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on oe EP ent» wean nese to surrender Capone for trial] j\ The writ will be sent by Warde Aderholt at Ailanta to the Depart ‘ ment of Justice at Washington for Slapproval. District Attorney Green 4 j[has already conferred with Wash-; = _ Lae ington officials, who will cooperate! - TAPTEB eS Capone, who ie serving an eleven- re ee year sentence for income tax eva- sion, will be accompanied from <At- lante by deputy wardens, who witli Qguard him twenty-four hours a ] day. . . . Among those indicted with Ca- pone were Murray Humphries, . . : recognized ag his successor in gang- . AUL RECORDED land: Benjamin M. Squires, econco- [moist and iabor arbiter; Alderman! Seen net aera ne ade or b9- /fe- A peouhsel for severe) trade associa NEW YORK OFFICE ea * FILE i ROUTED TO: { . - . —, " Awelt Qummings Sanctics, WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.--An ef- fort to obtain authority to remove Al Capone, gangster leader serving a Federal sentence in Atlanta prison, to Chicago for trial on State {| charges was made today by State’s pitorney Courtney of Cook County, The request was received by the crimjnal division of the Department of Justice. It must be passed on by Attorney General Curtmings, ‘who will isturn from & vacation in pe . ‘J Connecticut the latter part of this -f week. Officials declined today to zi forecast what action might be’ taken. Capone and others were tndicted 1 og in Chicago on charges growing out + of a racketeering Inquiry and Cook . County authorities want to get the wes gang leader.back for trial, feeling . that he will receive a heavier sen- : mo tence, if convicted, than the Fed- eral sentence he is gerving. _Pollcy Favors Move. aye The poiicy of the Depariment of | +} Justice in cases of this character | ;ias been te permit the State au- {thorities to take custody of a pris- . ;, toner where the local offense is more - ° ~“%mertous and where heavier punish- : “iment appears likely. There is some ” *tquestion in the Capone case, but it / {ig thought possible that the Btate tris] of Capone may be permitted while the evidence ig fresh and con- viction more probable. Should Capone be sonvicted in Illincis, ft was stated that he might ¢ be returned to Atlanta to serve the s remainder of his present sentence, after which would be turned over to the State authorities. v. oe [//