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Al Capone — Part 30
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«the sentence would be. Johmace
he later was informed Ospone him-
self had disclosed the agreement. The
Tecord continues:
* To the Races. '
i‘, “Then the defendant eet out upan
, this course. The Derby came about
of dressing in vivid colon tha: at-
tract attention to himself. He is a
Tellow with a big, hulxing figure, a : .
Taming ecar on his cheek, und every- + ~ . : \
‘body recognizes him. He hed « bex .
jout in Jront that everrbody could
fee. and that was heralded in the _
Dewspapers. *
i “Then he went acrows the lake to .f :
Benton Harbor. There be took a ’ a7,
whole floor in a large hotel and dis- a
ported himself, Then he went to « am °
beseball] game and shook bands with ,
the famous baseball players, and pice .
tured around him wete his body-
“guards Evxertwhere be goes there
_u & crowd of men. and it is dope
brazenty, openiy, with their hanods in
then right-hand pockets. In coliect-
ew ite the evidence agelnst him there
wert iarge expenditures by him for
fe Such things as diamond belt buckles
_'od things Uke that. .
al Bought Clothes Lavishly.
wt ordered « eott of clothes every
jmbher day. and the specification of
=4these orders always was. that the
“Now, all these were bie
{ ned constantly and age Wdik-
eracn called this to the attention of
“|the officers of the court end asked: .
ithe officers of the court to \
drether tr would net be ectrinabhe to
deprive him of Liberty and take bin
, into curtody. As I stated before, I
‘never discussed thia with Judge Wilk.
erson, but jt seemed an affront to the
cours how this information got out.”
| Fhe starting extent of gangdom
i in Chicago was discovered by Johnson
i Shen he first started after Capone. be
t
related to the committer. He didn*
know where to begin.
Madc Up Gang Card Indes.
“I finally made up # card inden of
gangs.” be said “Newspaper men
have amazingly accurate toformetion.
Tt was rather astonishing. It was noe
evidence but it wea very accurate Ln-
formation as to the names of the
gangs and thetr leaders. Bo l had a
newepaper man make up the card in-
dex That gave me an understanding
of the gangs"
“T learned who Capone's partoers
were and went after them first.
Among them were Jake Gueik, Ralph
Capene and Frank Nitti. to whom we |
treated miltions of dallark
H Movey Gites Power. . .
f) “Of courne, it i toe money that LCoS
~e (gives these people the pawer, These ‘
- ~~ a . ory cases all resulted in convictions, ap~
~ 'peals were allowed, and all cases were
‘affirmed and they were denied cer-
“tiorart and the last ones, 7 think, are
Beetig lu int Pruistentuary thug week,
at is. Jake Gu7ik and Gene Oliver,
aukicnce O'Blien is there. and Bam
Guat, Jake's brother, is there. A
man by the name of Jock McGurn,
-.*
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