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eet ees _——— en ok, Lyee ‘the men that form Al Capone's bodyguard in the mitentiary and protect him from the threat of sssassina- im even behind prison walls? In this, the Ist gy fascinating series On Capone, Tarleton Collier deserts the big boy's cellmater and their manner of operation at. “jpude mob. z 1 ao] ne BY TARLETON COLLIER. NTA, Nov 11L-A dark- Biriming paused vat the . ahpelegraph: desk in ax “Atlanta hotel lobby the other night ang wrote # Simessage {6 his : Fy... aT anounced the lad's 8 ‘ eoticluded; ‘ nace % . “You. are the belt. the arorld.——-Son." "et The boy was. Jotin Papone, 600 of prisoner No. 403eg*ot the At- Janta Federal Penitentiary. Arriv- ing from Chicage for big montily visit #6 his father, he ied per~ formed ‘the first duty ‘imposed of |him by his fsther’s friends, to sey atl was well and he had added for himself that assurance of toyallty. REDEEMING QUALITE, -. Alphonse Capone, undoubtedly possessed xote quality Hhiat ate tracts. the “loyalty of those ‘he trusts: and commands without it he could not have become the Jisader of a powerful outlaw lempire in which men lived and fattened on violence, and every tone. bad &. price eo his head, This loyalty, m always. be gow: See ne ane metal élubs. from the prison shope are m0 less dangerous, DOMINATES FIVE MEN. Capone dominates. alsa the five men who live with him in cell 8-7 af section “A* in the Atlants prison. It is a mutually ayeipe- thetic group which dwells: there (subject, of course, to being shit : at «ny time even. 5s this is \. ‘They are outlaws with thi burden of many years iraprison: ment upon. Then, yestless” ais reckless. grails, * *- : Seitences of dhe six men totalls. 447 years and all but one of the ather five are facing longer terms, then A) Capone. That one is doe weCann, sent from New York for muney order theft tion and, ‘lke Capone, 4 stretch af t* The others desperate criminals, as their hope- less.¥ long ferms signify, and three of them have known the game 6 jong chances. _ ‘ Denny aolback and Chippiel’* Robinson. are two of them. They were partners in a mail tobbery venture in St. Lauls which ended, ‘it outlaw ventures must end’ i in arrest and in]. BODY GUARD—One of Al Capone's cell-mates, who acts as a bodyguard in prison. This is Joseph McCann, serving 10 years for money order theft in New York, inepived by affection zs in the ease of his son, ‘Reward of. one sort op another, promise of re- ward, or moral and spiritual in- timidation may galher men to: B leader. ce es in the Alflanta penltentlary Capone has mustered a. following jellow-prisoners, g Sort of new Oo, Wad accompany hin upon Loceasions of recreation when all prisoners mingle together, z He may need help sometime, jecause he has eneniles here and zon @ sense is Von the spot,” envious of his reputed wealth, several prisoners are Known to have made arrogant demands upon him for money.. A more active danger manaces from underworld figures whe had reason to hate him in Pe the old gang days and whom fate aeniences of ‘twenty-five. years each. They were sent to Atlante trom Leavenworth. - Carter Bose is. another off” Capone's célimates In for # 25~ year siretch..He was sentenced in ‘Atlanta, also, for mall robbers. Armand Marquis Js the sixth man of the group. Marquis ls the un-j _ tsuR? type, a dark, intense, ner-[ 7 yous ‘tnan, Hebas the name of be- ing & “pyromanias,” a “Lire-bug.?|-~ ana he’ is doing 22 years for arson. "The. six are huddled together in the large cage nearly 12 hours of every day, for the most part with- out much conversation but. with a great deal of understanding. Caponé’s dominance of the group seems Inevitable, but bis leader-|- ship outwardly bas amounted to/- : ae mare than io establish af"