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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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ee ee CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE 1-26-32 Chicago file #69-41 DAVID T. MONEY-ENNY, SUPERINTENDENT; GEORGE GIBSON, ASCISTANT SUPERITLTENDENT; CCCK COUNTY JAIL; CONTELPT OF CO RT. nd La _ - a a a a ee i|@°S. OPENS QUIZ ||, | INTO AL CAPONS'S | CALLERS AT JAIL'§ 4 report that tieutenants of Al Ca- pone were visiting the gang leeder.in | j bia county fail otll regularly dis- J guised as “Mr. Smith” or “Mr, Jones” reached the federal building "| yesterday and an fbmmedlate investiga- ° [thon was launched by both DMstrict , 7 Attorney George E. Q. Johneon and |& "| United States Marshal B.C. W. Lau-| ie *" | benheimer. oH “} When Capone was given into the keeping of Warden Moneypenny at the | 55 jail on Gct. 24 the warden was told | 4!: not to allow bim any visitors except | Pe those who obtained « pass from the | ¢1) marsba!'s office. ‘Fhis was done to pre-} th vent Capone from iastructing his! H: henchmen and carrying on his “ buat- | ax ness" while awaiting the outcome of | ¥: his appeal from his isscome tax pen- | fic tence of eleven years, ag Warden Moneypenny has folowed| Ui those instructions faithfully and only | ¥8 six passes have been issued to Capone | Cl visitors, “But gangland, according to | tb the report, hes found an open door by a simple subterfuge. Because of | 48 crowded conditions at the fall Warden | CU Moneypenny has “had to place other} prisoners in the “convaléscent ward "| &F with Capone. These men received “Mr. | °f Bmith” and “Mr. Jones” as thelr guests, it was reported. * 7 Thus the gang leader ts alleged to carry on his “buainess.” — Messages were carried to bis cell, and messages went back to the underworid. “1'll put a etop to that “tt I have to ‘move him,” Marshal Laubenheimer declared when he Jearned of the sys- tem used to elrqum vent the govera- [j ments ruling. “I ean understand now why we haven't had @ lot of wangéter looking faiows coming to ofcy Ser pessea Smet Geyer | THEFT OF CITY ee e2TEeREOEEE
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