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Al Capone — Part 32

80 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 79 pages OCR'd
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— =. =e ——— —_ ae 5 er ape Sa ~ ee ai tee . =a SS = = 0 gees a ee ee ~ oe A 4. WELLS OF S1°E._ eee os Thantietaasele dour Pro Ronn - leaped recently. whlie | being te nal ‘Zurned to the prison Yrom. Port- Se nd, where ne had been taken to ZF pear in dour 2305 Th a Ce f Melting of life in prison, ‘he pads ov ““T wrote a letter tw the ~ Se pe! and J bad, aiid the | - watdén to alow us some mewn. - Waptured Fugitive Tells Se- | grets of U. S. Island Prison; Prefers Death to. Return a . . ——— ‘SAN_ FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 —L) —Some Wf the alleged secrets of Alcatraz Island, including an a5 ; serted hunger strike by Al Capone ay nd other prisoners, were disclosed T . today by John Stadig, young caun- terfeiter, before officials clapped him back into the government's carefully guarded prison for arch eriminais. After being captured near Mar- tinez, Cal, yesterday, be gaid: .. “Pa rather die than Le bec | KWEtrae” “gnackled us and threw us in the “@ungeon Yor this, and If we ‘gbt y Swo slinns of bread a day we were 4 . egret ie “Al Capone and other prisoners y went on a ettike and refused to eat oF come out of their cells, ‘and tn three days we were re- ‘Jeaaed from the dungeon. It was after that I wrote to the Attor wey General.” - TN SEPARATE CELLS. He added: | “Capone, ‘Machine Gun' ORelly and Harvey Bailey are confined to separate cells Uke the reat of us. Each man Is locked in his solitary cell at 4:50 p. m and gtays locked up until €:3 a. m. . “We wear gray uniforms dur- 1 ing the week and change to blue ' ones on Sunday. The guards are " plenty strict, but the treatment + in the main jan't so bad. We don't > get much exercise, dnly six hours _® week, spread ever seven days, * where is no’ dope in the prison.” i Stadig has figured in three es- pes, ene of which’ w i- reaper a camila x papers and motion pictures in the “prison once « ovnth He . | Mr. Tatson ao + Mr. Glegg 1-7. J a Mr. -Baushma Chisttierk Mr. Coffey Mr. Edwar Mr. Egan Mr. Kelth _.__. Mr. Lester Mr. Quinn Mr. seniider 4 Mr, Tamm
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