *o° * Federal: oes wens a, ’ - Tindtad Qtateas sttarnav .Tahnenn ana Supaeri in tand dant . a qn Ann Dt a==- JuGgS Wilkerson, Vika vo ot WOR mau vee ees , , ‘Moneypenny: _ - , ea a + o ~ et aloe ~ on . *wISH TO INFORM YOU THAT aL CAPONE 18 YeING THE COUNTY “TAtL — -. - + FOR RIS LIQJOR BOSINESS AND TRANSACTS FROM THERE POSSIALY - a — ~ : eo AS MUCH IF NOT MORE THax HE USED TO .4T HIS-OLD BEADS. TERS oe. _ AT .HE LEXINGTON HOTEL HIS VISITORS SEEM $0 BE OiMING . “ - ET ea A TET? AS TK SER EVENING TAM EPLOTED AT MATS . BRANCH OF SERVICE AND CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY BVERY PRIVILEGE | .78 EXTENDED TO HIM 4ND NONE TO THE OTHERS PLEASE INVSSTIGATE .-. _ \¥e - ye (SIGNED) 4” feos Investig:tion by this office disclosed that the above Message Wag -s- . delivered to the Western Union Telegraph Office at 1512 W. Madison Street at 6:26 P.M., December 2, 1931, by a white man who is .) ~ as described as being 5° 9* tall, 35 years of age, ami attired in dark a lothes. The messeges were typed at the time they were brought im ~ ami the ingiviuues pringiug them in laid them on the counter of co the office with $1.25 @mid told the Festern Union enpioyes, Miss 4. Kuleta, to ‘bend the messages and keep the change." «© = | - sgh --- oe ec ae 2 WilLiew Froelich, ‘spec iat kssietant €o , the. “a¥tarney General, ° at the reqiest of Mr. Johnson, rendered an opinion that the irreguleritie 6, : “4f true, ‘would constitute contenpt of court, notwithstanding that Capone |. ‘was not actually gommi t ted. ‘to the Cook County Jail by, the Court, and 4s Te 0 not serving @ sentence, “as s matter of informtion'to the Puredh, if wily a. “he atated that Capone has beén remanied to the custody of the United i. States Marshal by the Court, ‘pending an appeal td the Circvit: “Court r) appeals, and the Marshal in turn hea placed Capone in the Cook - County . cars Jail for safe keeping. tate woo i The advisability of initiating an inquiry in connection with this case wee Giscussed at the conference, and Mr. Johnson was of the opinion tht 1? \A-
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