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Al Capone — Part 36
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Capone, ence the bland and cock-
@are Chicago “king of crime,” in
Alcatras Prison today is running
race with death—a race ta com-
Plete his time on the island before
fellow convicts carry out their
;threats to kill him.
: i The real story of Al Capone on
= Atcatraz Ysland, heretofore guard-
a. "ed by official silence and censor-
w :ship, was obtained by Universal
= Service today.
pf .-T Al Capone, in spite of officitl
& “statements, is not “just another
Capone’s old en -
Loule dcesn’t forrels nelt
does he let others forget.”
Defensive measures of Car
in his race with death on A
traz, were described by the «
vict. He asked:
“Is Capone afraid te diet
TanNvas ow epanw -
WONT SR LLY RES
“Capone had CAnVAS wrapp
around his body from his hes
te his stomach. The seve
wraps made a thickness of abe
one-half tneh, That was
keep anyone from stabbi
bh” .
Capone on the federal "Dey
Island” is threatened by de
not only because of gangland b
tles, but also as a ‘result of r
prison feuds, the informantl ¢
closed. He said:
“Capone was asked by des.
men to furnish sufficient m
to buy # boat for them se the
could plan an escape. He woul:
Dumber" on Alcatraz. Prison! ”
‘guards are performing for him
jfow « service amazingly similar
“to that of his paid bodyguards
during his Chicago heyday.
‘LIFE IN DANGER
Fur r the job of Warden James
A. hnston and other officials is
.mot bo much to keep Capone im-
prisoned on Alcatraz as it is to ee
keep him alive! The Alcatraz in-
formant wrote:
: “H it were possible te get
away with it, Capone would
- Never leave here alive. Al will
be fortunate if he ts alive six
months after leaving here. AL CAPONE ..... SHOWING THE SCAR ON HIS CHEEK | 2° do so and we understand i
a teane was transferred from (OOOO :_:_ went to the deputy warden ‘th
th ni tates ni
at Atlentet éo * penitentiary know Capone. There | are many when seven “Bugs” Moran | canvas ang the reason he doe
August 19, 1934, He was not | Capone's gang ¥ | gangsters were killed). othes prisoners.” *
ir mad mane hee air ' “Thsre are men hefe who are ethos fa BURKE’ ; Capone wae declared by, the /
bribed the guards to bring him | friends of men who were rubbed “They feel sure that Capone | catraz con eee ve etterapt
nearly anything he wanted, out In the St. Valentine Day | directed that (the massacre.) rae, iyo pi on uards.
{at Alsatras) } massacre in Chicago (in 2 ey know ‘Capone hid ‘killer’ perce tread Service, ts
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