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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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— eth sO a ae eae pee og an. Sen wg ge ae « 8 ge a a Pooh veer eee ee ry os Ping ts cay we _ to ‘Visitors being allowed n’ the ‘quarters «i pone, “he statds. that 4 this hes never bappentd to his knowledge, | wif cop ou pf, the wieitor¢” uwith the exception of Ceponsts mother and Jawyers wee. reth aired $9 * me vpemeain on the outside of the bospite wart ane tajx ¢ireugh ne Cite 2 a: a - mesh, Capons’s lawyers and bis mother are ‘oggadidnally pe d.to' *. enter the hospital ante-room and talk personally with ‘Cspand , wut: thigt ‘is done only when an official of the institution or _ guarg is eer ee — -He states that he himself om one oe éasion ban taken Capone's mothe .-:. eo up and allowed her to talk to Capone in ¢he ante-roon, but-that he wes ° ve? present all the while and took her out of tha institution upen the - conclusion of the visit, which was approximately thirty minutes, He states that the largest number of Visitors be hase ever seen Capone. have at one time wore three, the names of ‘hea b he ‘does not recgths bat -wrom he beliaves to have been Italians. Foo. ate bove * ; ™ .. d . 4 nos ” aw? n La ”- > are . Mr. Nittell generally dented alle? ‘the allegations heretis~ afi. before mentioned, and positively stated that to hia ‘nowledze no such wrivileces or undue Liberties were beino #ranted to Cananea., «ou. weigh ced tate a SPC JgreuicDonald, assistant Superintendent, Cook County Jail, residence 1904! George Street, Chicego, Illinois, states that he “Ras been at the Cook County Jail for three years, and at. the present ... time is working from 4 P.M, until 12 P.M. Be stated thet during thie . period he circulates through the jeil and visita the hospital ward; _ "_ that no visitors are ever allowed at the iastitution after 4 PM. and that the lights of the institution are eut off at $.P.M. With - YOgéra lo buc uvoparai, be states Shat the lights are gut off et 10 - P.M., but that by reason of the ‘arrangement, itis possible far the. = 3°) inmates of the hospital to cut on the lights after the guard has gone, _Mr. McDonald denies that any lerge number of visitora had aver been . 7 " to @ee Capone, and states that to his knowledge the usual average i Wisitors to £60 Ca>one is approximately: three or four per day, - As although he has no positive mowledge conserping this as he does not : ; report to duty until 4 P.M., at which time all visiting hours are over} os _ that on one occasion since Gaponé hes been in the institution, . the 2 >. latter's mother called at the jail after “hy Paes su “not paving’ & ves, ae” ‘ the Goorma notified him, McDonald; - that he ‘wads “an exception and . Ae ar) “© ‘ook Mrs. Capone up to see her son and nesained with her. hhere for ecw few minutes, but that this is the only oscasion he has éver permitted - any visitor to ses Capons after 4 P.M.; teat Cepone usually has hig i ~*~ dinner sent in each evening, ani that thie is taken up to the hospital °: by some guard at the institution; that he does not “now who prepares these mctls o:- who sends them in, but that this is a usuel custom for 4 ! ‘
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