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Al Capone — Part 6

80 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Al Capone · 80 pages OCR'd
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y 2 a € & HAE ISK CAPONE ~ “ACROSS ULS.T0- 1 Al Capone and 42 other fed- ‘eval prisoners. from Atlanta; were on their way today to ‘| America’s Devil's Island. - whisked across Texas in tro sielly bulit end heavily guar ‘| prison CATE, officials of Alcatraz island, the new federal prison amg Ban Francisco bay, pointed out that escape frava the place was ‘practical by impossible. . L 4 Group's Departure Abropt Lite Capone and the others had been spirtted away from the Atlanta per fientiary three days abead of schec- ale after it was reported that files ape | The new home of Chicago's erst-— while public enemy Wo..1, where he ~ alll gerve: moore. than eight years off. < his origiial li-year term, 8a ance a Spanish fortress. The igland, # gtim rock in the qmiddle of the bay.) served for many years saa. U, 8. “army disciplinary parracks, until “tte transformation into & regular prison, osetia . Currenta Bar Escape : Eguipped vith the latest devices ‘of steel and weapons aguinst at- tempted escape, it was described by WU, 8. Atty. Gen. Cummings ad & “vital part of Our work of segregat~ ing the qnore desperate criminals.” | The ewirling currents and xip- + tides from the Golden Gate form & natural barrier against escape and , B1s0 fsolate the isiand against untu- 4 thorized communications from the y outside, . we IS Warden! James A. Johnston, of | 4 the occasion of the inspection of the i prison Saturday by Gen, Cummings, announced that everything was in | readiness for the several “hund prisoners scheduled: to. be taigsal if Mir. Nathan Me, ‘Foisor:.. MT. Ciews--.-- : Mr. Baughman... tntef Clerk .: Mr. Goffey Mr. Cowley .-...s:-6- Mr. Edwards... Bar. EGA... cee. Mir Harbor, oe. esse fr. Keith... Mir, bester. ...05 nr, Guinn “hig! sehiiaer casero Ror. PRL eee debe tees seer | een eal abs ee ". Pa
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