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if nab ere ons os me i 7] widerebty Mr. Brundage contisued, "if. they | Brundagé’s were ~ guaranteeing’ “That ~-William | and Capone with Bi. “Y had! tet Ca- 4 Green, president of the Amenionan: Zed-| Pons otly opce_ Sitore 19a Me aad eration of Labor, would not oppose ; : confirmation. They told me they could make that guarantes. 1 told them I would consider what they bad said.” Gets 1) Year Bentence.” ' Capone recelved an elaven year sen- : tence from Judge Wliikereon a few ‘Contin ‘page days later. and is) now serving Phat t ned from first 5 3 f4erm in Atlanta -penitentiary. - 7 o- Ald. Nelson, in his version oft these gin the week in which Papone wastincidents, flatly denied ‘that he went! found guilty. Later, I believs it wazj+y Brundage's-pflice with Capone ‘anit a day or two after bis conviction {Ca-| that the conversation was along ear. E pone came to my office at 110 South “During the trial, ” the ‘alderman, % Dearborn street. With him were Ser.] said, “I -received a call -from Serri- «= Mitella, Ald. Nelgon, Patrick Sullivan{tella. He a&sked me to drive with , of the Chicago Building Trade council.| him to Mr. Brundage's home te dis- zg and Jerry Moran of the Flat Janitors’! cuss harmony among the Republican 2 union. factions In the 4@th ward. To aerse TO INFLUENCE. JUDGE CHARGED Capone took no part in the conversa.” .| Goh, save - wil oon eocasionally when some one something funny. As haPFnee thet time”: —"F gtppose.” * Mii eists BRS “that Berritella cafied for’ Walliven: Horan, and me in erder to create the impression| to Brundage thet he and Capone ‘had friends in organized fant bor." re SR ee | i Het a RE a BETOONS «ho fn Tee Wert. «2 mpreeu “They said they bad heard that| and we went to Lake Forest. There + Judge Witkerson intended inflicting a|we talked politics but came to no’ * Heavy sentence upon Capone. Berri-| agreement. I told Mr. Brundage that - : tella thought that a two year term, |I was ready to confer with him at any ‘as waa originally proposed when Ca-|time but we did not agree on any ; pone pleaded guilty to the Indictment, | candidate for ward committeeman or ( would be sufficient. I don't recall who | for any other post. , ‘made the atatement but I was told} “I learned that Capone had been ‘that if Capone received a two year| there the night before and I assume term the opposition of railroad jabor | that Gerritella wanted me to go there to Judge Wilkerson’s elevation to the|im order ta make it appear I was an-! Circuit bench would be withdrawn." ewerlng a summons. _ fudge Wilkerson was not formally Gets Another Call, 4 nominated for the Page vacancy on “A few days later, I received a tellj- ‘ge Circuit Court of Appeals by Fresi-| phone call from Patrick Sullivan a .d Hoover until Jan. 12, 1922; but’ Jerry Horan, They said Serritella ha been mentioned for the post. called to say that Mr. Brundage wan sao a